Star Alliance

Star Alliance adds junior partners to extend its network

Star Alliance has begun to extend its reach to more places by inviting a select group of smaller and low-cost carriers to its network as “Connecting Partners.” First to join is South Africa’s Mango Airlines. The carriers to be added are “friends of the family” that already work with Star Alliance’s 28 existing members. In many cases, they may even be subsidiaries of Star carriers, such as Lufthansa’s Germanwings. Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab’s statement spoke of convergence between the…

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United, Azul link up for Brazil code shares

Azul, Brazil’s #3 airline is #1 in news these days. The airline, controlled by founder David Neeleman, also the founder of JetBlue, has just inked a major code-share agreement with United Airlines, whose presence in Brazil has been weak compared to its competitors.

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Air India Joins Star Alliance

Air India has become the first airline in India to join one of the global alliances, giving it connections to many more cities and routes through partners such as Lufthansa and United. That’s good news for Air India, which has been criticized recently…

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Star Alliance: Round-the-World in a Fare Daze

Well, not really, but Star Alliance (includes United, Lufthansa and more) has revised its pricing for round-the-world fares so that there are now 14 different categories, spread over three classes. The big news is that for economy (7 fares) there are…

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United Feels Mideast Heat, May Buy 777x

United has said it’s thinking about the Boeing 777x, a 400+ seat version of Boeing’s biggest 2-engine plane to compete with Mideast-based airlines that just ordered 225 of them. United’s Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, is also buying some. …

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United’s Award Chart: Premium Award Cost Goes UP

United Airlines has released a new award chart that bumps up the miles required for nearly all business and first-class awards, and (for the first time) makes flights on its Star Alliance partner airlines cost more miles than on United. Details HERE

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Star Alliance adds junior partners to extend its network

Star Alliance has begun to extend its reach to more places by inviting a select group of smaller and low-cost carriers to its network as “Connecting Partners.” First to join is South Africa’s Mango Airlines. The carriers to be added are “friends of the family” that already work with Star Alliance’s 28 existing members. In many cases, they may even be subsidiaries of Star carriers, such as Lufthansa’s Germanwings. Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab’s statement spoke of convergence between the…

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United, Azul link up for Brazil code shares

Azul, Brazil’s #3 airline is #1 in news these days. The airline, controlled by founder David Neeleman, also the founder of JetBlue, has just inked a major code-share agreement with United Airlines, whose presence in Brazil has been weak compared to its competitors.

Read More

Air India Joins Star Alliance

Air India has become the first airline in India to join one of the global alliances, giving it connections to many more cities and routes through partners such as Lufthansa and United. That’s good news for Air India, which has been criticized recently…

Read More

Star Alliance: Round-the-World in a Fare Daze

Well, not really, but Star Alliance (includes United, Lufthansa and more) has revised its pricing for round-the-world fares so that there are now 14 different categories, spread over three classes. The big news is that for economy (7 fares) there are…

Read More

United Feels Mideast Heat, May Buy 777x

United has said it’s thinking about the Boeing 777x, a 400+ seat version of Boeing’s biggest 2-engine plane to compete with Mideast-based airlines that just ordered 225 of them. United’s Star Alliance partner, Lufthansa, is also buying some. …

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