More Star Alliance Expansion coming

CXRules · Post by **CXRules** » 09 Apr 2006, 05:08

http://en.chinabroadcast.cn/855/2006/04 ... @74708.htm

edwin · Post by **edwin** » 09 Apr 2006, 12:47

thats good that shanghai airways gets to join, they needed some 'back bone' at certain moments, now they can rely on their star alliance members, ONE questione does anyone know who was the airline of the year in 2005 ? KLM-AIR FRANCE?

fokker_f27 · Post by **fokker_f27** » 09 Apr 2006, 15:08

Seems good since most Star Alliance mambers are based in Europe. It's also a good thing for Shanghai Airways. But how are they going to fit all the logo's on a plane with so many members?

edwin · Post by **edwin** » 09 Apr 2006, 17:43

can anyone please answer my previous question....

Mavke · Post by **Mavke** » 09 Apr 2006, 17:58

the airline of the year 2005

1Cathay Pacific
2Qantas Airways
3Emirates
4Singapore Airlines
5British Airways
6Malaysia Airlines
7Thai Airways

Greetings
Kenny

kiwiandrew · Post by **kiwiandrew** » 09 Apr 2006, 22:08

edwin wrote:thats good that shanghai airways gets to join, they needed some 'back bone' at certain moments, now they can rely on their star alliance members, ONE questione does anyone know who was the airline of the year in 2005 ? KLM-AIR FRANCE?

depends which 'airline of the year' award you mean - there are so many different ones ... if you are talking Skytrax it was CX

edwin · Post by **edwin** » 09 Apr 2006, 23:24

sorry i mean the same one that KLM-AIRFRANCE won in 2004....

SAS_MD80 · Post by **SAS_MD80** » 10 Apr 2006, 07:58

You're talking about the ATW (Air Transport World) Airline of the Year.
Cathay Pacific won the ATW Airline Of The Year 2005 award, during the 2006 airline achievement awards ceremony (held in Feb 2006).
There are way too many entities giving similar awards worldwide in my opinion (Skytrax, OAG, ATW).

edwin · Post by **edwin** » 10 Apr 2006, 11:04

oh ok

thanks too bad Air France didn't receive the offer of best airline of the year...

SAS_MD80 · Post by **SAS_MD80** » 10 Apr 2006, 18:58

No big deal, I'm no big fan of Air Chance... (though I think their livery is still classy and good looking after 30 years)

edwin · Post by **edwin** » 10 Apr 2006, 19:33

heheh ya me too i am a big fan of KLM, since Airfrance and KLM are together i interest myself in both companies but more KLM

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 10 Apr 2006, 19:42

Given that SAA (who are not in Europe) joined Star Alliance today, I thought I'd share this superb formation fly-by with you

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/1029821/M/

As per usual SAA try and steal the show....... apart from the crap weather in Joburg, this was a real tight formation fly-by

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edwin · Post by **edwin** » 10 Apr 2006, 19:45

that is beautiful picture! whats the rule each member of Star alliance needs to have at least on plane on the Star All. colours?

SAS_MD80 · Post by **SAS_MD80** » 11 Apr 2006, 00:23

yeah, really beautiful, especially with that sleek and elegant A340-600 leading.
Yes, Star Alliance asks their members to paint at least one of their aircrafts in the Star livery. SAS has a 333 and an MD80 in those colors.

TexasGuy · Post by **TexasGuy** » 15 Apr 2006, 04:30

Great photo

AirbusA350 · Post by **AirbusA350** » 15 Apr 2006, 05:44

SAS_MD80 wrote:SAS has a 333 and an MD80 in those colors.

SK also has a 738 painted in the SA scheme.

SAS_MD80 · Post by **SAS_MD80** » 15 Apr 2006, 10:04

You're right, I don't see that aircraft much because it's based in Stockholm, not Copenhagen.

TexasGuy · Post by **TexasGuy** » 15 Apr 2006, 12:21

Is it just one aircraft that has to be painted in the Star livery, or is it a percentage of aircraft in the fleet that has to be painted? I seem to recall several different US Airways aircraft painted in the Star Alliance livery... B757 A319 and a couple of regional jets and turbo props.

SAS_MD80 · Post by **SAS_MD80** » 15 Apr 2006, 15:07

I think it's just one aircraft per airline in fact.

CX · Post by CX » 15 Apr 2006, 15:59

What do these awards actually judge things on? I mean i haven't been on KLM and others, but I have been on Qantas/SIA/CX in recent 2 years or so, and what is so good about CX? Their seat pitch is high, food was bad until recently they have this something festival with well known restaurants providing the catering.. The best thing with CX is their service, both on the ground in HK and up the air. Otherwise I find SIA is better, service wasn't as good but the seat pitch is very obviously lower than that of CX>>>