More Star Alliance Expansion coming

n5528p · Post by **n5528p** » 15 Apr 2006, 21:47

TexasGuy wrote: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.

It's actually a percentage but at least one aircraft for the smaller members.

Regards, Bernhard

TexasGuy · Post by **TexasGuy** » 16 Apr 2006, 05:15

I thought so.........just was not sure.

CXRules · Post by **CXRules** » 18 Apr 2006, 01:34

CX, I assume you only experienced the economy class on Cathay Pacific. Their best is on business class and first class. The Skytrax airline of the year award is on services (overall product package), and it gathered input from passengers all around the world. So their result is more objective. ATW is a magazine, and I think they judge on the airline business management. Obviously, Cathay, as a publicly listed company with no government ownership, still manage to be very competitive over many state-own airlines, ie Emirates, Singapore Airlines, etc, as well as their management on crisis, ie bird flu, SARS, Asian financial crisis, etc. I think Cathay's recognition is well-deserved, and I think it's no coincident that they all come at about the same time.

CXRules · Post by **CXRules** » 26 Apr 2006, 20:34

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... mbers.html

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 26 Apr 2006, 21:03

WHo is in Star now? This is the list that I can remember:

bmi
Lufthansa
Air Cananda
US Airways
United
South African
Shanghi
Swiss
Austrian group
SAS
Spanair?

Jense · Post by **Jense** » 26 Apr 2006, 21:57

vc-10 wrote:WHo is in Star now?

Here they are:
Air Canada, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, BMI, LOT, Lufthansa, Scandinavian, Singapore, South African, Spanair, Swiss, TAP, Thai, United, US Airways, Varig (+ "regional airlines"= Adria, Blue 1 and Croatia Airlines)

vc-10 · Post by **vc-10** » 26 Apr 2006, 22:09

Thanks

CXRules · Post by **CXRules** » 10 May 2006, 15:55

Shanghai Airlines and Air China joins Star in 2007

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... na+to.html

CXRules · Post by **CXRules** » 26 May 2006, 15:18

Air China formally invited to join Star alliance

http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/20 ... ng+to.html