Star Alliance
Airline alliance
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| March 19 2025 | Austrian Federal Railways joins Star Alliance as the second intermodal partner, expanding the alliance's transportation network. |
| February 3 2025 | ITA Airways announced leaving SkyTeam and plans to join Star Alliance in the first half of 2026. |
| 2024 | Vistara merged with Air India, concluding its Star Alliance affiliation. |
| December 2024 | US Department of Justice approved the merger between Asiana Airlines and Korean Air. |
| September 1 2024 | Scandinavian Airlines joined SkyTeam. |
| August 31 2024 | Scandinavian Airlines left Star Alliance. |
| July 2024 | European Commission approved Lufthansa Group's purchase of a 41% stake in ITA Airways. |
| June 28 2024 | European Commission approved the investment in Scandinavian Airlines. |
| June 24 2024 | Star Alliance was awarded two top Skytrax awards: World's Best Airline Alliance and Best Airline Alliance Lounge for 2024. |
| June 12 2024 | Stockholm District Court approved the investment in Scandinavian Airlines. |
| March 2024 | US Bankruptcy Court approved the investment in Scandinavian Airlines. |
| February 14 2024 | Int'Air Îles exits the Vanilla Alliance after becoming defunct. |
| January 2024 | Thai Smile brand was discontinued and folded into Thai Airways International following bankruptcy reorganization. |
| October 2023 | Air France-KLM, Danish Government, and financial firms announced investment plans for Scandinavian Airlines. |
| 2022 | Lufthansa Group announced plans to buy a 41% stake in ITA Airways. |
| 2022 | Lufthansa Group announced plans to buy stakes in Aegean Airlines and ITA Airways. |
| August 2022 | Deutsche Bahn became the first intermodal partner of Star Alliance, enabling member airlines to assign their own flight numbers for train services. |
| April 15 2022 | Alliance Air was divested and became an independent business unit, no longer part of Air India or Star Alliance. |
| November 16 2020 | Asiana Airlines announced plans to exit the Star Alliance, with a planned merger with Korean Air. |
| February 2020 | Thai Smile joined Star Alliance as a Connecting Partner. |
| September 30 2019 | Darwin Airline ceased operations. |
| September 30 2019 | Adria Airways ceased operations and exited the alliance on October 2, 2019. |
| August 20 2019 | Star Alliance announced Avianca Brasil's exit from the alliance, effective September 1, 2019. |
| May 23 2017 | Juneyao Airlines joined Star Alliance as a Connecting Partner. |
| 2016 | A meeting of ministers confirmed that the Maldives was not a member of the Vanilla Islands group. |
| September 21 2015 | Int'Air Îles from Comoros joins the Vanilla Alliance as a founding member. |
| July 22 2015 | Avianca Brasil joined as a Connecting Partner, partially filling the void left by TAM Airlines. |
| May 20 2015 | Council of Ministers of the IOC met in Antananarivo to commit to signing an agreement for creating the alliance. |
| 2014 | Air India Regional (later Alliance Air) became associated with Star Alliance. |
| July 2014 | IOC held a conference on tourism and air travel, after which committees of airline officials and civil aviation authorities were created to form the alliance. |
| July 11 2014 | Air India joined Star Alliance after being invited and approved. |
| March 30 2014 | TAM Airlines merged with LAN Airlines, becoming a Oneworld member. |
| March 30 2014 | US Airways merged with American Airlines, a Oneworld member. |
| January 2014 | IOC published 'Wings of the Indian Ocean', calling for a joint strategy on regional air transport. |
| June 18 2013 | EVA Air joined Star Alliance. |
| May 27 2013 | TACA Airlines merged with Avianca, being renamed Avianca El Salvador. |
| May 2 2013 | IOC held a conference in Mauritius discussing problems with regional air travel. |
| 2012 | Maldives Minister for Tourism was invited to discuss potential membership in the Vanilla Islands tourism body. |
| 2012 | Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) hosted a conference on the state of air travel within the Indian Ocean region, determining the current airline business model was unsustainable. |
| November 1 2012 | Blue1 left the Star Alliance after SAS took over its mainline operations. |
| June 21 2012 | Avianca, TACA Airlines, and Copa Airlines joined, significantly expanding Star Alliance's Latin American presence. |
| April 20 2012 | British Midland International was merged into British Airways, an International Airlines Group division and Oneworld member. |
| March 3 2012 | Continental Airlines merged with United Airlines. |
| January 27 2012 | Spanair ceased operations. |
| December 13 2011 | Ethiopian Airlines officially joined Star Alliance, adding five countries and 24 destinations to the alliance's network. |
| October 31 2010 | Shanghai Airlines left the alliance after merging with China Eastern Airlines, a SkyTeam member. |
| August 2010 | Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, the Comoros, Réunion, and Mayotte united under the brand 'Vanilla Islands' to promote regional tourism. |
| August 28 2010 | Mexicana ceased operations after leaving Star Alliance in 2004 and briefly joining Oneworld. |
| June 30 2010 | Aegean Airlines joined Star Alliance as a member. |
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