List of Airline Alliances (updated April 21, 2021)
It has been just over a year since we last updated this post. The most significant change that would affect Canadians is adding Alaska Airlines to Oneworld Alliance. Now my hope is for WestJet to join an alliance themselves too.
There are 3 worldwide major airline alliances, as well as 3 regional alliances that we will mention further down the post.
We’ve built up quite an archive of posts to track the historic changes of airline alliances over the years:
- April 7, 2020
- May 13, 2019
- September 18, 2018
- September 10, 2017
- January 15, 2017
- September 18, 2016
- March 17, 2016
- August 2, 2015
- May 11, 2014
Major Airline Alliances
Below is a list of member airlines for each alliance. The most significant changes occurred with Oneworld, namely the addition of Alaska Airlines and deletion of LATAM Airlines.
The changes from last time are specified with notes in brackets or struck-through (if no longer a member).
| Oneworld | SkyTeam | Star Alliance |
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| Alaska Airlines (added) | Aeroflot | Aegean Airlines |
| • Horizon Air (added) | Aerolíneas Argentinas | • Olympic Air |
| • SkyWest Airlines (added) | Aeromexico | Air Canada |
| American Airlines | Air Europa | • Air Canada Express |
| • American Eagle | Air France | • Air Canada Rouge |
| British Airways | Alitalia | Air China |
| • BA CityFlyer | • Alitalia CityLiner | |
| • Comair | China Airlines | |
| • Sun-Air | China Eastern Airlines | Air India |
| Cathay Pacific | • Shanghai Airlines | • Air India Express |
| Czech Airlines | • Alliance Air | |
| Finnair | Delta Air Lines | Air New Zealand |
| • Nordic Regional Airlines | Garuda Indonesia | All Nippon Airways |
| Iberia | Kenya Airways | |
| • Iberia Express | KLM | • ANA Wings |
| • Iberia Regional | Korean Air | Asiana Airlines |
| Japan Airlines | Middle East Airlines | |
| • Hokkaido Air System | Saudia | |
| • J-Air | TAROM | Austrian Airlines |
| • Japan Air Commuter (added) | Vietnam Airlines | Avianca |
| • Japan Transocean Air | Xiamen Airlines | • Avianca Costa Rica |
| • Avianca Ecuador | ||
| • Avianca El Salvador | ||
| • Avianca Express (added) | ||
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• Avianca Guatemala | |
| • Avianca Honduras | ||
| Malaysia Airlines | ||
| • Firefly (added) | Brussels Airlines | |
| • Maswings (added) | Copa Airlines | |
| Qantas | • Copa Airlines Columbia | |
| • QantasLink | ||
| Qatar Airways | Croatia Airlines | |
| Royal Air Maroc | EgyptAir | |
| • Royal Air Maroc Express | Ethiopian Airlines | |
| Royal Jordanian | ||
| S7 Airlines | • Ethiopian Mozambique Airlines | |
| SriLankan Airlines | ||
| EVA Air | ||
| • UNI Air | ||
| Connecting partners | LOT Polish Airlines | |
| Fiji Airways | ||
| • Fiji Link | ||
| Lufthansa | ||
| • Air Dolomiti | ||
| • Lufthansa CityLine | ||
| Scandinavian Airlines | ||
| • Scandinavian Airlines Ireland | ||
| Shenzhen Airlines | ||
| Singapore Airlines | ||
| South African Airways | ||
| Swiss International Air Lines | ||
| TAP Portugal | ||
| • TAP Express | ||
| Thai Airways | ||
| • Thai Smile | ||
| Turkish Airlines | ||
| • AnadoluJet | ||
| United Airlines | ||
| • United Express | ||
Regional Airline Alliances
Only a minor change to Value Alliance. Plans are in the works for Cathay Pacific to acquire HK Express (U-Fly Alliance) though. So that may be updated in the next round.
| Vanilla Alliance | U-Fly Alliance | Value Alliance |
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| Air Austral | Eastar Jet | Cebu Pacific |
| Air Madagascar | HK Express | Cebgo |
| Air Mauritius | Lucky Air | Jeju Air |
| Air Seychelles | Urumqi Air | Nok Air |
| Int’Air Îles | West Air | |
| Scoot |