List of Airline Alliances (updated March 17, 2016)
The list of airline alliances needs an update from last time. Most of the changes came with the main airline affiliates (which I identified below in bullet format).
As you already know, I collect miles for at least 1 airline per alliance:
- Star Alliance: Air Canada (Aeroplan)
- Oneworld: British Airways (Executive Club) and American Airlines (AAdvantage)
- SkyTeam: Delta Air Lines (Delta SkyMiles)
The main reason for this diversity is in case I need to purchase an airline ticket (as oppose to redeeming miles for a reward flight), I can load up my miles to any of the frequent flyer programs without missing out on earning.
Below is a list of all the memberships within 3 major airline alliances, along with changes in brackets:
| Oneworld | SkyTeam | Star Alliance |
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| Air Berlin | Aeroflot | Adria Airways |
| • Niki | Aerolíneas Argentinas | Aegean Airlines |
| American Airlines | • Austral Líneas Aéreas | • Olympic Air |
| • American Eagle | Aeromexico | Air Canada |
| • US Airways | • Aeroméxico Connect | • Air Canada Express |
| • US Airways Express | Air Europa | • Air Canada Rouge |
| • US Airways Shuttle | Air France | Air China |
| • American Airlines Shuttle (added) | Alitalia | • Dalian Airlines |
| British Airways | • Alitalia CityLiner (added) | Air India |
| • BA CityFlyer | China Airlines | • Air India Regional |
| • British Airways Limited | • Mandarin Airlines | Air New Zealand |
| • Comair | China Eastern Airlines | • Air New Zealand Link |
| • OpenSkies | • Shanghai Airlines | All Nippon Airways |
| • Sun-Air | China Southern Airlines | • Air Japan (added) |
| Cathay Pacific | Czech Airlines | • ANA Wings (added) |
| • Cathay Dragon (added) | Delta Air Lines | • Vanilla Air (added) |
| • Dragonair | • Delta Connection | Asiana Airlines |
| Finnair | • Delta Shuttle | • Air Busan |
| • Nordic Regional Airlines | Garuda Indonesia | Austrian Airlines |
| Iberia | Kenya Airways | Avianca |
| • Air Nostrum | KLM | • Avianca Brazil |
| • Iberia Express | • KLM Cityhopper | • Avianca Cargo (added) |
| • Iberia Regional | Korean Air | • Avianca Costa Rica |
| Japan Airlines | Middle East Airlines | • Avianca Ecuador |
| • J-Air | Saudia | • Avianca El Salvador |
| • Japan Transocean Air | TAROM | • Avianca Guatemala |
| LAN Airlines | Vietnam Airlines | • Avianca Honduras |
| • LAN Argentina | Xiamen Airlines | • Avianca Nicaragua |
| • LAN Colombia | • Avianca Peru | |
| • LAN Ecuador | Possible future members to SkyTeam | Brussels Airlines |
| • LAN Express | Air Madagascar | Copa Airlines |
| • LAN Peru | Air Mauritius | • Copa Airlines Colombia |
| Malaysia Airlines | Gol Transportes Aéreos | Croatia Airlines |
| Qantas | Hunnu Air | EgyptAir |
| • Jetconnect | Uzbekistan Airways | • EgyptAir Express |
| • QantasLink | Virgin Atlantic | • Air Sinai |
| Qatar Airways | Ethiopian Airlines | |
| • Al Maha Airways (added) | EVA Air | |
| Royal Jordanian | • Uni Air | |
| S7 Airlines | LOT Polish Airlines | |
| • Globus Airlines | • LOT Charters (added) | |
| SriLankan Airlines | Lufthansa | |
| TAM Airlines | • Air Dolomiti | |
| • Lufthansa CityLine | ||
| Possible future members to Oneworld | • Lufthansa Regional | |
| Aer Lingus | • SunExpress Deutschland (added) | |
| • Aer Lingus Regional | Scandinavian Airlines | |
| Air Tahiti Nui | • Blue1 | |
| Interjet | Shenzhen Airlines | |
| Royal Air Maroc | • Kunming Airlines (added) | |
| • Royal Air Maroc Express | Singapore Airlines | |
| TAM Paraguay | • Silkair (added) | |
| • Singapore Scoot (added) | ||
| • Singapore Tigerair (added) | ||
| South African Airways | ||
| • Airlink | ||
| • Mango | ||
| • South African Express | ||
| SWISS International Air Lines | ||
| • Edelweiss Air | ||
| • Swiss Global Air Lines | ||
| TAP Portugal | ||
| • PGA Express | ||
| • Portugalia | ||
| Thai Airways International | ||
| • Thai Smile | ||
| Turkish Airlines | ||
| • Anadolu Jet | ||
| • Sunexpress (name change) | ||
| United Airlines | ||
| • United Express | ||
| No new possible future members to Star Alliance | ||
Air Madagascar and air Mauritius are in vanilla alliance
Thanks for the heads up! Will be including that in the next update!
Do you know if SATA (Azores Airlines) belongs to an alliance? Yes, I looked through their website(s). They’ve been rebranding SATA as Azores Airlines. They have a point program (Imagine) but I cannot see any information on its convertibility with other programs, etc. I think SATA is independent of TAP Portugal.
Hi Bryan, your research is correct, unfortunately they are currently not part of any alliance.