Knowing the 3 airline alliances and their member airlines is important while traveling, as you may not know about benefits for which you can qualify and codesharing arrangements — especially if you have elite status.
A Quick Reference Guide to the 3 Airline Alliances and Their Member Airlines
Although airline alliances do significantly ease travel via cooperation between member airlines, they are not completely seamless, as sometimes the policies and rules between different airlines can themselves be different — which can be quite annoying.
The 3 airline alliances and their member airlines are as follows:
- oneworld includes the following 17 member airlines:
- Alaska Airlines
- American Airlines
- British Airways
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Fiji Airways
- Finnair
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Iberia
- Japan Airlines
- Malaysia Airlines
- Oman Air
- Qantas Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Philippine Airlines
- Royal Air Maroc
- Royal Jordanian
- SriLankan Airlines
- SkyTeam includes the following 18 member airlines:
- Aerolineas Argentinas
- Aeromexico
- Air Europa
- Air France
- China Airlines
- China Eastern
- Delta Air Lines
- Garuda Indonesia
- Kenya Airways
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Korean Air
- Middle East Airlines – Air Liban
- SAS
- Saudia
- Tarom
- Vietnam Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
- Xiamen Airlines
- Star Alliance includes the following 26 member airlines:
- Aegean
- Air Canada
- Air China
- Air India
- Air New Zealand
- All Nippon Airways
- Asiana Airlines leaves Star Alliance network on December 16 2026
- Austrian
- Avianca
- Brussels Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Croatia Airlines
- Egyptair
- Ethiopian Airlines
- EVA Air
- ITA Airways
- LOT Polish Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Shenzhen Airlines
- Singapore Airlines
- South African Airways
- SWISS
- TAP Air Portugal
- Thai
- Turkish Airlines
- United Airlines
Final Boarding Call
Knowing which airline is a member of what alliance can be confusing and difficult to remember; so this article was created as a convenient reference guide that can be accessed quickly.
Also keep in mind that each individual airline may have official full partnerships or limited partnerships with other airlines that are not members of the aforementioned alliances. For example, Delta Air Lines — which is a founding member of the SkyTeam alliance — partners with such airlines as Air Baltic, Cape Air, El Al, and WestJet.
As to which is the best airline alliance is debatable and subjective, as numerous factors play into that decision…
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