SkyTeam

global airline alliance

SkyTeam is the world's second largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol near Amsterdam, Netherlands. SkyTeam was founded or established in 2000 by five airlines, Aeroméxico, Air France, Delta Air Lines, and Korean Air. It was the last of the three major airline alliances to be established after Star Alliance and Oneworld. Though it was the last of three airline alliances to be established it is second only behind Star Alliance by number of passengers and number of member airlines. As of December 2013, SkyTeam is made up of 19 airlines from five continents, and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you".[6]

SkyTeam
Launch date22 June 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-22)
Full members19
Destination airports1,150+[1]
Destination countries175[2]
Annual passengers (M)630[3]
Fleet size3,054
HeadquartersAmsterdam Airport Schiphol
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Management
  • Walter Cho (Chairman)[4]
  • Kristin Colvile (CEO)[5]
Alliance sloganCaring more about you[1]
Websitewww.skyteam.com

SkyTeam flies to more than 1,000 destinations in 178 countries, and operates some 15,200 daily flights with a combined fleet of over 4,300 aircraft, including associate carriers. As of June 2013, the alliance and its members had a total workforce of 452,590; furthermore, it had 530 lounges worldwide to serve 569 million annual passengers.[6]

Members

The four founding members of SkyTeam are Aeroméxico, Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air.
Member airline[7]Joined
 Aeroflot14 April 2006
 Aerolíneas Argentinas29 August 2012
 Aeroméxico[A]22 June 2000
 Air Europa4 September 2007
 Air France[A]22 June 2000
 ITA Airways29 October 2021
 China Airlines28 September 2011
 China Eastern Airlines21 June 2011
 Czech Airlines25 March 2001
 Delta Air Lines[A]22 June 2000
 Kenya Airways4 September 2007
 KLM[A]13 September 2004
 Korean Air[A]22 June 2000
 Middle East Airlines28 June 2012
 Saudia29 May 2012
 TAROM25 June 2010
 Vietnam Airlines10 June 2010
 XiamenAir21 November 2012

A Founding member.

Past members

References

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