What Are Airline Alliances? How Do They Work?
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2020
- Understanding the three main airline alliances - Star Alliance, oneworld, and SkyTeam - can make a big difference to your travels. Airlines have cooperated this way for over 20 years, and offer many benefits to passengers and airlines alike. This video explains the history and structure of the alliances and how they work together to offer benefits.
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As an American, it’s pretty simple to remember
Star Alliance - The one with United
Skyteam - The one with Delta
OneWorld - The one with American
It used to be so much more complicated
Star Alliance was United AND US Airways AND Continental at one point
Skyteam had Delta AND Northwest AND Continental before it became Star
and for a little while OneWorld had US Airways before the AA merger
But now it's all well and good and easy and oh my gosh what is Alaska Airlines doing now
AS is joining AA at One World
I don't understand appeal of US airlines to join forces with others. You guys have such specific and enormous market and only advantage is I guess miles if u fly overseas often.
Jan Šebek That can be explainedof two words : Feeder Flights. Let’s say someone needs to get from Austin, Texas, to Stuttgart, Germany. You purchase a ticket from Austin, which gets you from Austin to Houston, then after you arrive at Frankfurt, you get a connecting flight to Stuttgart , where Lufthansa flies you from Frankfurt to Stuttgart you collect points under the United Airlines frequent flyer scheme for all the flights. Lufthansa makes a small profit on the flight as well. Also, if a US flight gets delayed or cancelled flying out of Frankfurt to Houston, you can be put on a Lufthansa flight back to the USA, but via a different route to get you back home to Austin, Texas. They will connect you to Austin via a destination that Lufthansa flies to (like Denver for example).
@@paulsz6194 I guess that makes sense for US market, flights there even to smaller airports are vital. For european, you just hop onto EuroCity train from Stuttgart to Frankfurt since Europe is much more tightly packed and public transport more present. But then again, American are usually initiators of these alliances and serving domestic market mainly...makes sense, thanks.
When I made my frequent flyer status with Air Canada - it changed how I travel!
Then, Star Alliance made that even better by welcoming me on flights with LOT, Air New Zealand, United, Aegean, TAP, Lufthansa, and SAS as if I was one of their own!
Canada EhXplained welcome to the Family, Frequenterflyer. we have upgraded your flight today 🙂! Regular flyer: hello, you’re down the back, last row. 😒
Air Canada to an American: hello, you little sh*t
Air Canada to Canadians: WAZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPPPP
Croatia Airlines is a member of STAR ALLIANCE too! Best regards from Croatia
What about SIA my favourite airline 🤬
They say You learn new things everyday. On this channel, you learn new things every week. Another great video Simple Flying
Indeed sir, indeed
Yes
All the alliances have their positives and negatives. However if I could choose only one I'd pick Star Alliance as it has the best overall coverage. Oneworld is fantastic for transatlantic and trans-pacific though and Skyteam is really useful for inter Asian flights and from Europe to Africa.
I wouldn't say so. It is really up to condition. For me SkyTeam wax the best for flights only within Europe but if I fly one day to America (South or North) SkyTeam will be cheapest, highest quality and I will earn miles and XPs. For my potential 2022 and 2023 trips SkyTeam is also the best (unless Low-Cost services will be more than 20% cheaper with luggage).
@@a21npilot91 If you're part of Delta SkyMiles, you now have LATAM as a partner!
@@bernardszeto2064, no, I am FlyingBlue and some of their partners are more important for me than LATAM.
Latam will maybe join skyteam and make them very strong in southern/central America since they already have Aeromexico and Aerolineas Argentinas
@@a21npilot91 Aerolinas Argentina and Air Europa are very valuable for connecting Europe to South America
Delta might sell the ticket, but Air France will serve the drink😉
True 🤣
What happens if Air France sells the ticket, but Delta sell the drinks?
Windy blower impossible
@@mhaithamb why?
Windy blower it’s the same outcome just reversed. The passenger might fly with AF to an international airport,but from there have a feeder flight to a secondary airport.
SKYTEAM is my favorite ❤️. Almost all of my favorite airlines like KLM, Korean air and Delta are in it.
I like Star Alliance more only becuz of Singapore Airlines😑
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My favorite airline alliance is Star Alliance, because it serves the best in Switzerland, with Swiss and Lufthansa, and to Australia over Singapore... I also feel like star alliance is maybe the alliance with some of the best airlines, such as Singapore airlines.
Dude same i flew with Turkish in 2016 and if i fly star Alliance i feel safe but ilike Skyteam too
I just love Star Alliance because of Air Canada because I live in Canada 🇨🇦 because Pearson Airport terminal 1 is badass
For me the good point of star alliance is that they have a lot of companies but the better one are (imo) in skyteam and one world
@@dmann5938Same here. I fly into Asia quite often, and their partnership with ANA and Singapore Airlines make it easier and cheaper to do so.
The best alliance ticket I ever bought included Qantas, Japan Airlines, British Airlines, and Malaysia Airlines. It also included an out of alliance connection to Air Serbia.
British Airlines? Must be a hell of a competitor to BA
I love *Skyteam* the most! Because Saudia, my countries flag-carrier is a member in it! Greetings from Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦😁✋
Finally! A decent video about airline alliances! Thx Simple Flying!!!
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The Alliance Airlines have their own respective terminals at Heathrow:star alliance terminal 2 and skyteam terminal 4, also one world terminal 5 the rest is a bit mixed, as a fairly frequent traveller it does help a little to know wich airlines use wich terninal esp in Heathrows case.
I love how American is finally at terminal 5!
Yea same at CDG Paris, Air France and SKYTEAM are at 2E/F and Star Alliance at T1 and One World at T2A but they do have so exceptions, Air Canada is at 2A while Qatar is at T1
Every major int’l gateway airport should do this
Also in Narita Airport, Skyteam use T1 north, Star Alliance use T1 south and Oneworld use T2
Doesn't One World have their terminal at T3 because T5 is mostly for British Airways?
I used to work for the Star Alliance. Very surprised that Emirates is not in any Alliance. Great informative video
they're big enough to wing it solo, I'm in fact surprised that Qatar is in any alliances. The CEO even threatened to quit multiple times
They almost joined Star Alliance in 2000 but decided against it.
Emirates is almost their own alliance.
I’ve waited soooo long for this and it really was worth the wait 😃😃😃😃😃😃
I like Start Alliance the best because it has my favorite airlines: Singapore, ANA, Lufthansa, and United.
honestly i hate it...
Technically, Virgin Atlantic is partnered with Delta.
connor stohl I’m pretty sure they own 49% of virgin Atlantic
Hopefully Virgin Atlantic joins skyteam
Airlines cool8 flight it’s part of Alaska now who are set to join OneWorld
Jarnold 123 well I mean technically Alaska will be in oneworld, but Virgin Atlantic and Australia won’t be
TylerAnimated seen as both have entered bankruptcy protection or voluntary administration neither will joining an alliance soon
My favorite alliance would be Star Alliance; however if I were to have my own airline, I wouldn't join any of the major 3 alliances, but I would create a joint venture with a major airline:)
Thanks for the video!
Danny Mwiine that’s what Emirates has done with Qantas, which wasn’t mentioned here. You can book QF flights to Dubai (and beyond) flying Emirates and collecting Qantas Frequent flyer points. Qantas no longer flies to London via Dubai,only via Singapore.
@danw7943 same here
Great video! Always wanted to know how they worked. Super helpful!
Exactly what I have been waiting for! Great video!
Great vid! I mostly fly on oneworld airlines but I’d love to try the other alliances
One of the reasons budget airlines in southeast Asia requires separate check ins are due to differing check-in procedures. They cut cost wherever possible; some uses barcodes in app, some use pre printed boarding passes where the gate agent scribbles on your name and other info, some print their boarding pass on receipt sized thermal rolls, some shorten their luggage tag by half, some even use serialized tags like tickets(pre printed tags bearing airport code, they tear of the tab, hands it over, the luggage tag has matching serial numbers)
I like all of them but the star alliance sounds the best at least 😂 another great video, this channel will go far.
Woah! Thanks Simpleflying....I had been emailing and commenting to make a video on this topic. HATS OFF!
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Well that happened while I was watching....love you guys!
Star Alliance is my favorite, customer service is top notch!
Same!
Such an informative video!! ✨ thnx a lot and keep growing
Great vid, I always wonder how airline alliances work, thank you! ❤️
Here's hoping WestJet joins OneWorld at some point in the future, as that alliance has been sorely lacking a Canadian partner since Canadian Airlines merged with Air Canada. My personal preference for alliances is *A, though I have flown with all three.
WestJet almost joined OneWorld in either 2006 or 2008 but the deal fell apart so I don't think they will be able to join anytime soon
If WestJet truly has designs on becoming Canada’s other legacy carrier, it would make sense for them
I think after the HUGE deal that Westjet signed with Atlanta's Airline, I think if it would join an International Legacy Alliance it would be with Sky Team, they already code share with AirFrance KLM Alitalia and Delta! BA ended the code share agreement
WestJet is probably most likely to join SkyTeam because of Delta
westjet is probably more likely to join skyteam
I fly once a year from FRA to MNL and i'am Star Alliance Member but my flight is FRA-HKG with LH and HKG-MNL with CX. Return with PAL via BKK and TG to FRA
Thanks for this informative video
I mostly fly with Aeromexico from Chicago to Mexico City and back to Chicago almost every year. I really do miss Mexicana Airlines since our flew on it from 1991 until 2010 and I really miss Mexicana when it was with Star Alliance. I really do love Star Alliance and Skyteam because they really cover the US, Canada and Mexico
And now Virgin Atlantic has joined SkyTeam
Update: SAS will be joining SkyTeam
Second Update: ITA (formerly Alitalia) may join the Star Alliance
Great video, good Info ℹ️, i like the way you talk and the way you explain things :) for me I chose the star alliance Team :) I usually get better connections with them as well as mileage points. :)
Thanks Ronmualdo!
Skyteam's my personal favorite, since Delta's my personal favorite of the Big Three. Have to hand it to Star for connection tho - anyone that's got United, Air China, Lufthansa, and Ethiopian is bound to have a big network.
Benifit: Very nice liveries!
Growing up we always flew American because my mom worked for them for a long time, so I do love me some OneWorld.... but by gosh that Star Alliance has some amazing coverage and great carriers!
Concise and comprehensive video on Alliances.
Very nice!
that sky team livery looks pretty cool
As a Canadian, you’d think It for Star Alliance, but I’m actually a fan of SkyTeam because I’m of European descent. I have flown Delta, Air France and KLM multiple times and always had great experiences. This added to the fact that I travel to Europe and the States fairly often.
U really should try Singapore Airlines it’s really nice😊
OneWorld usually gets me where I need to go.
I love these videos
I made Flying Blue in SkyTeam Air France and KLM were two of few airlines flying where I needed back in 2020 and beginning 2021. 2 more legs for gold, never regretted.
Your channel is very informative. Add more videos to this channel. I like longer videos.
Well experience!!!! I am such a big airline lover from a long time ago!!! Very interesting video! I've already liked it! Our Croatia Airlines is below STAR ALLIANCE!!!! I wish I became a flight attendand on Croatia Airlines or on a Ryanair, Easy Jet or Wizzair some day!!!! Best wishes from Croatia 😘
December 2019: me finally unlocking Frequent Traveller Status!
March 2020: Employer cancels all business flights until end of pandemic...
Mexicana doesn't exit anymore. The only Mexican airline who stay with an alliance with other global airlines is Aeromexico
Yah, i noticed couple that do not exist anymore, current situaltion doesn't help them neither
@@ctx4241 yeah, this situation is very awful for all airlines but Mexicana died since 2010
Nice
I love your videos and hope you guys get more subscribers on both channels.
Thanks HTW!
They sure deserve about millions subs on both channels as the hard work they put is very noticeable
Looking nice.
Needs an update! Ex. GOL is now part of One World.
As a person who flies between Australia and Chile often enough, I'm sad to see LATAM leave Oneworld and wonder what this means for the future. I assume they are planning to continue codesharing with Qantas
Star Alliance is the best overall, but Skyteam's special livery is the best.
I'm with One World. I'm from Australia and Qantas and Cathay get me everywhere. Two great airlines.
Hey dude my mom works at latam airlines the alliance change was scheduled to may 1st but current world events have moved the date
Love flying One World!😄👍🏻
3:36 that's Wellington New Zealand!
02:45 There is also the Vanilla Alliance in South West Indian Ocean. Air Seychelles and Air Mauritius are part of that Alliance.
OneWorld is my favorite followed by SkyTeam. I use the Airlines in these Alliances though I hate the majority of Airlines in StarAlliances.
Asiana is a pretty great airline in Star Alliance, actually
I fly mostly on Asiana, ANA and Singapore Airlines. They are great Airlines!
Living in Canada, Star Alliance is the prevelent one here. I have been gaming the Aeroplan (Air Canada's) points system for years. It was great fun, when Lufthansa and United still had first class on their overseas routes.
When booking one trip, an exceptionally rude and officious Aeroplan employee decided that (s)he was going to speak to me i a catty tone, and, did so. I did not complain, because (s)he was also incompetent... (s)he did not deduct the points from my account. I flew first class twice on the same points! You could say that I recycled them.
1:52 ... you failed to mention the founding members of the very first alliance, but made sure to mention the ones that followed... kind of a backwards priority, there.
In Japan, Star Alliance's All Nippon Airways is popular and is currently Japan's flag carrier.
As a Korean American airline enthusiast I always fly Korean Air whenever I visit my extended family in Korea, but I like Star Alliance the best because I flew ANA and Asiana Airlines before too and my aunt and uncle are members of the Asiana crew.
They are always so expensive tho I’ve never flown with them and I go to Korea almost every year but you seem like you live in LA and I’m sure they have a lot of good options. My route is usually United-Air Canada where I go from Chicago (where I live) to Toronto or some other Canadian city and then to Incheon, so yeah star alliance is my favorite!
Skyteam is the best!
Could u talk about the benefits of an airline on maintaining only one manufacturer on their fleet for economic reasons after covid 19 crisis ?
The thing I don't like about these alliances is that you don't necessarily know which airline will actually fly you.
If I booked a ticket with BA, an airline I've had a mediocre experience with, but was sat on a Royal Air Maroc plane, an airline I've had bad experience with - I'd be pretty annoyed.
Especially as the prices as not necessarily aligned either. For one flight, many years ago, I had a choice between a BA and a Qantas flight, I went for BA because it was substantially cheaper (£100s). When I got to the airport, it was the same plane, heck I probably could have booked the exact same seat.
Yes - definitely one tricky part of code shares and itineraries within an alliance. When possible, its good to read through the itinerary and look for "Operated by _____________"
Question - Which is the best Alliance as why? If it helps at the moment based in Australia so the main two would be OneWorld (Qantas) or Sky Team (Virgin Australia)
OneWorld if you’re Australian.
Qatar/Qantas for connections to Europe.
Qantas for domestic/regional.
Hong Kong by Cathay.
British Airways/American for transatlantic and US flights.
i have only be able to fly with Sky team. (NW, Delta and KLM)
But i do like there style.
Can you go into more depth about code sharing?
I don't really fly codeshare flights that much. However I do fly on EVA quite a bit, so I like Star Alliance.
Aer Lingus is in the IAG international group is the IAG international group an Alliance ( please get an answer from simple flying!).
Nope - IAG is not an alliance. Just the corporate parent company for a group of airlines. BA and Iberia are IAG airlines that are in OneWorld but other IAG airlines are not part formally part of that same alliance.
Some airlines have alliances with other airlines "Outside" an alliance. Eg: Velocity(Virgin Australia) and Singapore, Etihad, Delta
I love your vidioed
Which one is the best then?
Cathay Dragon (Formerly Dragonair), a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific operates the flights in China. It is also part of One World.
I get mixed up which airline are with which alliance.
My suggestion in Emirates joining in Skyteam, Virgin Atlantic and Etihad joining in one world.
Man if that happens I can finally have a use for my skypesos
If Virgin Atlantic was going to join an alliance they would probably join Skyteam due to their close affiliation with Delta.
@6 - A4 Jai Kartik Mynepalli If you do some research, UAE is a fairly small country and there are no domestic flight services within the UAE, hence EK does not operate their widebody jets for domestic routes. Emirates never needed to join any alliance because the service they offering is having Dubai as a major transfer point. They only need to have certain partners in large countries such as the US and China to transfer their passengers to their final destination and that's exactly what they are doing.
6 - A4 Jai Kartik Mynepalli Emirates doesn’t do domestic flights..That is left to fly Dubai which is a smaller and not widely known airline which is a major partner with emirates that shares the same hub..Either way I don’t believe domestic flights are available as the UAE is a really small country
I'd love to see a mexican carrier either in Oneworld or SA. Mexicana was a former member of both and the only airline in an alliance in Mexico is AMX
The very First Alliance/ Partnership between different Airlines was the Partnership between Northwest Airlines( 2004 merged with Delta) an the Royal Durch Airline KLM in 1989. They do everything like actiallity Alliances. Sharing Flights, Operate under same Flightnumbers, selling Tickets für both Partners, Customer Service . They are the Starter and Shows the Benefits of an Partnership/Alliance Network.
Other Alliances starts many Years later and Copy this System.
In 2013 my flight from Amsterdam to Edmonton through Minneapolis with was cheaper to book with KLM than it was to book directly with Delta.
3:55 - 4:03 Heyo, Brussels Airport :)
Here's my preferred airline alliance: SkyTeam, oneworld, Star Alliance and Value Alliance
My favourite alliance is definitely Star Alliance because the largest airline in my home country is in it, Aegean.
But since this YTvideo has been produced VirginAtlantic joined the Skyteam?
SkyTeam is my Top pick. KLM, Air France, Delta first that come to mind.
As a resident in the Philippines i find a bit weird this Philippine Airlines(PAL)not yet joined any of these 3 alliances, StarAlliance, OneWorld or Skyteam. In comparison that's the case with other similar airlines in SouthEastAsia like Thai, Malaysian and Singapore AL. But i do not expect PAL is focusing that much these days about just making alliances due to the challenge of pandemic. But will the airline consider joining any alliance when some day back to the old normal?.
I would say Skyteam is the better fit for PAL as they already have an arrangement with Delta. One World has Cathay Pacific and Star alliance has Singapore Airlines which are strong carriers already serving the Philippines (plus United is coming in with direct flights) .. sky team is weaker in Phil
As an American I will say from my experience I will say the best BIG American airline is delta mainly because of the good service and coverage
I stick with one world so much that might consider finnair for my next Europe trip
And alliances can also facilitate dealing with cancellations or unexpected decline in traffic which makes direct service uneconomical.
Other airline that is a member of Star Alliance is Avianca of Colombia
Star Alliance being the oldest
SkyTeam being the youngest
Oneworld being the middle child
The logo of star alliance, does thoes arrows stand for the five original airline members. Probably, because five arrows makes a star
SkyTeam is my fav
air berlin doesn't exist anymore i think. Also Czech Airlines are completely bought by Lufthansa, it exists as corporate entity but does not "operate" anything, just redirects passengers onto SkyTeam Flights usually flown by Lufthansa if I'm not mistaken
Member of Star Alliance since 1998 and of One World since 2001.
For economy passengers it doesn't really make much difference apart from codeshares
Unless you have status with the airline/alliance and book an economy ticket and get upgraded to business or premium economy because the flight was overbooked. Happens from time to time... not super common though.
It’s March 2023 and Virgin Atlantic has joined sky team
Turkish Airlines itself flies to 121 countries and is the airline that flies to most countries. Air France is second in that list with 91 countries, while British Airways is third with 82. TK, being partly owned by the state flies to almost every African country, not making much money in the process but being very important in connecting Turkey to African market.
I think this might explain the high number of countries Star Alliance flies to, rather than its high number of members, while Skyteam carries more passengers annually.
My Favorite aliance (Sky Team)
i guess imma go with one world once i get flight benifits at alaska
Avianca: A Star Alliance Member