Brussels Airlines entra in Star


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Brussels Airlines to join Star Alliance

At their annual Board Meeting, the CEOs of the Star Alliance member airlines have today voted to accept the application of Brussels Airlines to become a future member of the alliance.

Brussels Airlines is the Belgian airline offering the widest choice of flights to and from the "capital" of Europe. With a fleet of 45 aircraft the airline operates some 300 daily flights to 55 European airports and 15 African destinations.

Through its membership in Star Alliance, Brussels Airlines will be able to offer its passengers a variety of benefits. On the network side for instance, the airline will be able to offer its passengers seamless travel across the Star Alliance network which will expand to cover 1,074 destinations in 174 countries*

In order to provide all the alliance benefits, the specialized teams at Brussels Airlines, Star Alliance and its member carriers will now be working on the integration process, which once completed, will make Brussels Airlines a part of the Star Alliance network, currently consisting of 21 members.

Brussels Airlines 3,000 employees and 45 aircraft operate some 300 flights daily, connecting Brussels Airport to 70 European and African airports.


About Star Alliance:
The members are Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, bmi, Egyptair, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shanghai Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, Spanair, SWISS, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Regional member carriers Adria Airways (Slovenia), Blue1 (Finland) and Croatia Airlines enhance the global network. Air India, Brussels Airlines, Continental Airlines and TAM have been announced as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers more than 16,500 daily flights to 912 destinations in 159 countries.


* Note: Figures based on current Star Alliance network + future members Air India, Brussels Airlines, Continental and TAM.


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Quindi salteranno anche i cs con AZ sulla MXP-BRU. Skyteam non vola piu' su questa importante rotta business.
 
Star adds Brussels Airlines, targets up to 50 members

Friday December 12, 2008
Star Alliance yesterday confirmed that Brussels Airlines, which is owned partially by Lufthansa, will join the organization, and Star CEO Jaan Albrecht said the 21-member group eventually may more than double in size.
"We have a lot of requests from carriers" to join the alliance, he told ATWOnline yesterday at Star's annual board meeting in Chicago. "We are now working on a new concept that we can see up to 50 member carriers in the future. That could mean maybe 30 or 40 or even more carriers." He said greater size will mean greater strength during downturns like the one currently facing the industry. "We developed from a 'good weather' alliance to a global alliance that can handle difficult situations like now," he said.
Star already is set to add Continental Airlines (now in SkyTeam), Air India and TAM. Albrecht said it is talking to "several carriers" regarding future membership, especially in Africa and Latin America. "But we don't need a hub in the desert. We are not talking to Middle East carriers about joining Star," he said.
To handle its much larger future, Star is examining restricting its leadership and management, Albrecht revealed. He said that smaller carriers will provide "local leadership" while Star linchpins like LH or United Airlines will offer "global leadership." He said management strategy "is one of the main topics we are working on currently." He assured that membership will not be stratified and that every Star airline, regardless of size, will be considered a full member.
No timeline was revealed regarding SN's membership. It will become Star's 10th European member and operates 45 aircraft on approximately 300 flights to 55 European and 15 African destinations. Lufthansa reached agreement to purchase 45% of SN in September and has an option to acquire the remainder in 2011. UA Chairman, President and CEO Glenn Tilton cited Brussels' "greater connectivity throughout Europe and Africa" as its appealing feature. LH will sponsor SN through the membership process.

by Kurt Hofmann
ATWOnline
 
Lounge ‘condivise’ tra Lufthansa e Brussels Airlines
Tra i prossimi step tariffe combinabili e ‘pool’ dei programmi frequent flyer

Lufthansa e Brussels Airlines aggiungono un nuovo tassello alla propria partnership. Da ieri, i passeggeri di un vettore avranno accesso alle lounge dell’altro e viceversa. Nello specifico, i membri del programma Privilege Frequent Flyer (con status Platinum) della compagnia belga potranno accedere alle lounge Lufthansa Senator e Business-Class. E i membri Miles&More potranno fare lo stesso con quelle di Brussels Airlines. Ma i vettori sono al lavoro anche sui prossimi step della collaborazione: i passeggeri potranno presto combinare le tariffe delle due compagnie, mentre è allo studio anche l’idea di mettere in pool i relativi programmi frequent flyer, oltre a quello di Swiss.

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