Air India set to join Star Alliance

MUMBAI, Dec 14:
National Carrier Air India (AI) is set to join the list of top 28 international carriers by partnering with Star Alliance.
Announcing this decision today in Vienna, Star Alliance unanimously decided to lift the earlier suspension of the process for AI’s entry into the Alliance.
With this decision, final process for entry of Air India has begun.
Once the airline becomes a member, AI passengers will enjoy enormous benefits, including seamless transfers while travelling across the world, more frequent flyer mileage points, code sharing leading to a wider choice of flights and access to facilities at over 1,000 lounges worldwide.
The Star Alliance network offers 21,900 daily flights to 1,328 airports in 195 countries.
Established in 1997, Star Alliance is one of the biggest alliances of airlines which offer its customers convenient travel worldwide.
In order to become a member, an airline is required to comply with the highest standards of customer service, security and technical infrastructure in the industry.
The present list of members include Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Avianca, Brussels Airlines, Copa Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, EVA Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and US Airways. (UNI)