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Star Alliance Named World’s Best Airline Alliance
at the Skytrax 2023 World Airline Awards
• Star Alliance Los Angeles Lounge also won World’s Best Airline Alliance Lounge
Award for the seventh consecutive year.
• 13 member airlines claim a total of 35 top honours, including Singapore Airlines
as World’s Best Airline 2023.
SINGAPORE, June 20, 2023 - Star Alliance has once again won the title of World’s
Best Airline Alliance at the prestigious Skytrax World Airline Awards this year. The
Alliance’s famed Los Angeles lounge has also maintained its position of World’s
Best Airline Alliance Lounge for the seventh year running. Star Alliance CEO Theo
Panagiotoulias received the awards at a ceremony held at the Paris Air Show.
Delighted at the win, Mr Panagiotoulias said: “Star Alliance offers a robust network
and promises seamless journeys. We are very happy to learn that millions of flyers
have recognised the exceptional value our alliance extends. With the skies getting
busier, we welcome many more flyers to experience what Star Alliance and its 26
member airlines stand for.”
Mr Panagiotoulias also congratulated the team and continued: “The resilience and
hard work of every single employee of Star Alliance and its member airlines through
a tough 2022 has paid off with this win. I receive this honour on their behalf, and
encourage them to strive for more this year and beyond.”
Star Alliance, which offers the widest network in the sky, is committed to enhancing
the customer experience through a comprehensive strategy focusing on
digitalising the journey, extending unparalleled loyalty benefits, and launching
industry-first innovations such as the Intermodal Partnership model with the
German rail network, Deutsche Bahn, and the HSBC Star Alliance Credit Card for
the Australian market recently.
The Star Alliance Los Angeles Airport lounge is one of most highly rated airport
lounges bagging several prestigious awards consistently. With an outdoor terrace
that offers enviable views, the lounge is a visual delight by the day and a vibrant
energetic space by the evening.
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The Skytrax World Airline Awards are known as “
the Oscars of the aviation
industry
”, as they are decided through impartial international customer voting. This
year, 20.23 million eligible entries were counted in a survey that ran from
September 2022 to March 2023, representing passengers with over 100
nationalities. The survey was also provided in six major international languages.
Since its introduction in the award categories in 2005, the World’s Best Airline
Alliance award has witnessed multiple victories by Star Alliance.
Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax said: "We congratulate Star Alliance on this
fabulous double achievement in the World Airline Awards, receiving both the
World's Best Airline Alliance, and for having the World's Best Airline Alliance
Lounge. The Star Alliance lounge in the Tom Bradley International Terminal has long
been a customer favourite having previously been recognised as an award-
winning lounge."
In addition to the Alliance awards, 13 Star Alliance member airlines received 35
additional awards this year, including the coveted World’s Best Airline award for
Singapore Airlines. Other awards range from World's Cleanest Airline and World's
Best Premium Economy Class to several best regional airline awards.
About Star Alliance
The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance, based
on a customer value proposition of global reach, worldwide recognition and seamless service.
Since inception, it has offered the largest and most comprehensive airline network, with a focus
on improving customer experience across the Alliance journey.
The member airlines are: Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air India, 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, TAP Air Portugal, THAI, Turkish Airlines,
and United Airlines.
Overall, the Star Alliance network currently offers more than 16,000 daily flights to almost 1,200
airports in 186 countries. Further connecting flights are offered by Star Alliance Connecting
Partners Juneyao Airlines and THAI Smile Airways.
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