Star Alliance member airlines

17 carriers we track fly under Star Alliance, operating roughly 4,220 aircraft between them. Alliance membership is why your miles credit across carriers and why a codeshare can put you on a plane with someone else's paint.

Star Alliance network at a glance

17
Members tracked
4,220
Approx. aircraft
17
Home countries
12
Major hubs shown

The 17 Star Alliance carriers we track are based across 17 countries and operate roughly 4,220 aircraft between them. The largest single member here is United Airlines with about 1,000 aircraft, which is around 24% of the alliance total in this list.

Alliance membership is a commercial arrangement rather than an operational one: the aircraft, crews and callsigns stay entirely separate, which is why a Star Alliance flight always appears on a tracker under its own airline's ICAO prefix rather than any shared code. What members share is loyalty currency, lounge access and codeshares, so the name on your ticket and the name on the aeroplane can differ. Between them these carriers concentrate on 12 major hub airports listed below.

Fleet scale in this dataset is led by United Airlines, Air China and Turkish Airlines. Together those three account for about 46% of aircraft attributed to the listed members. That concentration means a relatively small group supplies much of the alliance's physical capacity. Home countries represented here are Canada, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Panama, Portugal, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United States. Counts are approximate reference figures, not a live registry.

The alliance name never replaces the operating identity on a flight tracker. In this member set, the three largest examples appear as United Airlines as UAL / UNITED, Air China as CCA / AIR CHINA and Turkish Airlines as THY / TURKISH. Those ICAO prefixes and radio callsigns identify the operator even when a ticket was sold as a codeshare by another Star Alliance member.

The 12-airport hub sample spans 7 time zones. By listed annual passengers, its largest gateway is Denver International Airport (DEN) at roughly 82.4 million. The highest field represented is Denver International Airport at 5,434 ft. These are selected member hubs from this site's airport dataset, not the alliance's complete network.

What the member data shows

  • Largest listed fleet: United Airlines, with approximately 1,000 aircraft.
  • Fleet concentration: the three largest members account for about 46% of the approximate aircraft total shown here.
  • Geographic spread: members in this dataset are based across 17 countries.
  • Hub sample: 12 major member hubs are linked below.

Star Alliance carriers

AirlineIATAICAORadio callsignFleetCountry
United Airlines UA UAL UNITED 1000 United States
Air China CA CCA AIR CHINA 490 China
Turkish Airlines TK THY TURKISH 460 Turkey
Air Canada AC ACA AIR CANADA 350 Canada
Lufthansa LH DLH LUFTHANSA 300 Germany
Air India AI AIC AIRINDIA 250 India
All Nippon Airways NH ANA ALL NIPPON 240 Japan
Ethiopian Airlines ET ETH ETHIOPIAN 150 Ethiopia
Singapore Airlines SQ SIA SINGAPORE 150 Singapore
Avianca AV AVA AVIANCA 140 Colombia
Copa Airlines CM CMP COPA 110 Panama
EgyptAir MS MSR EGYPTAIR 110 Egypt
Air New Zealand NZ ANZ NEW ZEALAND 110 New Zealand
TAP Air Portugal TP TAP AIR PORTUGAL 100 Portugal
Swiss International Air Lines LX SWR SWISS 90 Switzerland
EVA Air BR EVA EVA 90 Taiwan
Thai Airways International TG THA THAI 80 Thailand

Major Star Alliance hubs

How the three alliances actually work is covered in airline alliances explained, and why the plane may not match the ticket in codeshare flights explained. Browse every airline we track.

Data sources and review

Reviewed 2026-07-29 by Flight-Tracker.net Editorial Team

Combined fleet and destination figures are sums of rounded member snapshots on this site. They are useful for comparison, not an official alliance total or live registry.

Read our airline dataset methodology, or inspect the machine-readable reference dataset.

Star Alliance: Common questions

Which airlines are in Star Alliance?

We track 17 Star Alliance members: United Airlines, Air China, Turkish Airlines, Air Canada, Lufthansa and Air India and 11 more. Together they operate around 4,220 aircraft.

What is the largest airline in Star Alliance?

By fleet size, United Airlines with approximately 1,000 aircraft, operating from United States under the radio callsign UNITED.

Does Star Alliance membership change which aircraft I fly on?

No. Alliances are commercial, not operational. Each member keeps its own aircraft, crews, certificate and callsign, so a tracker shows the operating airline's own ICAO prefix. What you gain is miles, lounges and codeshare connections across the group.

How do I track a Star Alliance flight?

Search the flight number or the operating airline's callsign. Because each member flies under its own prefix, a codeshare sold by one member may appear on the map under another member's callsign entirely.