SkyTeam

SkyTeam is the world's second largest airline alliance. Its headquarters are on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol near Amsterdam, Netherlands. SkyTeam was founded or established in 2000 by five airlines, Aeroméxico, Air France, Delta Air Lines, and Korean Air. It was the last of the three major airline alliances to be established after Star Alliance and Oneworld. Though it was the last of three airline alliances to be established it is second only behind Star Alliance by number of passengers and number of member airlines. As of December 2013, SkyTeam is made up of 19 airlines from five continents, and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you".^[6]

SkyTeam

Launch date	22 June 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-22)
Full members	19
Destination airports	1,150+[1]
Destination countries	175[2]
Annual passengers (M)	630[3]
Fleet size	3,054
Headquarters	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
Management	Walter Cho (Chairman)[4] Kristin Colvile (CEO)[5]
Alliance slogan	Caring more about you[1]
Website	www.skyteam.com

SkyTeam flies to more than 1,000 destinations in 178 countries, and operates some 15,200 daily flights with a combined fleet of over 4,300 aircraft, including associate carriers. As of June 2013^[update], the alliance and its members had a total workforce of 452,590; furthermore, it had 530 lounges worldwide to serve 569 million annual passengers.^[6]

Members

The four founding members of SkyTeam are Aeroméxico, Air France, Delta Air Lines and Korean Air.

Member airline[7]	Joined
Aeroflot	14 April 2006
Aerolíneas Argentinas	29 August 2012
Aeroméxico[A]	22 June 2000
Air Europa	4 September 2007
Air France[A]	22 June 2000
ITA Airways	29 October 2021
China Airlines	28 September 2011
China Eastern Airlines	21 June 2011
Czech Airlines	25 March 2001
Delta Air Lines[A]	22 June 2000
Kenya Airways	4 September 2007
KLM[A]	13 September 2004
Korean Air[A]	22 June 2000
Middle East Airlines	28 June 2012
Saudia	29 May 2012
TAROM	25 June 2010
Vietnam Airlines	10 June 2010
XiamenAir	21 November 2012

^A Founding member.

Past members

• Alitalia ^[8]
• Continental Airlines ^[9]
• Copa Airlines ^[10]
• Northwest Airlines ^[11]

References

1. "SkyTeam Alliance – About Us – SkyTeam". skyteam.com.
2. "Fact & Figures". SkyTeam. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
3. "SkyTeam FACTSHEET Summer 2017 Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine." SkyTeam FACTSHEET Summer 2017. Retrieved on 10 May 2019.
4. "Management". SkyTeam. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
5. Walker, Karen (3 June 2016). "Delta exec appointed SkyTeam CEO". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018.
6. "Fact Sheet" (PDF). SkyTeam. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
7. "SkyTeam members". Archived from the original on 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
8. MacLennan, Alexander (11 November 2013). "The Alitalia Story Continues -". The Motley Fool.
9. "Continental Airlines leaves SkyTeam for Star Alliance - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
10. "Copa Airlines to leave Skyteam". Business Traveller.
11. "Delta and Northwest Announce Merger". 15 April 2008.

Other websites

• Official website of SkyTeam Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine