There Really is a Star Alliance Plane!

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Aug 30, 1999 | 9:38 am
  #1  
I am sure you have all seen the ad for Star Alliance with the plane that has all of the airlines' logos on it.

I thought I was dreaming yesterday sitting on the tarmac at EWR when I saw it taking off. There really IS a plane that has all of the Star airlines on it. Even the FAs on my flight were amazed.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:15 am
  #2  
Whose airplane was it? UA or SAS seem the most likely candidates at EWR.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:20 am
  #3  
At one time each Star Alliance carrier had one of these planes in it's fleet. I don't know if that's still true. I have personally seen Luftansa's, United's, and Thai's.

The following photo is of Thai's Star plane that I snapped in Bali last year:

http://members.aol.com/premex/upload.../starplane.jpg
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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:36 am
  #4  
All Nippon Airways (ANA) also has a Star Alliance aircraft - this 767 is painted differently than the earlier Star Alliance aircraft.

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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:38 am
  #5  
The 'clue' to know who owns the plane it is to see which logo is on the front.

The owner always comes first!

[This message has been edited by Austman (edited 08-30-1999).]
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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:39 am
  #6  
I've seen a couple of the "real" one's as well. Thanks for the photo, PremEx. But, isn't the one that I've seen in the advertisements a bit longer than any real plane out there. Maybe it's a new 777-900????
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Aug 30, 1999 | 10:44 am
  #7  
http://www.star-alliance.com/htmen/0_2i.htm

For the 'new' ANA plane.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 12:56 pm
  #8  
I saw Thai's at BKK in January (a 767), United's at ORD last week (also a 767), and Lufthansa's at FRA last year (I don't remember what kind of plane, but it was 767-esque). I thought it was funny that I saw each of these planes at their owner's main hubs, and that they are all 767's.

The new ones have offset logos, and I think it looks a lot better than the old straight sections... but I'll always prefer the stately blue and grey of the United livery.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 1:43 pm
  #9  
The one I saw I think was United's because UA was first. It looked like a 757.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 2:42 pm
  #10  
I saw a Star Alliance plane at IAD several times... Has all the members painted on it, starting with U-A... I have no idea where it was headed (I think LONDON.)

NOW... When is U-A going to get around to repainting the plane that's serving as the PIP express?

I can see it now: a cornacopia of many images representing the varied interested of the most special passengers on the PIP: Mileage Plus cards, Palm trees, Mai Tais, cigars, Swiss Chocolates, Mustard Pretzels, Hawaiian shirts, limos and of course, Images of Yaz & Eddie at the front nose of the plane!

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Aug 30, 1999 | 3:10 pm
  #11  
I too see a *A plane at UA gates @ ORD quite frequently.

Dorian
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Aug 30, 1999 | 3:21 pm
  #12  
I go past EWR frequently and have seen this plane quite a lot. I'm pretrty sure its a LH A340.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 5:46 pm
  #13  
I've been on the SK one (a B767). Do I win?
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Aug 30, 1999 | 6:00 pm
  #14  
The respective partners and the aircraft which is painted with the STAR alliance colours:
1. Air Canada - an A340-300
2. Lufthansa - an A340-200
3. Thai - an A300-600
4. United - a B767-300
5. Varig - a B747-300 (now out of service)
6. All Nippon Airways - a B767-300
7. Ansett - none
8. Air New Zealand - none

The logo in front determines who that aircraft belongs to.
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Aug 30, 1999 | 8:30 pm
  #15  
It's gonna be real interesting to see what they do if the AC/CP deal with AA happens. They'll need to re-paint all of the Star planes to get rid of the Maple Leaf.
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