There Really is a Star Alliance Plane!
 

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.

Whose airplane was it? UA or SAS seem the most likely candidates at EWR.

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

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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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well-known.

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).]

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???? http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

http://www.star-alliance.com/htmen/0_2i.htm

For the 'new' ANA plane.

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.

The one I saw I think was United's because UA was first. It looked like a 757.

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! http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

I too see a *A plane at UA gates @ ORD quite frequently.

Dorian

I go past EWR frequently and have seen this plane quite a lot. I'm pretrty sure its a LH A340.

I've been on the SK one (a B767). Do I win? http://talk.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

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.

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.