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Wouldn't it be more appropriate if the logo was changed to have six stars instead of the current five when SAA joins as by then Star will have member airlines on all six continents?

Who is the australian *A member?

NZ for Oceania

Then it wouldn't really be a star anymore. The six-sided star would have a religious meaning.

I dont think the logo has anything to do with which continents member airlines are from - when * started they only had members from 3 continents

AC/UA - North America
LH/SK - Europe
TG - Asia

they have had the same logo since inception in 1997 - it didn't change when they added RG - South America or AN - Australia or when AN bellied up meaning that they no longer have a home carrier in Australia

From memory, the logo evolved as a representation of the founding 5 members, AC UA, TG, LH and SK as well as representing the generalised 5 continents of Earth (Americas, Australia, Asia, Africa and Europe).
Each wedge was identical to represent equal standing as well as individualism and each wedge formed the "Star" to represent unity, synergy & cohesion. Or along those lines anyway.

Ah, NZ.

Yes, we'll claim that as Australian! ;)

Who said Australia was a continent?

Who said Australia was a continent?


Who is saying that it isn't ?

you right, actually Australia is apparently a continent in English where in French we use another word "Océanie".

aaaah, that explains a lot , I have seen people in a number of places refer to Oceania as a continent and it has always puzzled me , now I realise that they must have been Francophone . Merci bien :D

So what does Oceania mean then?

as far as most English speakers ( at least English speakers in Australia and New Zealand ) are concerned it is a vague geographical area encompassing anything from Australia/New Zealand/Polynesia/Melanesia/Papua New Guinea right up to the whole Pacific Basin - I am not aware that there is an exact definition in English , it varies by context and by where you went to school , but it is certainly not just referring to the specific continental land mass that the country of Australia occupies . Although the usage varies all the uses I am aware of include a considerable area of Ocean , and a lot of islands ( such as New Zealand ) which are not part of any continental land mass

To further confuse the issue, some still refer to Oceania as Australasia as well !