Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines has announced that it intends to join the Oneworld alliance by the end of next year, according to the Taipei Times.
Glenn Chai, the company’s CEO, announced the intention to join the global alliance during a presentation to investors.
If the application to join the alliance is approved, Starlux will work with future partners to align flights, frequent flyer programs and passenger transfers.
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If successful, Starlux will join other major Taiwanese airlines that are members of a global alliance. China Airlines is in Skyteam and EVA Air is in Star Alliance.
Starlux Airlines was founded in 2018 by Chang Kuo-Wei after he was ousted as CEO of EVA Air due to an inheritance dispute with his half-brothers.
The first flights took place in 2020 and the company currently has a modern fleet of 24 Airbus aircraft, divided between A321neo (13), A330-900 (6) and A350-900 (6).
Starlux flies from Taipei and Taichung to Singapore, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam, as well as flights to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle in the United States.
