SkyTeam Alliance
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| Launch date | 22 June 2000 |
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| Full members | 20 |
| Destination airports | 1,062 |
| Destination countries | 177 |
| Annual passengers (M) | 665.4 |
| Fleet size | 3,054 |
| Headquarters |
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands |
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| Alliance slogan | Caring more about you |
| Website | www |
SkyTeam is an airline alliance. Founded in June 2000, SkyTeam was the last of the three major airline alliances to be formed, the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld. As of March 2014[update], SkyTeam consists of 20 carriers from five continents and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you". It also operates a cargo alliance named SkyTeam Cargo, which partners ten carriers, all of them SkyTeam members. Its centralised management team, SkyTeam Central, is based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. In terms of annual passengers, with 665.4 million carried passengers, SkyTeam has grown and is now the largest alliance in the world ahead of Star Alliance (641.1 million) and Oneworld (557.4 million).
In 2004, the alliance had its biggest expansion when Continental Airlines, Northwest Airlines and KLM simultaneously joined as full members. In 2010, the alliance celebrated its 10th anniversary with the introduction of a special livery, the joining or upgrading status of four airlines, followed by the announcements of Aerolíneas Argentinas, China Airlines and Garuda Indonesia to become full members. In January 2011, incorporated both Saudi Arabian Airlines and Middle East Airlines during 2012; these events effectively took place in May and June 2012, respectively, whereas Aerolíneas Argentinas and Xiamen Airlines memberships were activated in August and November the same year, respectively. Garuda Indonesia entered the alliance in March 2014.
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