Shanghai Airlines

Shanghai Airlines is an airline based in Shanghai, China. It was a member of the Star Alliance from 2007 to 2010, when it was acquired by Shanghai-based rival China Eastern Airlines, which joined the competing SkyTeam alliance that year. Accordingly, Shanghai Airlines became an affiliate member of SkyTeam at the same time, and exists as a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines.

1985-1989[]

1989-present[]

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SkyTeam

Current members

Suspended members
Aeroflot

Former members
Defunct: Alitalia | Continental Airlines² | Czech Airlines | Northwest Airlines⁴
Active: China Southern Airlines | ITA Airways
Associate: Copa Airlines³

Former/suspended cargo members
Defunct: Alitalia Cargo¹ | Czech Airlines Cargo¹ | Northwest Airlines Cargo⁴
Active: China Airlines Cargo | China Southern Airlines Cargo
Active, but suspended: Aeroflot Cargo¹

Notes
¹Operated under its parent passenger airline instead as a standalone freighter airline.
²Merged with United Airlines, a Star Alliance founding member.
³Transfer to Star Alliance after its partner Continental Airlines merged with United Airlines.
⁴Merged with Delta Air Lines/Delta Cargo.
⁵Originally known as Dobrolet, now defunct and restructured.

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Star Alliance

Current members

Connecting Partners
Juneyao Air

Intermodal partner
Deutsche Bahn | ÖBB

Notes
¹Merged with United Airlines, a Star Alliance founding member.
²Merged with American Airlines, a Oneworld founding member.
³As Connecting Partner before closure.
⁴Renamed as LATAM Airlines Brazil and LATAM Airlines Paraguay 2 years after leave the alliance.

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China Eastern Airlines

Current airlines

China Cargo Airlines (51%) | China Eastern Yunnan Airlines | Shanghai Airlines | China United Airlines

Notes
¹Now operate as China Eastern Airlines Northwest Branch.
²Now operate as China Eastern Airlines Zhejiang Branch.
³Now operate as China Eastern Airlines Wuhan Branch.
⁴Merged to China Cargo Airlines.
⁵Co-owned with Qantas. Defunct without any operation after failed to gain operating license from Government of Hong Kong.