Onyakeni wesine uqhubeka, i-Star Alliance ithole isicoco seBest Airline Alliance kuma-Skytrax World Airline Awards, kanti i-Alliance's Los Angeles Lounge ehlonishwayo igcine indondo ye-Best Airline Alliance Lounge Award iminyaka yesihlanu ilandelana.

Ngemva kokwamukela ukuhlonishwa ku-53rd Paris Air Show, i-Star Alliance CEO UJeffrey Goh, uthe: “Lo mklomelo ubungeke uphumelele ngaphandle kokwethenjwa nokwethembeka kwamakhasimende angamakhulu ezigidi ahambisa inethiwekhi ye-Star Alliance unyaka ngamunye. Kubo, ngithatha leli thuba ukudlulisa ukubonga kwethu. Ukuthembela kwabo kulokho esikunikezayo okusenze Inhlangano Yezindiza Ehamba Phambili Emhlabeni unyaka wesine ilandelana kanye nokuqinisekisa kwemizamo yethu nokusungula izinto ezintsha ukuze siqhubeke nokuthuthukisa uhambo lwabo.”

U-Goh uphinde wancoma “ukuqina nokuzinikela kwabasebenzi be-Star Alliance, abaqhubeka benza umzamo omkhulu ukwenza uhambo lwamakhasimende lusebenze kahle kakhudlwana, lungabi nazihibe futhi lujabulele nsuku zonke. Siyazuza emandleni ahlukahlukene abasebenzi abaziqhenyayo abangaphezu kuka-430,000 kuzo zonke izindiza zethu ezingamalungu angama-28, okusinikeza amandla okunikeza ulwazi lwabagibeli olungenakuqhathaniswa.”

Imiklomelo ye-World Airline Awards yethulwa ngo-1999 ukuze kuhlinzekwe ucwaningo lokwaneliseka kwamakhasimende olwalusemhlabeni jikelele. Abahambi emhlabeni wonke bavota kuhlolovo olukhulu lokwaneliseka kwabagibeli bendiza ukuze banqume abawine imiklomelo.

IStar Alliance yaba umfelandawonye wokuqala wezindiza ukuthola indondo yeBest Alliance Award kwaSkytrax ngesikhathi lo mkhakha wethulwa okokuqala ngo-2005.

Amakhasimende ezizwe angaphezu kwe-100 abambe iqhaza kuhlolovo lwakamuva ngokungenela okufanelekile okuyizigidi ezingu-21.65 kubalwe emiphumeleni. Izinkampani zezindiza ezingaphezu kuka-300 zifakiwe emiphumeleni yocwaningo.

Edward Plaisted we-Skytrax uthe: “Sihalalisela i-Star Alliance ngempumelelo yabo emangalisayo ekuzuzeni isicoco se-Best Airline Alliance unyaka wesine ilandelana, futhi lokhu kugcizelela iqiniso lokuthi iletha uhla lwemikhiqizo namasevisi kumakhasimende adumile. I-Star Alliance manje isiwine lo mklomelo obuhanjelwe izikhathi eziyishumi kusukela ngo-2005 futhi ihlezi ihamba phambili emifelandawonye yezindiza zomhlaba wonke. Enye impumelelo yeStar Alliance kube indondo yeBest Airline Alliance Lounge, ewinwe yiStar Alliance Lounge. e-Los Angeles futhi kulo nyaka.”

Iphelelisa imiklomelo ye-Alliance, amalungu e-15 Star Alliance abathwali bathole ukumehlulelwa emikhakheni engama-46.