Varig
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Varig was the first airline founded in Brazil, in 1927. From 1965 until 1990, it was Brazil's leading airline and virtually its only international one. In 2005, Varig went into judicial restructuring,
A Varig McDonnell Douglas MD-11
de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide PP-VAN exhibited at the MUSAL
A Douglas DC 3 displayed in full colors in Rio de Janeiro
A Lockheed L-188 Electra at Rio de Janeiro–Santos Dumont Airport in 1991
Star Alliance
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Star Alliance is an airline alliance headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Founded on 14 May 1997, it was the world's first global airline alliance. Star Alliance has 26 member airlines, the most of an
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…milestones of this project were the new corporate image launched on 15 October 1996 - the first change since 1955 - and the membership of Varig in Star Alliance as of 22 October 1997. Varig was its sixth member airline, and the first to join after it was launched only five months earlier. In spite of some success…
The head office of the alliance is at Frankfurt Airport Centre 1
Four then-members of Star Alliance at Narita Airport in April 2012: Thai, United, Swiss and SAS
A former Lufthansa A340-200 in the first Star Alliance livery.
A former All Nippon Airways Boeing 767-300 wearing the second Star Alliance livery.