STAR ALLIANCE CEO'S QUESTION TIME ON FACEBOOK

Asking for Customer Feedback, Comments and Suggestions

FRANKFURT,Germany - May 10^th, 2012 -The Star Alliance network marks its 15^th Anniversary on Monday, May 14^th, 2012. The main theme for the celebration will be thanking customers for their 15 years of loyalty.

As part of the overall campaign, Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance, will be responding to customers' feedback, comments and suggestions on the Star Alliance Facebook page. This live event will be hosted from the Star Alliance head office in Frankfurt and he will be available on May 14th, 2012 from 10.00- 11.00 and 18.00-19.00 local time Germany (08.00-09.00 GMT and 16.00-17.00 GMT). For further details please see www.facebook.com/staralliance.

Full details of the entire 15^th Anniversary campaign will be announced on www.staralliance.com and www.facebook.com/staralliance. on Monday, May 14^th, 2012.

About Star Alliance:
The Star Alliance network was established in 1997 as the first truly global airline alliance to offer worldwide reach, recognition and seamless service to the international traveller. Its acceptance by the market has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Air Transport World Market Leadership Award and Best Airline Alliance by both Business Traveller Magazine and Skytrax. The member airlines are: Adria Airways, Aegean Airlines, Air Canada, Air China, Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Austrian, Blue1, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, EGYPTAIR, Ethiopian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Scandinavian Airlines, Singapore Airlines, South African Airways, SWISS, TAM Airlines, TAP Portugal, Turkish Airlines, THAI, United and US Airways. Avianca-TACA, Copa Airlines, EVA Air and Shenzhen Airlines have been announced as future members. Overall, the Star Alliance network offers more than 20,500 daily flights to 1,293 airports in 190 countries.