combined fleet operated by IATA carriers. To offer its customers a dense network of seamless connections, Lufthansa has built up a number of worldwide partnerships. Launched in 1997, the Star Alliance network is the most important of these link-ups. WOW, the first global alliance in the area of cargo, is having a positive effect. At the regional level, as well, Lufthansa is counting on a network of alliances in the form of Lufthansa Regional, which joins five different carriers under a …