Star Alliance announced it will begin talks for membership, saying it has “decided unanimously to recommence the integration process with Air India.”
The Indian national carrier was originally accepted as a future member of Star Alliance in December 2007, but the integration process was halted in July 2011. Star said the suspension “was a joint decision which allowed Air India to focus on completing its merger with Indian Airlines, without the distraction of the work required for full integration into the Star Alliance network.”