Overview

• The interline agreement took effect on August 15, 2025, allowing single-ticket bookings via travel agents and through-checked baggage across STARLUX’s transpacific flights and American’s domestic routes.
• STARLUX timed the partnership to support the launch of its nonstop Taipei–Phoenix service, with Phoenix serving as a hub for connections to over 40 American domestic destinations.
• Anmol Bhargava, American’s senior vice president of alliances, said the arrangement links Taipei with more than 250 destinations in North America through combined itineraries.
• The arrangement remains a basic interline, excluding codeshare operations, frequent-flyer reciprocity, alliance membership, or joint-venture cooperation.
• Industry observers note that any deeper collaboration will likely hinge on STARLUX securing an invitation to join the oneworld alliance, given American’s existing transpacific joint-venture commitments.