SkyTeam is an
airline alliance founded on 22 June 2000, with its centralised management team,
SkyTeam Central, based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in
Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands. SkyTeam was the last of the three major airline alliances to be formed, the first two being
Star Alliance and
Oneworld. However, in terms of the number of passengers and the number of members, SkyTeam has grown and is now the second largest alliance in the world, second only to Star Alliance and ahead of Oneworld. , SkyTeam consists of 20 carriers from five continents and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you". It also operates a cargo alliance named
SkyTeam Cargo, which partners ten
carriers, all of them SkyTeam members.