ATW Photo Gallery-Air India joins Star Alliance-July 11, 2014

Air India A320 in Star Alliance livery, Terminal 3, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Air India chairman and MD Rohit Nandan, Austrian Airlines CEO Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Star Alliance logo now applied to Air India aircraft.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Inside the joining ceremony tent, Indira Gandhi International Airport, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab; Air India chairman and MD Rohit Nandan. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Rohit Nandan speaking at joining ceremony.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Mark Schwab speaking at joining ceremony.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Air India flight attendants line the passenger stairway. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Mark Schwab and Rohit Nandan walk the red carpet at joining ceremony.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Greeting fellow Star Alliance member executives. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Group photo. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Group photo.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Air India chairman Rohit Nandan, Austrian Airlines CEO Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Air India chairman Rohit Nandan, Austrian Airlines CEO Jaan Albrecht, Star Alliance CEO Mark Schwab.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

L-R: Jaan Albrecht, Rohit Nandon and Mark Schwab at post-unveiling press conference.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

At the Air India-Star Alliance celebration, Leez Palace Hotel, Delhi, India, July 11, 2014. L-R: Temel Kotil, CEO Turkish Airlines; Sameh El Hefny, Chairman and CEO Egyptair; Jaan Albrecht, CEO Austrian Airlines; G.M. Siddeshwara, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Ashok Lavasa, Civil Aviation Secretary; Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance; Rohit Nandan, Chairman and Managing Director Air India.ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Air India 'avatars' representing the carrier's mascot as applied to the nations of fellow Star Alliance members, in a hallway at Leela Palace, New Delhi. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Indian dance troupe entertaining at the Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Indian dance troupe entertaining at the Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Indian dance troupe entertaining at the Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Indian dance troupe entertaining at the Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Austrian Airlines CEO Jaan Albrecht coerced to dance during Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel

Mass audience participation concludes the Indian dance troupe's performance at the Air India-Star Alliance joining celebration event at the Leela Palace hotel, New Delhi, July 11, 2014. ATW Photo: By Mark Nensel