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One of the founding airlines of Star Alliance (3)

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I believe the answer is:

sas

(Other definitions for sas that I've seen before include "Commando-type unit of the British army" , "Specialist regiment of the British army, in short" , "Elite fighting force" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.
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