List of airline mergers and acquisitions

This article lists airline mergers and acquisitions, with a brief history of each:

  1. Air India
  1. Air Berlin
    • 2006 - Acquired dba
    • 2007 - Acquired LTU
    • 2009 - Acquired LGW
    • 2009 - Acquired Belair
    • 2011 - Acquired flyNiki
    • 2017 - Filed for insolvency
  1. Air New Zealand
    • 2000 - Acquired Ansett Australia, Ansett collapsed, proving to be more of a drain than asset.
  1. Air Canada
  1. Air France
    • 2004 - Merged with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, changing the company name to Air France KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines.
  1. Air Jamaica
  1. Avianca
  1. Aurora
  1. Bulgaria Air
    • 2010 - Merged with Hemus Air kept the name Bulgaria Air
  1. Canadian Airlines
  1. Caribbean Airlines
  1. Cathay Pacific
    • 2006 - Acquired full ownership over Dragonair, which continues to operate as a separate airline (rebranded to Cathay Dragon in 2016).
  1. Cimber Air
  1. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
    • 2004 - Acquired by Air France, which changed its company name to Air France KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines.
  1. Loftleidir-Icelandic
  1. LOT Polish Airlines
    • 1929 - Aero and Aerolot merged to form LOT Polish Airlines
  1. LAN
  1. Rossiya Airlines
  1. S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines)
  1. TAM
  1. Lufthansa
    • 1955 - Created Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH in conjunction with other companies and subsequently owned 25.81% of it
    • 1959 - Increased its shares in Deutsche Flugdienst to 95.5%. In 1961 Deutsche Flugdienst bought "Condor-Luftreederei“ renaming itself then "Condor Flugdienst GmbH"
    • 1989 - Created SunExpress Airlines as a joint venture with Turkish Airlines
    • 1995 - Transferred SunExpress shares over to Condor
    • 1999 - Purchased 26% of Air Dolomiti
    • 2003 - upped its stake to 51.9% (April) and then 100% (November) of Air Dolomiti
    • 2006 - Lufthansa sold its remaining 50% stake in Condor to KarstadtQuelle AG
    • 2007 - In conjunction with the sale of Condor, LH took back its shares of SunExpress
    • 2005-2007 - Purchased Swiss Int'l Airlines
    • 2008 - Purchased Austrian Airlines
    • 2008 - Purchased BMI (Sold in 2011 to IAG (British Airways))
    • 2008 - Acquired 45% of Brussels Airlines
    • 2008 - Purchased 19% of Jetblue
    • 2009 - Acquired 100% of Germanwings
    • 2016 - Acquired remaining 55% of Brussels Airlines
    • 2017 - Acquired Air Berlin
  1. British Airways and Iberia

See also

References

  1. Choudhury, Gaurav; Saha, Samiran. "Air-India, Indian Airlines merger complete". Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. Hindustan Times. Retrieved Aug 24, 2007.
  2. Schroder, Teri (15 December 2016). "Alaska Airlines And Virgin America Begin Process Of Merging". thecerbatgem.com.
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