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List of airline mergers and acquisitions

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

Air India

Air Berlin

Air New Zealand

  • 2000 - Acquired Ansett Australia, Ansett collapsed, proving to be more of a drain than asset.

Air Canada

Air France

Air Jamaica

Avianca

Aurora

Austrian Airlines

British Airways and Iberia

Bulgaria Air

  • 2010 - Merged with Hemus Air kept the name Bulgaria Air

Canadian Airlines

Canadian North

  • 2019 - Acquired by First Air. Acquired the First Air brand kept the Canadian North name.

Caribbean Airlines

Cathay Pacific

  • 2006 - Acquired full ownership over Dragonair (rebranded to Cathay Dragon in 2016), which continued to operate as a separate airline until 2020, when it was folded into Cathay Pacific
  • 2020 - Acquired Hong Kong Express

Cimber Air

Etihad Airways

First Air

  • 2019 - Acquired Canadian North. Kept the First Air brand acquired the Canadian North name.

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

Loftleidir-Icelandic

LOT Polish Airlines

  • 1929 - Aero and Aerolot merged to form LOT Polish Airlines

LAN Airlines

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
  • 2023 - Agreement to purchase 41% of ITA Airways (successor of Alitalia)[2]

Rossiya Airlines

S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines)

TAM Linhas Aéreas

Vistara

United States United States

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Lufthansa steigt bei ITA Airways ein und macht Rom zum Drehkreuz, AeroTELEGRAPH, May 25, 2023
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  12. ^ US judge blocks JetBlue from acquiring Spirit Airlines, Reuters, Jan. 16, 2024
  13. ^ Cross, Lee (2022-04-22). "4/22/1985: United Announces Purchase of Pan Am's Pacific Division". Airways. Retrieved 2024-02-25.