List of airline mergers and acquisitions

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

  1. Air India
  1. Air Berlin
  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
  1. Air Jamaica
  1. Avianca
  1. Aurora
  1. Austrian Airlines
  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 (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
  1. Cimber Air
  1. Etihad Airways
  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 Airlines
  1. Rossiya Airlines
  1. S7 Airlines (Siberia Airlines)
  1. TAM Linhas Aéreas
  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
    • 2023 - Agreement to purchase 41% of ITA Airways (successor of Alitalia) [14]
  1. British Airways and Iberia

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  14. ↑ Lufthansa steigt bei ITA Airways ein und macht Rom zum Drehkreuz, AeroTELEGRAPH, May 25, 2023
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