Avianca S.A.,is the largest airline in Colombia. It has been the flag carrier of Colombia since December 5,1919,when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Colombia,with its registered office in Barranquilla and its global headquarters in Bogotáand main hub at El Dorado International Airport. Avianca is the flagship of a group of airlines of the Americas airlines,which operates as one airline using a codesharing system. Avianca is the largest airline in Colombia and second largest in South America,after LATAM of Chile. Avianca and its subsidiaries have the most extensive network of destinations in the Americas. Prior to the merger with TACA in 2010,it was wholly owned by Synergy Group,a South American holding company established by Germán Efromovich and specializing in air transport. It is listed on the Colombia Stock Exchange.
Northwest Airlines Corp. was a major airline from 1926 to 2010 in the United States,merged with Delta Air Lines. The merger made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines–US Airways merger in 2013.
Star Alliance is the world's first global airline alliance. Founded on 14 May 1997,it is headquartered on the grounds of Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt,Germany,with a subsidiary management company in Singapore. Star Alliance is also the world's largest airline alliance by market share as of April 2024,with 17.4% of market share,compared to 13.7% of SkyTeam and 11.9% of Oneworld.
US Airways was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1937 until 2015,when it merged with American Airlines. It was originally founded in Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation,which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 1953,it was renamed Allegheny Airlines and operated under that name for a quarter-century. In October 1979,after the passage of the Airline Deregulation Act,Allegheny Airlines changed its name to USAir. A decade later it had acquired Piedmont Airlines and Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA),and was one of the U.S.'s seven transcontinental legacy carriers. In 1997,it rebranded as US Airways.
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport is one of two international airports of Shanghai,the municipality in East China,and a significant airline hub of China. Hongqiao Airport mainly serves domestic and regional flights,although the airport also serves select international flights. The airport is located near the town of Hongqiao in the outskirts of Changning and Minhang districts,13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of downtown,and is closer to the city center than the area's primary international airport,Shanghai–Pudong.
Air China Limited is the flag carrier airline of the People's Republic of China. It is headquartered in Shunyi,Beijing.
Taipei Songshan Airport is a regional airport and military airbase located in Songshan District,Taipei,Taiwan. The airport covers an area of 182 hectares.
Asiana Airlines Inc. is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul. In 2019,it accounted for 25% of South Korea's international aviation market and 20% of its domestic market. It maintains its international hub at Seoul's Incheon International Airport and Gimhae International Airport in Busan and its domestic hubs at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul. It is a full-service airline and a member of Star Alliance.
SkyTeam is one of the world's three major airline alliances. Founded in June 2000,SkyTeam was the last of the three alliances to be formed,the first two being Star Alliance and Oneworld,respectively. Its annual passenger count is 630 million (2019),the second largest of the three major alliances. As of January 2019,SkyTeam consists of 19 carriers from five continents and operates with the slogan "Caring more about you". It also operates a cargo alliance named SkyTeam Cargo,which partners ten carriers,all of them SkyTeam members. Its centralised management team,SkyTeam Central,is based at the World Trade Center Schiphol Airport on the grounds of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Haarlemmermeer,Netherlands.
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of two international airports serving Shanghai,the municipality in East China,and a major aviation hub of East Asia. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights,while the city's other major airport,Shanghai–Hongqiao,mainly serves domestic and regional flights in East Asia. Located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of the city center,Pudong Airport occupies a 40-square-kilometre (10,000-acre) site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong. The airport is operated by Shanghai Airport Authority.
China Southern Airlines is a major airline in China,headquartered in Guangzhou,Guangdong. It is one of the three major airlines in the country,along with Air China and China Eastern Airlines.
China Eastern Airlines is a major airline in China,headquartered in Changning,Shanghai. It is one of the three major airlines in the country,along with Air China and China Southern Airlines.
Xiamen Air,also known as Xiamen Airlines,is an airline based in Xiamen,Fujian,China. Xiamen Air has its northern headquarters in Beijing and eight branches in Fuzhou,Hangzhou,Tianjin,Hunan,Beijing,Quanzhou,Chongqing and Shanghai,and two subsidiaries in Hebei Airlines and Jiangxi Airlines. Founded on July 25,1984,Xiamen Airlines is the first airline in China to operate independently as an enterprise. It was established as a joint venture between the Shanghai Administration of Civil Aviation Administration of China,Xiamen Special Economic Zone Construction Development Company and Fujian Investment Enterprise Company. The shareholders are China Southern Airlines Corporation (55%),Xiamen C&D Group (34%) and Fujian Investment and Development Group (11%). The current chairman of Xiamen Airlines is Zhao Dong and the general manager is Wang Zhixue.
Wings Alliance was the working name of a proposed airline alliance to be anchored by the American carriers Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines of USA with the European flag carriers KLM of the Netherlands and Italy's Alitalia. Although these airlines cooperated with one another through code-sharing and frequent flyer program coordination,no formal association was ever announced. It was rendered superfluous in September 2004 when most of its participants joined the SkyTeam alliance.
Sichuan Airlines is the largest airline in Western China,headquartered in Chengdu,Sichuan,China.
Hainan Airlines Co.,Ltd. is an airline headquartered in Haikou,Hainan,China. It is the largest civilian-run and majority state-owned air transport company,making it the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China,and the tenth-largest airline in Asia in terms of passengers carried. It operates scheduled domestic and international services on 500 routes from Hainan and nine locations on the mainland,as well as charter services. Its main base is located at Haikou Meilan International Airport,with hubs at Beijing Capital International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang International Airport and several focus cities.
China Cargo Airlines sometimes as abbreviated 中货航is a cargo airline with its head office on Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai,People's Republic of China. It is China's first all-cargo airline operating dedicated freight services using China Eastern Airlines route structure. Its base is at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport,with a hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
China Eastern Yunnan Airlines,is an airline based in Kunming,Yunnan,China. It is the subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines,and was formerly known as China Yunnan Airlines,whose headquarters were on the property of Wujiaba Airport.
Suparna Airlines,known in Chinese as Jinpeng,is an airline based in China. It was formerly known as Yangtze River Express and later Yangtze River Airlines after launching passenger services. The company's headquarters are in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Tower in Pudong,Shanghai.
Juneyao Air is an airline headquartered in Changning,Shanghai,China.
