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List Of Airline Mergers And Acquisitions
This article lists airline mergers and acquisitions, with a brief history of each: # Air India #*2007 - Merged with Indian Airlines. Kept Air India name. # Air Berlin #*2006 - Acquired dba #*2007 - Acquired LTU International #*2009 - Acquired LGW #*2009 - Acquired Belair #*2011 - Acquired flyNiki #*2017 - Filed for insolvency # Air New Zealand #*2000 - Acquired Ansett Australia, Ansett collapsed, proving to be more of a drain than asset. # Air Canada #*2000 - Acquired Canadian Airlines # Air France #*1990 - Acquired Air Inter, fully absorbing it into Air France in April, 1997. #*2004 - Merged with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, changing the company name to Air France KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines. # Air Jamaica #*2010 - Acquired by Caribbean Airlines # Avianca #*1919 - Begins as SCADTA #*1940 - Merged with SACO, retains Avianca name #*1994 - Merged with SAM and Helicol #*2003 - Acquired ACES Colombia' routes #*2003 - Acquired OceanAir an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air India
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India, headquartered at New Delhi. It is owned by Talace Private Limited, a Special-Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Tata Sons, after Air India Limited's former owner, the Government of India, completed the sale. Air India operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving 102 domestic and international destinations. The airline has its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, alongside several focus cities across India. Air India is the largest international carrier out of India with an 18.6% market share. Over 60 international destinations are served by Air India across four continents. The airline became the 27th member of Star Alliance on 11 July 2014. The airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata as Tata Airlines in 1932; Tata himself flew its first single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth, carrying air mail from Karachi's Jinnah International Airport, Drigh Road Aerodrome to Bombay's Juhu aero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caribbean Airlines
Caribbean Airlines Limited is the state-owned airline and flag carrier of Trinidad and Tobago. The airline is also the flag carrier of Jamaica and Guyana. Headquartered in Iere House in Piarco, the airline operates flights to the Caribbean, North America and South America from its base at Piarco International Airport, Trinidad. Presently Caribbean Airlines employs more than 1,700 people and is the largest airline in the Caribbean. The company slogan is ''The Warmth of the Islands.'' History Early years Caribbean Airlines was incorporated in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on 27 September 2006. In September 2006, following the recommendation of Peter Davies, the CEO of BWIA West Indies Airways, Caribbean Airlines got approval from the Trinidad and Tobago government to begin operations, after the failed negotiations between the unions and the management of its predecessor, BWIA. As a result, it was announced on 8 September 2006, that BWIA was to be shut down before the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (airline)
Aurora (russian: italic=yes, Аврора) is a Russian airline headquartered in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Oblast. It is a subsidiary of Aeroflot which operates domestic and international flights in the Russian Far East region. , Aurora ranks among the top ten Russian biggest airlines in terms of carried passengers. History Aurora was created by government order of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Aurora was named Taiga Airline for a short period of time before being named after the historic Russian cruiser ''Aurora''. Aeroflot formed the carrier by amalgamating SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Avia, which served 42 and 15 destinations respectively, and had a combined fleet of 24 aircraft plus 11 helicopters. These two carriers were expected to cease operations in early 2014. The number of routes served was planned to grow from 30 to 128, including the main cities of the Russian Far East, such as Khabarovsk, Magadan, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. The carrier's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AeroUnion
Aerotransporte de Carga Unión S.A. de C.V., commonly known as AeroUnion, is a scheduled cargo airline headquartered in Hangar Zone G at Mexico City International Airport in Mexico City, Mexico. It operates cargo services within and between Mexico and the United States. History The airline was founded on March 5, 1998, but only in November 2000 an application to the United States Department of Transportation for the right to carry cargo between the USA and Mexico was filed. Flight operations were launched in July 2001, with services to the Los Angeles key market being commenced on January 21, 2006. On March 11, 2014, Avianca Holdings announced that its subsidiary Avianca Cargo entered into a purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the non-voting shares and 25% of the voting shares of AeroUnion. Destinations AeroUnion operates the following scheduled services: Fleet Current fleet The AeroUnion fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2022): Former fleet The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AeroGal
Avianca Ecuador S.A. (formerly known as AeroGal) is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. It operates passenger and cargo flights within Ecuador, between the mainland and the Galápagos Islands, and between Ecuador and Colombia (on behalf of Avianca). It is one of the seven nationally branded airlines ( Avianca Costa Rica, Avianca El Salvador, etc.) in the Avianca Group of Latin American airlines. History AeroGal was founded in November 1985 by the Ecuadorian businessman Carlos Serrano Lusetti, with the objective of offering air transportation of passengers and cargo in Continental Ecuador and in the Galapagos Archipelago. It began operating in 1986 with 2 Dornier Do 28s with capacity for 12 passengers each. In October 2009, AeroGal was 80% taken over by Synergy Group, and announced its merger with Avianca, and TACA Airlines. With the merger, the company expanded its connections to Europe. It also merged with Vuelos Internos Privados, being the first Ecuadorian company of thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TACA Airlines
Transportes Aereos del Continente Americano, (''Air Transports of the American Continent'', known and branded formerly as TACA International), operating as Avianca El Salvador, is an airline owned by Kingsland Holdings based in El Salvador. As TACA, it still currently operates as the flag carrier of El Salvador. As Avianca El Salvador, it is one of the seven national branded airlines in the Avianca Group of Latin American airlines, and has been in operation for 75 years. TACA owned and operated five other airlines in Central America, and its name was originally an acronym meaning ''Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos'' (Central American Air Transport), but this was changed to ''Transportes Aéreos del Continente Americano'' (Air Transport of the American Continent), reflecting its expansion to North, Central, South America and the Caribbean. On October 7, 2009, it was announced that TACA would merge with Avianca, though TACA maintained its name until the merger was officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa Cargo
Avianca Cargo (formerly ''Tampa Cargo - Transportes Aereos Mercantiles PanAmericanos S.A.'') is a cargo airline based at José María Córdova International Airport José María Córdova International Airport is an international airport located in the city of Rionegro, south-east of Medellín, and is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infra ... in Medellín, Colombia. It is an all-cargo airline transporting flowers from Latin America to Miami, as well as general cargo throughout the Americas. History The airline was established in March 11, 1973 by Luís H. Coulson along with Captain Juan Fernando Mesa, Captain Orlando Botero Escobar and Captain Anibal Obando Echeverri. It commenced operations with a Douglas DC-6A, which formed part of the initial fleet that was acquired. These were retired in the early 1980s. After overcoming several crises due to drug trafficking problems in one of its aircraft, in 1988, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIP Ecuador
Vuelos Internos Privados S.A. (''VIP'' for short) was an Ecuadorian regional airline based at the Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport and headquartered in Quito, Ecuador. It operated domestic and regional services. The airline was a subsidiary of Avianca and part of the AviancaTaca Holding, which was owned by Synergy Group. History VIP was founded in 1997 as a charter company rendering services only to associated members. In July 1997, the company started to operate charter flights, transporting passengers and cargo between regional destinations in Ecuador. The airline was also active in charter traffic, including for the oil industry. In 2001, VIP began operating regular commercial flights. In 2003, it became part of the Synergy Group as part of a strategy to create a continent-wide airline under the Avianca brand, which owns 100% of its stock. In October 2011, the airline was managed by AeroGal, who under its own aircraft operated two destinations of the airline, the sal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avianca Brasil
Avianca Brasil S.A. ( pt, Avianca Brasil), officially Oceanair Linhas Aéreas S/A, was a Brazilian airline based in Congonhas Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. According to the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil (ANAC), which cancelled its operation, prior to cessation of operations, from January to December 2018 Avianca Brasil had 13.4% of the domestic and 7.3% of the international market share in terms of passengers per kilometer flown, making it the fourth-largest airline both in domestic and international traffic in Brazil. The company slots (landings and take-off permits) were redistributed by Anac. An auction on 10 July 2019 raised R$555.3 million, not enough to pay a debt of R$2.7 billion, although Avianca's bankruptcy was not officially decreed. History OceanAir The airline was established on 30 June 1998 as an air taxi company to operate services for oil companies in the Campos Basin. Its name was then ''OceanAir'' and began to operate scheduled services in 2002, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ACES Colombia
ACES (Spanish acronym: ''Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia'') was an airline with its headquarters in the Torre del Café in Medellín, Colombia and founded on August 30, 1971, by a group of 13 Colombian entrepreneurs, amongst them, most notably Orlando Botero Escobar and German Peñaloza Arias from Manizales and Luis H. Coulson, Jorge Coulson R., Alberto Jaramillo and Hernán Zuluaga from Medellín. History Mr. Botero and Mr. Peñaloza, were considered pioneers in the early days of Colombian commercial aviation, had tried several times to establish a commuter service between Manizales and Bogotá. They managed to operate a small commuter airline by the name TARCA (acronym of ''Taxi Aéreo de Caldas''), which was forced to shut down due to financial difficulties. With the support and capital of the new partners from Medellín, they embarked on the successful enterprise that would be ACES. The airline began service on February 22, 1972 with Saunders ST-27 aircraft for the rout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helicol
Helicol S.A. (Spanish acronym: ''Helicopteros Nacionales de Colombia'') is a helicopter operator based at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia. It is a subsidiary airline of Avianca. History Helicol was founded on July 3, 1955, as a response to the needs of the oil exploration activities in Colombia. Initially it was a joint venture between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based Keystone Helicopters Corporation, and Avianca; as Keystone had signed a contract with Shell Oil Company to run oil exploration activities in the north side of the Country. In order to fulfill the air laws in force back then, Keystone searched for a Colombian partner who could take control of 51% of the stakes of the company, a role taken by Avianca. It was the creation of the first non-regular air services supplier in Colombia. Three Bell 47G helicopters leased from Keystone became the initial fleet of Helicol, and Mr. Alberto Farías Mendoza, and important Avianca's executive was appointed as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SAM Colombia
SAM (Spanish acronym: ''Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín'') was a Colombian airline. With its main hub at El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, SAM operated domestic and international routes and was a subsidiary of Avianca. In 2004, its headquarters were in the Avianca headquarters in Bogotá. History Early operations In the 1940s, a group of entrepreneurs promoted the idea of providing the city of Medellín with an air transportation system that would connect with the rest of the country and the world. In October 1945, at the 3rd Notary Public's Office, a deed incorporating ''Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medellín S.A.'' was recorded. The airline was in the minds of its first partners and promoters, who from the beginning of 1946 began to bring their dream to fruition. The company had originally intended to acquire small aircraft, but the concept changed and grew. The airline would acquire long-range aircraft to secure the cargo market to and from Miami. The airline's fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
