Association of European Airlines
Formation	1952
Type	Airline trade association
Headquarters	Brussels
Location	Europe
Membership	33 airlines
Website	www.aea.be

The Association of European Airlines (AEA) includes 33 European airlines. The aim of the association is to represent the airlines within the European Union and other international bodies. A total of 346,475,239 passengers travelled on these airlines in 2005.

The AEA had its beginnings in 1952 when the presidents of Air France, British Airways, KLM, Lufthansa, Sabena Airlines and Swissair formed a joint study group. It now includes many major airlines such as Aer Lingus, Alitalia, TAP Portugal, Finnair and Turkish Airlines.

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Adria Airways Aer Lingus AeroSvit Airlines Air France Air Malta Air One Alitalia Austrian Airlines BMI British Airways Brussels Airlines Cargolux Croatia Airlines Cyprus Airways Czech Airlines Finnair Iberia Airlines

Icelandair Jat Airways KLM LOT Polish Airlines Lufthansa Luxair Malév Hungarian Airlines Olympic Airlines Scandinavian Airlines System Spanair Swiss TAP Portugal TAROM Turkish Airlines Ukraine International Airlines Virgin Atlantic Airways

[edit] External links

• Association of European Airlines

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