Contents 1 Holding companies with multiple airlines 1.1 Africa 1.2 Asia; Central, Far East, South, and Southwest 1.3 Australia, Oceania, and Southeast Asia 1.4 Europe 1.5 North America 1.6 South America 1.7 Holding companies of individual airlines 2 References 3 Sources

• This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or the parent company of a single airline.

[edit] Holding companies with multiple airlines

[edit] Africa

[edit] Asia; Central, Far East, South, and Southwest

• All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

• Air Central • Air Japan • Air Next • Air Nippon • All Nippon Airways • ANA & JP Express

• China Southern Air Holding

• China Southern Airlines • Chongqing Airlines

• Guangdong Development Bank

• Jade Cargo International • Kunpeng Airlines • Shenzhen Airlines

• Hanjin Group

• Korean Air • Jin Air

• HNA Group

• Chang'an Airlines • China Xinhua Airlines • Hainan Airlines • Shanxi Airlines

• Japan Airlines Corporation

• JAL • JALways • JAL Express • J-Air • Japan Air Commuter

• National Aviation Company of India Limited

• Air India • Air India Express• Air India Regional • Indian Airlines

• RJI Holdings

• Royal Jordanian Airlines

• Kumho Asiana Group

• Asiana Airlines

• (49%) Asiana Investors have (≈15%), Kumho Industrial (≈15%), Kumho Petrochemical (≈7.5%), foreign investors ≈(6%), Korea Development Bank (3.5%), and the remaining with others (%) Asiana IDT - Tremisis Energy Acquisition Corporation II

• Tailwinds Limited

• Jet Airways • JetLite

[edit] Australia, Oceania, and Southeast Asia

• Swire Group

• Air Hong Kong • Cathay Pacific Airways • Dragonair

• Evergreen Group

• Eva Air • Uni Air

• PAL Holdings, Inc.

• Air Philippines • Philippine Airlines

• Penerbangan Malaysia Berhad

• Firefly • MASWings • Malaysia Airlines

• AirAsia Berhad

• AirAsia • AirAsia X • Thai AirAsia • Indonesia AirAsia

• Qantas Airways Limited

Majority Holdings:

• JetConnect • Jetstar Airways • Qantas

Minority Holdings:

• Jetstar Asia Airways

• Singapore Airlines Limited

Majority Holdings:

• Singapore Airlines, Singapore Airlines Cargo (SQ) • SilkAir (MI)

Minority Holdings:

• Tiger Aviation Private Limited - Tiger Airways • Tiger Airways Australia (49%) • Virgin Atlantic holding company (49%)

• Tiger Aviation Private Limited

• Tiger Airways • Tiger Airways Australia

• Virgin Blue Holdings Limited

Majority Holdings:

• Virgin Blue ( %)

Minority Holdings:

• Pacific Blue Airlines (100%) • Polynesian Blue (49%)

[edit] Europe

• Air Berlin (Group) PLC

Majority Holdings:

• Air Berlin • LTU International

Minority Holdings:

• Belair (49%) • Niki (24%)

• Air France-KLM SA

Majority Holdings:

• Air France • Régional • Brit Air • KLM • KLM Cityhopper • Martinair • Transavia.com • CityJet • VLM Airlines

Minority Holdings:

• Airlinair (19,5%) • Air Calédonie (2%) •Air Mauritius (5%) • Air Tahiti 7(%) • CCM Airlines (12%) •Kenya Airways (26%) • Royal Air Maroc (3%)

• British Airways

Majority Holdings:

• BA CityFlyer • OpenSkies

Minority Holdings:

• Comair (18%) • Iberia Airlines (13.5%) • Sun Air of Scandinavia ( %)

• Cimber Air Holding (Nielsen family)

• Cimber Air • Sterling Airlines (brand and trade name)

• Cirrus Group Holding

• Augsburg Airways • Cirrus Airlines

• Deutsche Post World Net

• Aero Express Del Ecuador • DHL Aero Expreso • DHL Air UK • DHL de Guatemala • European Air Transport • SNAS/DHL

• Grupo Espirito Santo

• Portugália • PGA Express • TAP Air Portugal

• Compagnia Aerea Italiana

• Alitalia • Alitalia Express • Volare Airlines

• Iberia Group

• Iberia Airlines • New Vueling

• Icelandair Group

• Air Iceland • Bluebird Cargo • Icelandair • Loftleiðir Icelandic • SmartLynx Airlines

• Lufthansa, AG

• BMI • Bmibaby • BMI Regional • Swiss International Air Lines

Majority Holdings:

• Air Dolomiti • Germanwings • Lufthansa Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa Italia • Lufthansa CityLine

Minority Holdings:

• Austrian Airlines • Brussels Airlines • Eurowings • JetBlue Airways

• SAS Group

Majority Holdings:

• Blue1 • Scandinavian Airlines • Scandinavian Airlines Denmark • Scandinavian Airlines Norway • Scandinavian Airlines Sweden • Spanair • Widerøe

Minorty Holdings:

• Air Greenland (37.5%) • BMI (20%)• Estonian Air (49%) • Skyways Express (25%) • AirBaltic (47.2%)

• TUI AG, TUI Travel PLC

• TUIFly ( - ), Germanwings - Eurowings - TUIfly (Germany) • TUIFly ( - ), Arkefly - Corsairfly - Jetairfly - Thomson Airways - TUIfly Nordic

Note: all of the preceding airlines are presently being merged into two main groups, and will simply be named TUIFly, and one of which will be partially owned and presided over by a Lufthansa Holding company.

• Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank

• XL Airways Germany • XL Airways France

• Virgin Group

Majority Holdings:

• Virgin Atlantic Airways

Minority Holdings:

• AirAsia X (20%) • VAI Partners LLC, • Virgin America (25%) • Virgin Blue Holdings Limited - Virgin Blue • Pacific Blue Airlines • Polynesian Blue Airlines (25%) • Virgin Nigeria Airways Limited - Virgin Nigeria Airlines (49%)

[edit] North America

• ACE Aviation Holdings Inc.

Majority Holdings:

• Air Canada

Minority Holdings:

• US Airways Group - Piedmont Airlines • PSA Airlines • US Airways (6.1%)

• Alaska Air Group

• Alaska Airlines • Horizon Air

• Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

Majority Holdings:

• Atlas Air (100%) • Polar Air Cargo (51%)

Minority Holdings:

• Global Supply Systems (49%)

• AMR Corporation

• American Airlines • American Eagle Airlines • Executive Airlines

• Continental Airlines, Inc.

• Continental Airlines • Continental Micronesia

• Copa Holdings S.A.

• AeroRepública • Copa Airlines

• Delta Air Lines, Inc.

• Comair • Compass Airlines • Delta Air Lines • Mesaba Airlines • Northwest Airlines

• Grupo Financiero Banamex

• AeroMéxico • AeroMéxico Connect

• Grupo Posadas

• Mexicana • MexicanaClick

• Jazz Air Income Fund

• Air Canada Jazz

• MatlinPatterson Global Advisors

Majority Holdings:

• Arrow Air • Global Aviation Holdings, North American Airlines • Global Aviation Holdings, World Airways

Minority Holdings: ^[1]

• Mesa Air Group

Majority Holdings:

•Freedom Airlines • Mesa Airlines • (75%) Mokulele Airlines - M.A.G. - R.A.H. "J-oint V-enture Agreement"

Minority Holdings:

• Kunpeng Airlines (49%)[5]

• Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

• Colgan Air • Pinnacle Airlines

• Wexford Capital Republic Airways Holdings

Majority Holdings:

• Chautauqua Airlines • Frontier Airlines • Midwest Airlines • Lynx Aviation • Republic Airlines • Shuttle America

Minority Holdings:

• (25%) Mokulele Airlines - R.A.H. - M.A.G. "J-oint V-enture Agreement"
^[2]

• SkyWest, Inc.

• Atlantic Southeast Airlines • SkyWest Airlines

• Trans States Holdings

• GoJet Airlines • Trans States Airlines

• US Airways Group

• Piedmont Airlines • PSA Airlines • US Airways

• Air Transport Services Group

• ABX Air • Air Transport International • Capital Cargo International Airlines

• Alliance Management Center (AMC)

• Centurion Air Cargo

• Oak Hill Capital Partners - (Southern Air Holdings, Inc)

• Southern Air

• Saltchuk Resources

• Aloha Air Cargo • Northern Air Cargo

[edit] South America

• Grupo Áurea

• Gol Transportes Aéreos • Varig

• LAN Airlines S.A.

• LAN Argentina • LAN Cargo • LAN Chile • LAN Ecuador • LAN Express • LAN Perú • ABSA Cargo Airline • LANCO • MasAir

• Synergy Aerospace Corp.^[3]

Majority Holdings:

• (66%) Holdco - Avianca • TACA

• (100%) Synergy Aerospace - SAM • Tampa Cargo • VarigLog • OceanAir • VIP • Aerogal • Capital Airlines

• Kingsland Holding Ltd.

Minority Holdings:

• (34%) Holdco - Avianca • TACA

• (100%) TACA

• TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A

• TAM Airlines • TAM Airlines (Paraguay)

[edit] Holding companies of individual airlines

Grupo Marsans

• Air Comet

Air Mauritius Holdings, LTD

• Air Mauritius

Nefinsa (Serratosa family)

• Air Nostrum

Transat A.T.

• Air Transat

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation

• Air Wisconsin

AirTran Holdings

• AirTran Airways

Allegiant Travel Co.

• Allegiant Air

HotelPlan

• Belair

Hesperia Inversiones Aereas

• Binter Canarias

Hyannis Air Service, Inc.

• Cape Air

Alfonso Conrado Rey - (Alliance Management Center/AMC)

• Cielos Airlines

JG Summit Holdings

• Cebu Pacific

Expressjet Holdings, Inc.

• ExpressJet Airlines

Macholfam International

• Gestair Airlines, Gestair Cargo ( - )

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

• Great Lakes Airlines

Gulfstream International Group

• Gulfstream International Airlines

Hawaiian Holdings Inc.

• Hawaiian Airlines

Gavarnie Holdings

• Island Air

TSI Holdings

• Miami Air International

Canarias de Aviacion

• NAYSA

Pacific Air Holdings

• Pacific Wings Airlines

Leadgate Investment

• PLUNA

Regional Express Holdings

• Regional Express

Rubloff Jet Express (Rubloff Development Group, Inc.)

• Ryan International Airlines

CaptiveVision Capital Ltd

• Skywest Airlines

Transnet

• South African Airways

Petters Group Worldwide

• Sun Country Airlines

Sunwing Travel Group

• Sunwing Airlines

Traser

• TransAsia Airways

UAL Corporation

• United Airlines

Active Aero Group

• USA Jet Airlines

Volo do Brasil

• Varig Logística

VAI Partners LLC ^[4]

• Virgin America

CXP Management

• Xtra Airways

[edit] References

[edit] Sources

• http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2009-10-06-multinational-airlines_N.htm
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-84407703.html
• http://www.dot.gov/affairs/1999/oig2599.htm
• http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=24951
• http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090116/D95OHIB80.html
• http://atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=15383
• http://uk.reuters.com/article/hotStocksNews/idUKLQ50585820090126
• http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL731902220090107
• http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ai-ia-merger-may-get-delayed/00/12/346697/

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