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This article lists airline mergers and acquisitions, with a brief history of each: # Air Berlin # *2006 - Acquired dba # *2007 - Acquired HLX # *2007 - Acquired LTU # *2009 - Acquired LGW # *2009 - Acquired Belair # *2011 - Acquired flyNiki # 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 # *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 # Air West # *1968 - Pacific Air Lines (originally Southwest Airways), Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines merged to form Air West # *1970 - Howard Hughes purchased Air West and renamed it Hughes Airwest # AirTran Airways # *1997 - Bought by ValuJet Airlines, kept the AirTran name # *2010 - Bought by Southwest Airlines, kept the Southwest name. # Alaska Airlines # *1986 - Acquired Jet America Airlines. # *1986 - Acquired Horizon Air, which continues to operate as a separate airline. # America West Airlines # *2005 - Merged with bankrupt US Airways, retaining the US Airways name. # American Airlines # *1971 - Acquired Trans Caribbean Airways # *1987 - Acquired Air California # *1191 - Acquired many of Eastern Airlines routes from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean # *1997 - Acquired Reno Air # *2001 - Acquired TWA # *2013-2015 - Merged with US Airways. Currently the world's largest carrier. Kept American Airlines name # Avianca # *1919 - Begins as SCADTA # *1940 - Merged with SACO, retains Avianca name # *1994 - Merged with SAM # *2003 - Acquired ACES Colombia # *2008 - Acquired Tampa Cargo # *2008 - Acquired Aerogal # *2009 - Merged with TACA # *2014 - Acquired AeroUnion # Braniff International Airways # *1982 - Eastern purchased Braniff's South American routes # Canadian Airlines # *1987 - Formed by merger of Canadian Pacific Airlines, Eastern Provincial Airways, Nordair, and Pacific Western Airlines. # *2000 - Acquired by Air Canada. # Caribbean Airlines # *2010 - Acquired Air Jamaica. #Cathay Pacific # *2006 - Acquired full ownership over Dragonair, which continues to operate as a separate airline. # Cimber Air # *2008 - Acquired bankrupt Sterling to form Cimber Sterling. # Continental Airlines # *1934 - Begins as Varney Speed Lines # *1982 - Acquired by Texas International / Merges, retains Continental name # *1987 - merges with People Express, Frontier, and New York Air # *1987 - Acquires PBA and Britt Airways from People Express merger / creates Continental Express # *2010-2012 - Merged with United Airlines, kept United name. # Delta Air Lines # *1924 - Started as Huff Daland Dusters # *1928 - Huff Daland Dusters was purchased by C.E. Woolman and renamed Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta # *1953 - Purchased the Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and flew under the name Delta C&S for the next two years # *1972 - Purchased Northeast Airlines # *1984 - Established the Delta Connection (ASA, Comair, Skywest, ...) # *1987 - Merged with Western Airlines # *1991 - Purchase of Pan Am's European routes, and acquired Pan Am's shuttle, forming what is today Delta Shuttle # *1996 - Delta Express began service, ended November 2003 # *2003 - Song began service, ended May 2006 # *2008-2010 - Merged with Northwest Airlines, was world's largest carrier at time of merger, kept Delta name # Eastern Airlines # *1986 - Purchased by Texas International, but continues to operate separately as Eastern Airlines # *1991 - American Airlines purchased Eastern's routes from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean # Hughes Airwest # *1970 - Howard Hughes purchased Air West and renamed it Hughes Airwest # *1980 - Republic Airlines bought out Hughes Airwest # 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. # LOT Polish Airlines # *1929 - Aero and Aerolot merged to form LOT Polish Airlines # LAN # *2012 - LAN and TAM merged to form LATAM # National Airlines # *1979 - Merged with Pan Am # Northeast Airlines # *1972 - Delta purchased Northeast Airlines # Northwest Airlines # *1916 - Founded by Col. Lewis Patenaude, under the name Northwest Airways # *1927 - Began flying passengers # *1949 - With its new routes to the far east, re-branded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines # *1986 - Purchased Republic Airlines, and dropped the word Orient from its brand name # *2008-2010 - Merged with Delta. Became world's largest airline by passenger traffic in 2008 under the Delta name. # Ozark Airlines # *1943 - Ozark Air Lines is founded, then ceases operations in late 1940's # *1944 - Parks Air Transport (Parks Air Lines) is founded # *1950 - Ozark Air Lines resumes operations # *1950 - Purchased Parks Air Transport (Parks Air Lines) # *1986 - Purchased by Trans World Airlines, TWA # Pan Am # *1979 - Merged with National Airlines # *1991 - Delta Air Lines purchased Pan Am's European routes, and acquired Pan Am's Shuttle #Republic Airlines (Republic Airlines 1979-1986) # *1979 - Founded and formed by the merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways # *1944 - Southern Airways is founded # *1944 - Wisconsin Central Airlines is founded # *1952 - Wisconsin Central Airlines changes name to North Central Airlines # *1968 - Air West is founded and formed by the merger of Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines # *1970 - Air West changes name to Hughes Airwest # *1980 - Purchases Hughes Airwest # *1986 - Purchased by Northwest Orient #Republic Airways Holdings # *2005 - Acquired Shuttle America. # *2009 - Acquired Midwest Airlines. # *2009 - Acquired Frontier Airlines. #SkyWest Airlines # *2005 - Acquired Atlantic Southeast Airlines #Southwest Airlines # *1985 - Acquired Muse Air # *1993 - Acquired Morris Air # *2008 - Acquired certain assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines # *2010 - Acquired AirTran # Trans World Airlines # *1925 - First Incorporate as Western Air Express # *1927 - Maddux Air Lines is founded # *1927 - Standard Air Lines is founded # *1928 - Transcontinental Air Transport is founded # *1929 - Maddux Air Lines merges with Transcontinental Air Transport # *1930 - Standard Air Lines merges with Western Air Express # *1930 - Western Air Express merges with Transcontinental Air Transport, rebranded itself as Transcontinental & Western Air, T&WA, later changed name to Trans World Airlines, TWA # *1934 - Western Air Express broke off from Transcontinental & Western Air, T&WA and briefly changed its name to General Air Lines, returning to the name Western Air Express after several months # *1986 - Purchased Ozark Air Lines # *2001 - Purchased by American Airlines, retains name American Airlines # United Airlines # *1931 - Purchased National Air Transport # *1931 - Purchased Pacific Air Transport # *1931 - Purchased Varney Air Lines # *1961 - Merged with Capital Airlines # *1985 - Purchased Pan Am's entire Pacific Division # *1991 - Purchased Pan Am routes to London Heathrow Airport # *2012 - Merged with Continental Airlines. Was the world's largest carrier at the time of merger. Kept United name # US Airways # *1938 - Started as All American Aviation Company, renamed All American Airlines and then Allegheny Airlines # *1957 - Changed name to Allegheny Airlines # *1968 - Purchased Lake Central Airlines # *1972 - Purchased Mohawk Airlines # *1979 - Changed name to USAir # *1988 - Purchased Pacific Southwest Airlines # *1989 - Purchased Piedmont Airlines # *1992 - Operates former Trump Shuttle for banks, renamed by banks as Shuttle, Inc, dba USAir Shuttle # *1997 - Changed name to US Airways # *1997 - Purchased former Trump Shuttle, now Shuttle, Inc from Banks, dba US Airways Shuttle # *1998 - Launches low-fare carrier MetroJet # *2000 - Merges US Airways Shuttle into US Airways # *2001 - Dissolves low-fare carrier MetroJet # *2005 - Merged with America West, keeping the US Airways brand # *2013-2015 - Merged with American Airlines, kept American Airlines name #Western Airlines # *1925 - First incorporated as Western Air Express by Harris Hanshue # *1926 - Western's first flight took place # *1928 - Reincorporated as Western Air Express Corp. # *1930 - Purchased Standard Airlines (subsidiary of Aero Corp. of Ca. founded in 1926). WAE with Fokker aircraft merged with Transcontinental Air Transport T-A-T to form Transcontinental & Western Air T&WA. # *1934 - Western Air Express broke off from Transcontinental & Western Air T&WA and briefly changed its name to General Air Lines, returning to the name Western Air Express after several months # *1941 - Western Air Express changed its name to Western Air Lines, which was later altered to Western Airlines # *1967 - merged with Pacific Northern Airlines # *1987 - Delta merged with Western Airlines (kept Delta name) # 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 # Loftleidir-Icelandic # *1979 - Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleiðir merged, and the airline became known as Icelandair. # British Airways and Iberia # * 2010 - International Airlines Group was formed by the merger of two airlines. Both carriers continued to operate under separate brand. == See also == *List of airline holding companies - the actual enterprises and business entities which do the acquisitions and mergers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of airline mergers and acquisitions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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