List of airline holding companies explained

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

A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares, usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company. A company in which the holding company owns more than 50% voting shares or a "majority of share ownership" is known as a subsidiary. The holding company thus can also be referred to as the parent company at that stage.

Africa

EgyptAir Holding Company
  • • EgyptAir • EgyptAir Cargo • EgyptAir Express
    Ethiopian Airlines Group
  • • Ethiopian Airlines • Malawi Airlines (49%)[1] • ASKY (40%)[2]
    Kenya Airways Holding Company[3]
  • Majority holdings:
  • • Kenya Airways • Jambojet • Kenya Airways Cargo • Kencargo Airlines International
  • Minority holdings:
  • • Precision Air - 41.23% shareholding
    Libyan African Aviation Holding Company
    The Pilandair Group
    North Issetian Airways Group
    South African Airline Holdings Limited
  • • South African Airways • South African Express • Mango
    Criatia Airlines Corporation
  • • Criatia Airlines • C-Air • Criatia Air Commuter • Criatia TransAfrican Air

    Asia; Central, Far East, South, and Southwest

    Air China Group
  • Majority holdings:
  • • Air China • Air China Cargo • Air Macau • AMECO • Tibet Airlines • Dalian Airlines • Shandong Airlines • Shenzhen Airlines
  • Minority holdings (by Air China):
  • • Cathay Pacific (30%)
    ANA Holdings
  • Majority holdings:
  • • Air Japan
  • • Air Nippon
  • • All Nippon Airways
  • • Peach
  • • Vanilla Air
  • Minority holdings:
  • • Philippine Airlines (9.5%)
    China Airlines Group
  • • China Airlines • Mandarin Airlines • Tigerair Taiwan
    China Eastern Air Holding Company
  • Major holdings:
  • • China Cargo Airlines • China Eastern Airlines • China Eastern Yunnan Airlines • China United Airlines • Shanghai Airlines • OTT Airlines Minor holdings:
  • • Air France–KLM
    China Southern Air Holding
  • Major holdings:
  • • China Southern Airlines • Chongqing Airlines (60%) • GAMECO • XiamenAir (55%)
  • Minority holdings:
  • • Sichuan Airlines (39%)
    Decor Aviation
  • • Air Pegasus
    The Emirates Group
  • • Emirates • Emirates SkyCargo • Emirates Executive• FlyDubai
    Etihad Airways
  • Majority holdings:
  • • Etihad Airways (100%)
  • Minority former holdings:
  • • Air Serbia (49%) • Air Seychelles (40%) • Virgin Australia (24%)
    Evergreen Group
  • • Eva Air • Uni Air
    Hanjin Group
  • • Korean Air • Jin Air
    HNA Group
  • • Air Chang'an • China Xinhua Airlines • Hainan Airlines • Shanxi Airlines • Beijing Capital Airlines • Fuzhou Airlines • Grand China Air • GX Airlines • Hong Kong Airlines • Lucky Air • Tianjin Airlines • Urumqi Air • West Air • Suparna Airlines • Africa World Airlines • Azul Brazilian Airlines • MyCargo Airlines • Virgin Australia
    InterGlobe Enterprises
  • • IndiGo
    Jagson Group
  • • Jagson Airlines
    Japan Airlines Corporation
  • • Japan Airlines • J-Air • Japan Air Commuter • Japan Transocean Air
    Kumho Asiana Group
  • • Asiana Airlines • Air Busan (49%) • Air Seoul
    LEPL Group
  • • Air Costa
    NANSHAN Group
  • • Qingdao Airlines • Virgin Australia
    Qatar Airways Group
  • Majority holdings:
  • • Qatar Airways • Qatar Airways Cargo
  • Minority holdings:
  • • IAG (Aer Lingus• British Airways • Iberia Airlines) (21%) • Cathay Pacific (10%) • LATAM (10%) • China Southern Airlines (5%)
    Tata Sons

    • Air India • Air India Express

    Temasek Holdings

    • Scoot • Vistara (49%)

    Wadia Group
  • • GoAir
    Zagros Group
  • • Zagros Airlines • Zagrosjet

    Australasia, and Southeast Asia

    AirAsia Group[4]
  • AirAsia Cambodia • AirAsia X • Philippines AirAsia
  • Minority holdings: Indonesia AirAsia (49.25%) • Thai AirAsia (45%) • Thai AirAsia X (50%)
    Garuda Indonesia Group
    Lion Air Group
    Sriwijaya Air Group
    PAL Holdings
    Malaysia Aviation Group[5]
    Qantas Group[6]
    Singapore Airlines
    VietJet Air
    Vietnam Airlines
    Virgin Australia Holdings
    CPAir Holdings[7]

    Europe

    Air France–KLM
  • Air France (Air France Cargo • Air France Hop • Transavia France) • KLM (KLM Cargo • KLM Cityhopper • Martinair • Transavia)
  • Minority holdings: Air Calédonie (2%) • Air Mauritius (5%) • Air Tahiti (7%) • Compagnia Aerea Italiana (7%) • CCM Airlines (12%) • Kenya Airways (7.8%) • Royal Air Maroc (3%)
    Air Greenland A/S
  • Air Greenland
  • Minority holdings: Norlandair (25%)
    Avia Solutions Group
  • Avion Express • Bluebird Nordic • KlasJet • SmartLynx Airlines (SmartLynx Airlines Estonia)
    DHL Aviation
  • Blue Dart Aviation • DHL Aero Expreso • DHL Air Austria • DHL Air UK • DHL Aviation South Africa • DHL de Guatemala • DHL Ecuador • DHL International Aviation ME Joint ventures: AeroLogic (50% with Lufthansa)
  • Minority holdings: Polar Air Cargo (49% with Atlas Air) • Tasman Cargo Airlines (49%) • Vensecar Internacional (49%)
    Icelandair Group
  • Icelandair • Icelandair Cargo
    International Airlines Group
  • Aer Lingus • British Airways (BA CityFlyer) • Iberia (Iberia Express) • IAG Cargo • Vueling Airlines
  • Minority holdings: Air Europa (20%)
    Lufthansa Group
  • Air Dolomiti • Austrian Airlines • Brussels Airlines • Eurowings • Lufthansa Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo, Lufthansa CityLine • Swiss International Air Lines • Edelweiss Air
  • Joint ventures: AeroLogic (50% with DHL) • SunExpress (50% with Turkish Airlines)
    OssetAvia Airways Group
  • O Airways • O Airways Cargo
    Ryanair Holdings
  • Buzz • Malta Air • Lauda Europe • Ryanair • Ryanair UK
    SAS Group
  • Scandinavian Airlines
  • Minority holdings: Air Greenland (37.5%)
    Smartwings Group
  • Smartwings • Smartwings Hungary • Smartwings Poland • Smartwings Slovakia
  • Minority holdings: Czech Airlines (30%)
    TAP Group
  • Portugália • PGA Express • TAP Portugal
    TUI Group
  • TUI Airways • TUI fly Belgium • TUI fly Deutschland • TUI fly Netherlands • TUIfly Nordic
  • Minority holdings: Corsair International (27%)
    Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı (English Turkish Airlines Joint Stock Partnership)
  • AJet • Turkish Airlines
  • Joint venture: SunExpress (50% with Lufthansa)
  • Minority holdings: Air Albania (49.1%)
    Virgin Group
  • Majority holdings: Virgin Atlantic (51%)
  • Minority holdings: AirAsia X (20%) • Virgin Australia Holdings (8%)

    North America

    Air Transport Services Group
  • ABX Air • Air Transport International • Omni Air International
    Alaska Air Group
  • Alaska Airlines • Horizon Air
    American Airlines Group
  • American Airlines • Envoy Air • Piedmont Airlines • PSA Airlines Minority holdings: China Southern Airlines (3%)[8]
    Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings
  • Atlas Air
  • Majority holdings: Polar Air Cargo (51% with DHL)
    Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  • Delta Air Lines • Endeavor Air
  • Minority holdings: Aeromexico (20%) • Air France-KLM (3%) • China Eastern Airlines (3%) • Korean Air (15%, via Hanjin ownership) • LATAM Airlines (10%) • Virgin Atlantic (49%)
    FLOAT Alaska
  • FLOAT Shuttle • New Pacific Airlines • Ravn Alaska • Ravn Connect
    Grupo Aeromexico
  • Aeroméxico • Aeroméxico Connect
    Republic Airways Holdings
    Saltchuk
  • Aloha Air Cargo • Northern Air Cargo • Ryan Air
    SkyWest, Inc.
  • SkyWest Airlines
  • Minority holdings: Contour Airlines (25%)
    Trans States Holdings
  • GoJet Airlines
    United Airlines Holdings
  • United Airlines
  • Minority holdings: Mesa Air Group (10%)

    South and Central America

    Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A.
  • Minority holdings:
  • • Aerohandling • Aerolíneas Argentinas Cargo • Aerolíneas Argentinas • JetPaq S.A. • Optar S.A. • AUSTRAL
    Avior Airlines Group
  • Minority holdings:
  • • Avior Airlines • Avior Airlines Perú • Avior Regional • Gran Colombia de Aviación • Tiara Air
    Copa Holdings
  • AeroRepública (Copa Airlines Colombia • Wingo) • Copa Airlines
    Kingsland Holding
  • Minority holdings:
  • • (34%) AviancaTaca Holding S.A. - Avianca S.A. • TACA International Airlines S.A. • Volaris (25%)
  • • (100%) TACA International Airlines S.A. - TACA Regional • LACSA • Aeroman • Pateland Airways • TACA Panamá
    LATAM Airlines Group
  • Majority holdings:
  • • LAN Argentina • LAN Cargo • LAN Chile • LAN Ecuador • LAN Express • LAN Perú • LAN Colombia •
  • • ABSA Cargo Airline •LANCO • MasAir • TAM Linhas Aéreas S.A • TAM Airlines • TAM Paraguay
    Synergy Aerospace Corp.[9]
  • Majority holdings:
  • • (66%) AviancaTaca Holding S.A. - Avianca S.A. • TACA International Airlines S.A.
  • • (100%) Avianca S.A. - SAM S.A. • Tampa Cargo • VarigLog • OceanAir • Macair Jet • VIP S.A. • AeroGal • Capital Airlines • Helicol S.A. • TurbServ

    References

    Notes and References

    1. News: Ethiopian Airlines buys 49pc Stake in Air Malawi airlines partner. 17 July 2013. The Herald. 15 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222345/http://www.herald.co.zw/ethiopian-airlines-buys-49pc-stake-in-air-malawi-airlines-partner/. 2016-03-03. dead.
    2. News: Ethiopian Airlines plot takeover of Nigeria's flagship fleet. Monks. Kieron. 31 August 2017. CNN. 15 September 2017.
    3. http://www.kenya-airways.com/uploadedFiles/Home/Corporate_Information/Investor_Information/Annual_Reports/KQ%20Annual%20Report.pdf Kenya Airways 2013 Annual Report
    4. Web site: Corporate Structure. AirAsia Group. 2020-03-31. 2020-05-01.
    5. Web site: Who we are and what we do. Malaysia Aviation Group. 2020-05-02.
    6. Web site: Subsidiary companies. Qantas Group. 2020-05-01.
    7. Web site: Shareholdings Structure. Cebu Pacific. 2016-06-30. 2020-05-01.
    8. Web site: China Southern eyes world domination and puts Oneworld plans aside. 2019-06-23. South China Morning Post. en. 2019-06-28.
    9. Web site: AVIAN: Stock Quote - Aerovias del Continente Americano SA. Bloomberg. 5 November 2014.

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