List of airline mergers and acquisitions

1. Air India
2. *2007 - Merged with Indian Airlines. Kept Air India name.
3. Air Berlin
4. *2006 - Acquired dba
5. *2007 - Acquired LTU
6. *2009 - Acquired LGW
7. *2009 - Acquired Belair
8. *2011 - Acquired flyNiki
9. *2017 - Filed for insolvency
10. Air New Zealand
11. *2000 - Acquired Ansett Australia, Ansett collapsed, proving to be more of a drain than asset.
12. Air Canada
13. *2000 - Acquired Canadian Airlines.
14. Air France
15. *2004 - Merged with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, changing the company name to Air France KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines.
16. Air Jamaica
17. *2010 - Acquired by Caribbean Airlines
18. Air West
19. *1968 - Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines, and West Coast Airlines merged to form Air West
20. *1970 - Howard Hughes purchased Air West and renamed it Hughes Airwest
21. AirTran Airways
22. *1997 - Bought by the holding company for ValuJet Airlines, the holding company merged their ValuJet airline into AirTran thus keeping the AirTran name.
23. *2010 - Bought by Southwest Airlines, AirTran fleet transferred to Southwest and thereby AirTran becomes an inactive subsidiary.
24. Alaska Airlines
25. *1986 - Acquired Jet America Airlines.
26. *1986 - Acquired Horizon Air, which continues to operate as a separate airline.
27. *2016 - Acquired Virgin America. Kept Alaska Airlines name.
28. America West Airlines
29. *2005 - Merged with bankrupt US Airways, retaining the US Airways name.
30. American Airlines
31. *1971 - Acquired Trans Caribbean Airways
32. *1987 - Acquired Air California
33. *1990 - Acquired the Eastern Airlines' route network from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean
34. *1997 - Acquired Reno Air
35. *2001 - Acquired TWA
36. *2013-2015 - Merged with US Airways. Currently the world's largest carrier. Kept American Airlines name
37. Avianca
38. *1919 - Begins as SCADTA
39. *1940 - Merged with SACO, retains Avianca name
40. *1994 - Merged with SAM
41. *1994 - Acquired Helicol
42. *2003 - Acquired ACES Colombia
43. *2003 - Acquired OceanAir and VIP Ecuador
44. *2008 - Acquired Tampa Cargo
45. *2008 - Acquired Aerogal
46. *2009 - Merged with TACA
47. *2014 - Acquired AeroUnion, which continues to operate as a separate airline
48. Aurora
49. *2013 - Formed by merger of Aeroflot subsidiaries SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Air
50. Braniff International Airways
51. *1982 - Eastern purchased Braniff's South American routes
52. Bulgaria Air
53. *2010 - Merged with Hemus Air kept the name Bulgaria Air
54. Canadian Airlines
55. *1987 - Formed by merger of Canadian Pacific Airlines, Eastern Provincial Airways, Nordair, and Pacific Western Airlines
56. Caribbean Airlines
57. *2010 - Acquired Air Jamaica.
58. Cathay Pacific
59. *2006 - Acquired full ownership over Dragonair, which continues to operate as a separate airline.
60. Cimber Air
61. *2008 - Acquired bankrupt Sterling to form Cimber Sterling.
62. Continental Airlines
63. *1934 - Begins as Varney Speed Lines
64. *1982 - Acquired by Texas International / Merges, retains Continental name
65. *1987 - merges with People Express, Frontier, and New York Air
66. *1987 - Acquires PBA and Britt Airways from People Express merger / creates Continental Express
67. *2010-2012 - Merged with United Airlines, kept United name.
68. Delta Air Lines
69. *1924 - Started as Huff Daland Dusters
70. *1928 - Huff Daland Dusters was purchased by C.E. Woolman and renamed Delta Air Service after the Mississippi Delta
71. *1953 - Purchased the Chicago and Southern Air Lines, and flew under the name Delta C&S for the next two years
72. *1972 - Purchased Northeast Airlines
73. *1984 - Established the Delta Connection
74. *1987 - Merged with Western Airlines
75. *1991 - Purchase of Pan Am's European routes, and acquired Pan Am's shuttle, forming what is today Delta Shuttle
76. *1996 - Delta Express began service, ended November 2003
77. *2003 - Song began service, ended May 2006
78. *2008-2010 - Merged with Northwest Airlines, was world's largest carrier at time of merger, kept Delta name
79. *2017 - Bought 10% of Air France KLM
80. *2017 - Bought 32% of Aeromexico to total a stake of 49% ownership
81. Eastern Airlines
82. *1986 - Purchased by Texas International, but continues to operate separately as Eastern Airlines
83. *1990 - American Airlines purchased Eastern's routes from Miami to Latin America and the Caribbean
84. Frontier Airlines
85. *2007 - Entered service agreement with Republic Airways
86. *2008 - Declared Bankruptcy, then purchased by Republic
87. *2009 - Still under the Frontier name, Republic mandates a merger between Frontier and Midwest Airlines
88. *2013 - Enter a contract with Indigo, beginning a transition into an ULCC
89. Hughes Airwest
90. *1970 - Howard Hughes purchased Air West and renamed it Hughes Airwest
91. *1980 - Republic Airlines bought out Hughes Airwest
92. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
93. *2004 - Acquired by Air France, which changed its company name to Air France KLM, although the two airlines still operate as separate airlines.
94. LOT Polish Airlines
95. *1929 - Aero and Aerolot merged to form LOT Polish Airlines
96. LAN
97. *1995 - Purchased Ladeco
98. *2012 - LAN and TAM merged to form LATAM
99. National Airlines
100. *1979 - Merged with Pan Am
101. Northeast Airlines
102. *1972 - Delta purchased Northeast Airlines
103. Northwest Airlines
104. *1916 - Founded by Col. Lewis Patenaude, under the name Northwest Airways
105. *1927 - Began flying passengers
106. *1949 - With its new routes to the far east, re-branded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines
107. *1986 - Purchased Republic Airlines, and dropped the word Orient from its brand name
108. *2008-2010 - Merged with Delta. Became world's largest airline by passenger traffic in 2008 under the Delta name.
109. Ozark Airlines
110. *1943 - Ozark Air Lines is founded, then ceases operations in late 1940s
111. *1944 - Parks Air Transport is founded
112. *1950 - Ozark Air Lines resumes operations
113. *1950 - Purchased Parks Air Transport
114. *1986 - Purchased by Trans World Airlines, TWA
115. Pan Am
116. *1928 - Merged with Aviation Corporation of the Americas/American International Airways
117. *1928 - Founded and formed by the merger of Atlantic, Gulf, and Caribbean Airways
118. *1950 - Merged with American Overseas Airlines
119. *1979 - Merged with National Airlines
120. *1985 - United Airlines Purchased Pan Am's entire Pacific Division
121. *1990 - United Airlines Purchased Pan Am routes to London Heathrow Airport
122. *1991 - United Airlines Purchased Pan Am's entire Latin American Division
123. *1991 - Delta Air Lines purchased Pan Am's European routes, and acquired Pan Am's Shuttle
124. Republic Airlines
125. *1979 - Founded and formed by the merger of North Central Airlines and Southern Airways
126. *1944 - Southern Airways is founded
127. *1944 - Wisconsin Central Airlines is founded
128. *1952 - Wisconsin Central Airlines changes name to North Central Airlines
129. *1968 - Air West is founded and formed by the merger of Pacific Air Lines, Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines
130. *1970 - Air West changes name to Hughes Airwest
131. *1980 - Purchases Hughes Airwest
132. *1986 - Purchased by Northwest Orient
133. Republic Airways Holdings
134. *2005 - Acquired Shuttle America.
135. *2009 - Acquired Midwest Airlines.
136. *2009 - Acquired Frontier Airlines.
137. Rossiya Airlines
138. *2006 - Increases by merger with Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise
139. *2016 - Increases by merger with Donavia and Orenair and re-brands
140. S7 Airlines
141. *2001 - Acquired Vnukovo Airlines and Baikal Airlines
142. *2004 - Acquired Enkor
143. *2005 - Re-brands from Siberia Airlines to S7 Airlines and makes Moscow-Domodedovo as the main hub
144. *2008 - Acquired Perm Airlines
145. Southwest Airlines
146. *1985 - Acquired Muse Air
147. *1993 - Acquired Morris Air
148. *2008 - Acquired certain assets of bankrupt ATA Airlines
149. *2010 - Acquired AirTran
150. Trans World Airlines
151. *1925 - First Incorporate as Western Air Express
152. *1927 - Maddux Air Lines is founded
153. *1927 - Standard Air Lines is founded
154. *1928 - Transcontinental Air Transport is founded
155. *1929 - Maddux Air Lines merges with Transcontinental Air Transport
156. *1930 - Standard Air Lines merges with Western Air Express
157. *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
158. *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
159. *1986 - Purchased Ozark Air Lines
160. *2001 - Purchased by American Airlines, retains name American Airlines
161. United Airlines
162. *1931 - Purchased National Air Transport
163. *1931 - Purchased Pacific Air Transport
164. *1931 - Purchased Varney Air Lines
165. *1961 - Merged with Capital Airlines
166. *1985 - Purchased Pan Am's entire Pacific Division
167. *1990 - Purchased Pan Am routes to London Heathrow Airport
168. *1991 - Purchased Pan Am's entire Latin American Division
169. *2012 - Merged with Continental Airlines. Was the world's largest carrier at the time of merger. Kept United name
170. US Airways
171. *1938 - Started as All American Aviation Company, renamed All American Airlines and then Allegheny Airlines
172. *1957 - Changed name to Allegheny Airlines
173. *1968 - Purchased Lake Central Airlines
174. *1972 - Purchased Mohawk Airlines
175. *1979 - Changed name to USAir
176. *1988 - Purchased Pacific Southwest Airlines
177. *1989 - Purchased Piedmont Airlines
178. *1992 - Operates former Trump Shuttle for banks, renamed by banks as Shuttle, Inc, dba USAir Shuttle
179. *1997 - Changed name to US Airways
180. *1997 - Purchased former Trump Shuttle, now Shuttle, Inc from Banks, dba US Airways Shuttle
181. *1998 - Launches low-fare carrier MetroJet
182. *2000 - Merges US Airways Shuttle into US Airways
183. *2001 - Dissolves low-fare carrier MetroJet
184. *2005 - Merged with America West, keeping the US Airways brand
185. *2013-2015 - Merged with bankrupt American Airlines, kept American Airlines name
186. Virgin America
187. *2016 - Merged with Alaska Airlines, kept Alaska Airlines name
188. Western Airlines
189. *1925 - First incorporated as Western Air Express by Harris Hanshue
190. *1926 - Western's first flight took place
191. *1928 - Reincorporated as Western Air Express Corp.
192. *1930 - Purchased Standard Airlines. WAE with Fokker aircraft merged with Transcontinental Air Transport T-A-T to form Transcontinental & Western Air T&WA.
193. *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
194. *1941 - Western Air Express changed its name to Western Air Lines, which was later altered to Western Airlines
195. *1967 - merged with Pacific Northern Airlines
196. *1987 - Delta merged with Western Airlines
197. Lufthansa
198. *1955 - Created Deutsche Flugdienst GmbH in conjunction with other companies and subsequently owned 25.81% of it
199. *1959 - Increased its shares in Deutsche Flugdienst to 95.5%. In 1961 Deutsche Flugdienst bought "Condor-Luftreederei“ renaming itself then "Condor Flugdienst GmbH"
200. *1989 - Created SunExpress Airlines as a joint venture with Turkish Airlines
201. *1995 - Transferred SunExpress shares over to Condor
202. *1999 - Purchased 26% of Air Dolomiti
203. *2003 - upped its stake to 51.9% and then 100% of Air Dolomiti
204. *2006 - Lufthansa sold its remaining 50% stake in Condor to KarstadtQuelle AG
205. *2007 - In conjunction with the sale of Condor, LH took back its shares of SunExpress
206. *2005-2007 - Purchased Swiss Int'l Airlines
207. *2008 - Purchased Austrian Airlines
208. *2008 - Purchased BMI
209. *2008 - Acquired 45% of Brussels Airlines
210. *2008 - Purchased 19% of Jetblue
211. *2009 - Acquired 100% of Germanwings
212. *2016 - Acquired remaining 55% of Brussels Airlines
213. *2017 - Acquired Air Berlin
214. Loftleidir-Icelandic
215. *1979 - Flugfélag Íslands and Loftleiðir merged, and the airline became known as Icelandair.
216. British Airways and Iberia'''
217. * 2010 - International Airlines Group was formed by the merger of two airlines. Both carriers continued to operate under separate brand.