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]
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%) • Sichuan Airlines (10%)
- ANA Holdings
- Majority holdings:
- • Air Japan
Australasia, and Southeast Asia
- AirAsia Group[4]
- AirAsia Cambodia • AirAsia • AirAsia X • Philippines AirAsia
- Minority holdings: Indonesia AirAsia (49.25%) • Thai AirAsia (45%) • Thai AirAsia X (50%)
- Garuda Indonesia Group
- Citilink • Garuda Indonesia
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 Côte d'Ivoire (20%) • Air Mauritius (5%) • Air Tahiti (7%) • Air Corsica (12%) • Kenya Airways
North America
- Air Transport Services Group
- ABX Air • Air Transport International • Omni Air International
- Alaska Air Group
- Alaska Airlines • Horizon Air • Hawaiian Airlines
- American Airlines Group
- American Airlines • Envoy Air • Piedmont Airlines • PSA Airlines
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
References
- Ethiopian Airlines buys 49pc Stake in Air Malawi airlines partner The Herald, 17 July 2013, retrieved 15 September 2017^
- Kieron Monks. Ethiopian Airlines plot takeover of Nigeria's flagship fleet CNN, 31 August 2017, retrieved 15 September 2017^
- Kenya Airways 2013 Annual Report