Aer Lingus is owned by IAG (the United Kingdom, LSE: IAG), which acquired the brand on 18 August 2015 for €1.36 billion.[1] Aer Lingus was founded in 1936 in Dublin and was independent until 2015.
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: International Consolidated Airlines Group — formation of IAG, International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A, 21 January 2011. Last checked .
Aer Lingus is the Irish flag carrier and its name comes from the Irish for air fleet. IAG acquired it in 2015 for about €1.4 billion, after Ryanair had been forced by competition authorities to abandon its own attempts to buy it.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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IAG controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in travel & transport.
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10; IAG has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
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| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Beibu Gulf Airlines | Hainan Airlines Holding | 🇨🇳 China |
IAG is a publicly listed company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, founded in 2011. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: IAG.
IAG was formed in 2011 by merging British Airways with Iberia, and is registered in Spain while headquartered in London. It owns four national flag carriers plus a low-cost airline, so several airlines that appear to compete on European routes share an owner.
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 33 brands that began in Ireland. 18 of them (55%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Aer Lingus among them.
IAG acquired Aer Lingus for about €1.36 billion, after the Irish government agreed to sell its stake against commitments on Heathrow slots and connectivity. Ryanair, which held a large minority, had been ordered by British regulators to reduce it years earlier.
The parent company of Aer Lingus is IAG, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Aer Lingus originated in Ireland in 1936, but it is owned today by IAG, which is headquartered in the United Kingdom. So Aer Lingus is an Irish-origin brand under British ownership.
IAG completed its acquisition of Aer Lingus on 18 August 2015, after announcing the deal on 27 January 2015. The deal was valued at €1.36 billion (enterprise value).
Aer Lingus was an independent company from its founding in 1936 in Dublin until IAG acquired it in 2015.
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Aer Lingus is still owned by IAG. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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