Who owns Air Transat?
Air Transat is owned by Transat (Canada, TSX: TRZ).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Transat A.T. Inc. 2025 Annual Information Form. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Transat A.T. Inc. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Montréal
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Montréal
- Founded
- 1987
- Category
- Travel & transport › Airlines
- Parent ticker
- TSX: TRZ
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Air Transat
Air Transat is the airline of Transat A.T. Inc., a leisure carrier based at Montréal-Trudeau International Airport. The company's 2025 Annual Information Form says an operating certificate was issued to Air Transat on 13 November 1987 and that its fleet at 31 October 2025 was 43 aircraft, 35 of them long-haul (Airbus A330s and A321LRs). It flies to destinations across Canada, the Americas and Europe.
Ownership timeline of Air Transat
Where Air Transat sits in Transat
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in airlines, and who owns them
The 509 brands in airlines on Brandtree belong to 341 owners. The largest is Lufthansa Group, with 10.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Air Dolomiti | Lufthansa Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| China Southern Airlines | China Southern Airlines | 🇨🇳 China |
| Air China | Air China | 🇨🇳 China |
| Aer Lingus | IAG | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| LATAM Airlines Brasil | LATAM | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Air France | Air France-KLM | 🇫🇷 France |
| AirAsia | AirAsia X | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Calm Air | Exchange Income | 🇨🇦 Canada |
About the owner: Transat
Transat is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montréal, Canada, founded in 1987. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as TSX: TRZ.
Montréal-based leisure travel company incorporated under the Canada Business Corporations Act on 13 February 1987. According to its 2025 Annual Information Form, its voting and variable voting shares trade on the TSX under the single ticker TRZ, and it operates as a tour operator and as an airline under the Air Transat brand. Its tour-operator and travel-agency names (Transat Tours, Marlin Travel, TravelPlus, Luxexpert) are travel agencies and operators, not airlines, and are not listed here.
🇨🇦 Air Transat and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 174 brands that began in Canada. 41 of them (24%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Air Transat is not one of them.
- Air Canada — Air Canada 🇨🇦
- Algoma Central — Algoma Central 🇨🇦
- BC Ferries — BC Ferries 🇨🇦
- CN — CN 🇨🇦
- CPKC — CPKC 🇨🇦
- Calm Air — Exchange Income 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Air Transat?
The parent company of Air Transat is Transat, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Air Transat Canadian?
Yes. Air Transat originated in Canada in 1987 and its owner, Transat, is also headquartered in Canada.
Is Air Transat still owned by Transat?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Air Transat is still owned by Transat. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Transat A.T. Inc. 2025 Annual Information Form — Transat A.T. Inc., Annual report; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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