successorAirline

P29477
predicate

Indicates that one airline has taken over, replaced, or continued the operations of another airline as its successor.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
successorAirline canonical 26
hasSuccessorAirline 3
successorAirlineRole 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: successorAirline
Generated description
Indicates that one airline has taken over, replaced, or continued the operations of another airline as its successor.

Sample triples (37)

Subject Object
Alitalia Alitalia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ITA Airways
Morris Air Southwest Airlines ⓘ
LAN LAN Airlines via predicate surface "predecessorAirlineGroup" ⓘ
CANADIAN Air Canada ⓘ
East African Airways Kenya Airways ⓘ
East African Airways Air Tanzania ⓘ
East African Airways Uganda Airlines ⓘ
Japan Helicopter and Aeroplane All Nippon Airways via predicate surface "hasSuccessorAirline" ⓘ
WATERSKI Trans States via predicate surface "replacedAirlineName" ⓘ
State Airlines Administration Turkish Airlines via predicate surface "hasSuccessorAirlineBrand" ⓘ
Cathay Dragon (historical)
surface form: Cathay Dragon
Cathay Pacific ⓘ
Cathay Dragon (historical)
surface form: Cathay Dragon
HK Express ⓘ
Interflug Lufthansa ⓘ
surface form: Lufthansa (on unified German market)
Malev Hungarian Airlines
surface form: Malév Hungarian Airlines
partially replaced by Wizz Air on some routes via predicate surface "successorAirlineRole" ⓘ
Malev Hungarian Airlines
surface form: Malév Hungarian Airlines
partially replaced by Ryanair on some routes via predicate surface "successorAirlineRole" ⓘ
America West Airlines US Airways ⓘ
America West Airlines American Airlines via predicate surface "laterSuccessorAirline" ⓘ
dba (Deutsche BA) Air Berlin ⓘ
National Air Transport United Airlines via predicate surface "hasSuccessorAirline" ⓘ
Armavia Armenia Aircompany NERFINISHED ⓘ
Armavia Air Armenia (partial) NERFINISHED ⓘ
EPA
surface form: Eastern Provincial Airways
Canadian Pacific Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
EPA
surface form: Eastern Provincial Airways
Canadian Airlines International NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabena SN Brussels Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sabena Brussels Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Aero O/Y Finnair NERFINISHED ⓘ
CALEDONIAN
surface form: British Caledonian
British Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
BCal
surface form: British Caledonian
British Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
PWA
surface form: Pacific Western Airlines
Canadian Airlines NERFINISHED ⓘ
VRD Alaska Airlines via predicate surface "airlineMergedInto" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dan‑Air
surface form: Dan-Air
British Airways NERFINISHED ⓘ
Capital Airlines United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Air Florida none ⓘ
Union Airways of New Zealand Tasman Empire Airways Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ
Compagnie Générale de Transports Aériens Air Algérie via predicate surface "hasSuccessorAirline" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transcontinental & Western Air major international carrier in the 20th century via predicate surface "successorAirlineBecame" ⓘ
Western Airlines Delta Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ