AEK–AR–Vicnoran

Transportation Advancements LLC, d/b/a , is a American-El Kadsreian multinational airline holding company with its headquarters in, , United States at  and its main office in El Kadsre City, El Kadsre at El Kadsre City International Airport. It was formed in 2012 after El Kadsre's flag carrier Air El Kadsre (founded 1954) purchased American low-cost carrier Chicago Airlines (founded 1993), and the management of both airlines chose to merge their holding companies so the two airlines could become 100% owned subsidiaries of the merged holding company. Since Air El Kadsre was the larger and older company, its shareholders were given 55% of the shares in the new, merged company.

Since its creation, AEK–Chicago has expanded its portfolio of operations and brands by purchasing other airlines - including Air Florida (2012), Lechutan Airlines (2014), Swish (2015), and Crystal Air (2018).

Creation
In September 2011, Air El Kadsre and Chicago Airlines announced a merger, which shocked the airline industry, as Air El Kadsre was some three times bigger than Chicago Airlines was at the time, and was a flag carrier as opposed to Chicago Airlines being a low-cost carrier. Officially, Air El Kadsre purchased Chicago Airlines for $2.7 million and both airlines' holding companies were merged to become 100% owned subsidiaries of the merged holding company. The merger was completed on August 1, 2012, with the company, doing business as  but as Transportation Advancements LLC, beginning to trade shares on the  on August 4.

Purchase of Air Florida (2012)
On September 3, 2012, AEK–Chicago agreed to acquire Air Florida from it's minority business enterprise owners, a deal which would increase the company's share of slots at from 45% to 55%. The acquisition was completed on November 17, 2012.