For the 1.2B passengers: the transfer doesn’t contain passenger data, just internal operations data

Eg. Airline code, marketing materials, pricing histories, etc

Also, to answer the question:

> Affiliates and Acquisitions. We may share information with any corporate affiliates (e.g., parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control). If another company acquires, or plans to acquire, our company, business, or our assets, we will also share information with that company, including at the negotiation stage.