DEFUNCT BANKRUPT AIRLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD - THE MOST RECENT US AIRLINES FILING BANKRUPTCY
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DEFUNCT BANKRUPT AIRLINES FROM AROUND THE WORLD
THE MOST RECENT US AIRLINES FILING BANKRUPTCY
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1 - ALOHA AIRLINES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIRLINES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE LISTED FIRST... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES - AIRLINES Aaxico Airlines (1946 - 1976, to Trans International Airlines) Access Air (1998 - 2001) Aeromech Airlines (1951 - 1983, to Wright Airlines) Air America (owned and operated by the CIA in SouthEast Asia) Air America (1980s) Air Atlanta (1981 - 88) Airborne Express (1946 - 2003, to DHL)
Air California, later AirCal (1967 - 87, to American Airlines) Air Chaparral (1980 - 82) Air Florida (1972 - 84)
Airlift International (1946 - 81) Air Midwest (1965 - 91, to Mesa Airlines) Air New England (1975 - 81) Air Niagara Air North (1963 - 83, to Brockway Air) Air South (1968 - 75, to Florida Airlines; 1994-1997) Allegheny Airlines (became US Airways) American Overseas Airways Arista International Airlines Arizona Airways (1990s) Aroostook Airways Aspen Airways (1962 - 90) Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air) Bar Harbor Airlines (1971-92) Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 30) Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 68) to Hughes Airwest Braniff International Airways (1928 - 82 and 1984 - 89)
Britt Airways Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service) Capitol Air Lines (1970s-1980s) Capital Airlines (1936 - 61, to United Airlines) Capitol Air (1946 - 82) Carnival Airlines
Cascade Airways (1969 - 86) Catalina Airlines (1940 - 69) Central Airlines (1944 - 67) Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001) Chicago and Southern Airlines (1934 - 53) Chicago Express (1993 - 2005) Colgan Airways (1971 - 86, to Presidential Airways, revived 1991) Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 30) Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 32) Eastern Airlines (1926 - 91)
Emerald Air (1978 - 91) Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003) Empire Air (1975 - 84, to USAir) Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 88, to Federal Express)
Freedom Airlines (2001 - 04, to Mesa Airlines, and resumed operations in October, 2005) Galaxy Airlines Global International Airways (1981 - ?) Golden West Airlines Great Plains Airlines (2001 - 2004) Gulf Air Transport (1979 - 1990) Hughes Airwest (1968 - 80, to Republic Airlines) Imperial Airlines (1964 - 82) Independence Air (2004-2006) (ceased operations in 2006)
Key Airlines Kiwi International Airlines Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 68, to Allegheny Airlines)
Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 84) Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 87) Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000) Lone Star Airlines Mackey Airlines (1957 - 81) Maddux Airlines (1927 - 29) Mall Airways (1973 - 89, to Business Express) MarkAir (1947 - 95) Marquette Airlines (to Trans World Airlines) Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 88) Mid-State Airlines (1964 - ?, to Sentry Airlines) Midway Airlines (1979 - 81 and 1993 - 2003)
Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 85) Modern Air Transport Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 88, to Allegheny Airlines) Morris Air to Southwest Airlines Mountain Air Express Muse Air to Southwest Airlines National Air Cargo National Airlines (1929 - 80, to Pan American World Airways; 1995 - 2002)
National Air Transport (1926 - 30) New York Air (1980 - 86, to Continental Airlines)
New York Airways (1949 - 1979) New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (to Pan American World Airways) North Central Airlines (1953 - 79) Northeast Airlines (1940 - 72,to Delta Air Lines) Overseas National Airways (1950 - 78) Ozark Airlines (1943 - 86, to Trans World Airlines) Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 27) Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 86) Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (1945 - 86, to USAir)
Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) (1928 - 67, to Braniff International Airways) Pan American World Airways (1927 - 91)
People Express (1981 - 87, to Continental Airlines)
Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 89, to USAir)
Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time) Presidential Airways (1985 - 89) Pride Air (August 1985 - November 1985) Pro Air (1997 - 2000) PBA - Provincetown - Boston Airline Ransome Airlines (1967 - 86) Reeve Aleutian Airways (1932 - 2001) Reno Air (1990 - 99, to American Airlines) Republic Airlines (1979 - 86, to Northwest Airlines)
Rich International Airways (1971 - 96) Robertson Air Service Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 86) Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Aaxico Airlines) Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
Shuttle by United and United Shuttle (1994 - 2001) Southeast Airlines (1992-2004) Southern Airways (1943 - 79, to Republic Airlines) Standard Airlines (1926 - 30) Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 81) TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 30) Texas Air Texas International Airlines (1944 - 86, to Continental Airlines) Tower Air (1983 - 2000) Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 86)
Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 30) TransMeridian Airlines (1995-2005) Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986) TranStar Airlines (1981 - 87) Trans-Texas Airways Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
Trump Shuttle (1989 - 91, to US Airways) Universal Airlines (US Cargo Operator 1966-72 to Trans International Airlines) ValuJet Airlines (to AirTran Airways, 1997) Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002) Western Airlines (1925 - 87, to Delta Air Lines)
Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998) Wien Air Alaska Wilmington - Catalina Air Line China Air Great Wall (to China Eastern Airlines in 2000) CAAC (1949 - 91, airline division divided and only administration remains) China General Aviation (to China Eastern Airlines, 1997) China Northern Airlines (merged with China Southern Airlines) China Northwest Airlines (merged with China Eastern Airlines) China Southwest Airlines (to Air China, 2002) China Xinjiang Airlines (merged with China Southern Airlines) China Yunnan Airlines (merged with China Eastern Airlines) China National Aviation Corporation (1929 - 49) Eurasia (1930 - 42) Manchurian Air Transport Zhejiang Airlines (to Air China, 2004) Zhongyuan Airlines (1986 - 2000, to China Southern Airlines) China, Republic of (Taiwan) Formosa Airlines (1987 - 99) Great China Airlines (1995 - 98) Makung Airlines Taiwan Airways (ceased operations 1998) U-Land Airlines Japan Air Shenpix (2004-05, now Airtransse) Fairinc (now Ibex Airlines) Fujita Airlines (ceased operations 1963) Harlequin Air Imperial Japanese Airways Japan Airlines System (1971 - 2004, to Japan Airlines) Japan Domestic Airlines (1960 - 71) Kita Nipon Koku Kabushiki Kaisha Nagasaki Airways (1961-2001, to Oriental Air Bridge) Nakanihon Airlines (to Air Central, 2005) Nakanihon Air Service (to Nakanihon Airlines) Toa Airways (1953 - 71) Australia Adelaide Airways (1935 - 36) Air Queensland (1951 - 1988) Ansett (1935 - 2001) Australia Asia Airlines (1990 - 96) Australian National Airways (1936 - 57) Bush Pilots(1951 - became Air Queensland - 1988) Compass Airlines (1990-91) and (1992-93) East-West Airlines (1947 - 93) Flight West (1987 - 2001) Hazelton Airlines (1953 - 2002 - to Regional Express) Holyman's Airways (1932 - 36) Impulse Airlines (1994 - 2001 - to Qantas) IPEC Aviation (1976 - 93) Jet Charter Airlines (ceased operations 1982) Kendell (1967 - 2002 - to Regional Express) MacRobertson Miller Airlines (1934-1981) Queensland Pacific Airways (19?? - 1972) Queensland Pacific Airlines (1988 - 1992) Trans Australia Airlines (renamed Australian Airlines in 1986, later to Qantas) West Australian Airways (1921 - 36) Belgium Air Belgium (1979 - 2000) Air Dakota (1996 - 2002) Belgian International Air Services (1959 - 73) Birdy Airlines (to SN Brussels Airlines in 2004) Citybird (1996 - 2001) Constellation Airlines (1968 - 99) Delsey Airlines (2001 - 02) Delta Air Transport (2001 - 02, to SN Brussels Airlines) Sabena (1923 - 2001) Sobelair (1946 - 2004) Sun Airways Transaction Service International Trans European Airways (1970 - 91) TUI Airlines Belgium (2004 - 05, to Jetairfly) VG Airlines (2002 - 02) Wallonair Finland Air Botnia ( 1998 now Blue1) Air Finlandia Flying Finn (2002 - 04) Kar Air (1957 - 96 now part of Finnair) Wasawings (1979 - 92) Aero (1923 - 68 now Finnair) Finnaviation (1970 - 96 now part of Finnair) Finnish Air Lines ( name of Aero 1946 - 68) Pohjanmaan lento (name of Wasawings 1988 - 92 Copter Action Helikopteripalvelu Polar Air (1961 - 71) France Aeris (1999 - 2003) Aero France International (ceased operations 1991) Aerolinair (ceased operations 2004) Aeromaritime (1935 - 49) Air Alsace (1962 - 81) Air Asie (1928 - 30) Air Atlantique (1963 - 2004) Air Bleu (1935 - 41) Air Charter - SAFA (1966 - 90) Air Inter (1958 - 90) Air Jet (1974 - 2003) Airlec (1965 - 92) Air Lib (1990 - 2003) Air Liberté (1987 - 2001) Air Littoral (1972 -2004) Air Normandie Air Open Sky (ceased operations 2000) Air Orient (1930 - 33) Air Rouergue Air Union (1923 - 33) Air Vendée (ceased operations 1992) AOM - Air Outre Mer (1988 - 2001) Aria CIDNA (1922 - 33) EAS - Europe Air Services Euralair (1964 - 2004, now Air Horizons) Extand Air Flandre Air (1977 - 2001) L-Air (1996 - 2002) LAM (1941 - 45) Minerve (airline) (1975 - 92) Point Air Proteus Airlines (1986 - 2001) RLAF (1945 - 46) SATI (1948 -49) SCELA (1933 - 33) SCLA (1940 - 45) SNATI - Air Toulouse TAI - Transport Aériens Intercontinentaux (1946 - 63) UAT - Union Aéromaritime de Transport (1949 - 63) UTA - Union des Transports Aériens (1963 - 90) Westair (ceased operations 2004) Germany Abteilung Luftverkehr Aero Flight Aero Lloyd (1979 - 2003) Aerotour (1956 - 58) Aero Union Air Bremen (1988 - 90) Air Commerz (1970 - 73) Amadeus Atlantis (1968 - 72) Badische Luftverkehrs (1923 - 26) Bavaria Fluggesellschaft (1957 - 77) Bavaria-Germanair (1972 - 77) Bayerische Luftverkehrs (1925 - 28) Ber-Line (1991 - 94) City-Air (ceased operations 2004) Danziger Luftpost (1921 - 23) Delta Air (1978 - 91) Deruluft - Deutsche Russian Luftverkehr (1921 - 37) Deutsche BA (became Dba) Fly FTI (1998 - 2001) General Air (1962 - 75) Germania Express (2003 - 05, to Dba) Holiday Express (1974 - 87) Interflug (1958 - 92) Jetair (1982 - 85) Junkers Luftverhehrs (1924 - 26) KHD - Karl Herfurtner Dusseldorf (1956 - 58) Lloyd-Luftdienst LowFare Jet (2002 - 03) LTS - Lufttransport Sud (1984 - 95) LURAG - Luftverkehrsgesellschaft Ruhrgebiet AG (1925 - 26) NFD - Nurnberger Flugdienst (1975 - 93) Oberschlesische Luftverkehrs (1925 - 37) RAS Flug (1973 - 2002) RFG Regionalflug (1976 - 93) Sachsische Luftverkehrs (1924 - 26) Schlesische Luftverkehrs SkyTeam Luftfahrtunternehmen Sudflug International (1952 - 67) Suddeutscher Aero Lloyd Sudwestdeutsche Luftverkehrs (1924 - 26) Supair Tempelhof Express (1998 - 2001) Westflug Italy Aeral Aermediterranea (1981 - 85) Aero Espresso Italiana (1924 - 34) Aerolinee Itavia (1958 - 1981) Aertirrena (1970 - 75) Air Columbia (now ItAli Airlines) Air Industria (2002 - 2003) Air Italica Airone (ceased operations 1949) Air Sicilia (1994 - 2002) Ala Littoria (1934 - 49) Aliadriatica (1983 - 1995, now Air One) ALI - Flotte Riunite (1926 - 52) Alinord (1986 - 90) Alisarda (now Meridiana) Alisea Airlines (1999 - 2003) ATI - Aero Transport Italiani (1963 - 94) Azzurra Air (1995 - 2004) Gandalf Airlines (1999 - 2004) Goldwing Airlines (2000 - 01) Lauda Air Italy LAI - Linee Aeree Italiane (1946 - 57) Med Airlines (1998 - 2001) Minerva Airlines (1996 - 2003) Panair (1999 - 2003) SANA - Societa Anonima Navigazione Aerea (1925 - 34) SAM - Societa Aerea Mediterranea (1926 - 34) SISA - Societa Italiana Servizi Aerei (1923 - 34) Transadriatica (ceased operations 1931) TAI - Trasporti Aerei Italiani (now ItAli Airlines) Russia Aerokuzbass (1993 - 2003) AeroVolga (1993 - 99) AJT Air International (1992 - 2003) AKO - Kamchatka JSC Aviation ALAK (1991 - 99) Arkhangelsk Airlines Aviakultura (1922 - 22) Aviamost (1994 - 2001) Baikal Airlines (ceased operations 1998) Dalstroi Aviation (1934 - 55) Deruluft (1921 - 37) Dobrolet (1923 - 30) Eurasia (1997 - 2003) Flight (ceased operations 2003) Hamiata Junkers Luftverkehr Russia (1923 - 24) Komiinteravia (1996 - 2004, merged into Utair) Korsar (1991 - 99) Murmansk Airlines (ceased operations 2001) Orient Avia (1994 - 97) Polyarnaya Aviatsiya (1932 - 60) RDS Avia (1993 - 94) Remex (1997 - 2001) Russ (1999 - 2001) Sakha Avia (1993 - 2003) Siblyot Sochi Airlines Tatneftaero (1997 - 2001) Transavaitsiya (1930 - 32) Tretyakovo (1994 - 2003) Tyumen Airlines (1992 - 2003) Ukrvozdukhput (1923 - 30) Vnukovo Airlines (1991 - 2003) Yakutsk Airlines (1999 - 2003) Zakavia (1923 - 25) United Kingdom AB Airlines (ceased operations 1999) air2000 (now First Choice Airways) Air Anglia (precursor of AirUK, now part of KLM's Cityhopper division) Air Bristol Air Caledonian (2003 - 05) Air Cordial (ceased operations 2004) Air Europe (1979 - 91) Airfreight Express (1999 - 2003) Air Scandic (1997 - 2005) AirUK Airways International Cymru (1984 - 88) Ambassador Airways (1992 - 94) Amber Airways Anglo Cargo (1983 -92) Aquila Airways Autair International (precursor of Court Line) AV8 Air Bookajet (2003 - 04, to Club 328) British Airtours (former charter subsidiary of British Airways) British Airways Ltd (1935 - 39) BCAL - British Caledonian Airways (1970 - 88, acquired by British Airways) British Cargo Airlines (1979 - 80) British Continental Airways (ceased operations 1935) British Eagle (ceased operations in 1968) British European Airways (BEA) (1946 - 74, to British Airways) British European (became flybe) British Marine Air Navigation Co (1923 - 24) BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation (1939 - 74, to British Airways) British Regional Airlines (1997 - 2002) British South American Airways (BSSA) (1946 - 49) British United Air Ferries British United Airways (1960 - 70, merged with Caledonian) British World Airlines (1946 - 2001) Brymon Airways (1972 - 2002) Buzz (1999 - 2003, acquired by Ryanair) Caledonian Airways (1961 - 70 and 1974 - 2000) Cambrian Airways (1935 - 76) Channel Airways (ceased operations in 1972) CityFlyer Express (1991 - 2002) Court Line (ceased operations in 1974) Daimler Airways (1922 - 24) Dan-Air London (1953 - 92, to Caledonian Airways (second incarnation)) Debonair (1995 - 99) Duo Airways (2003 - 04) Euravia (became Britannia Airways) Excalibur Airways (1992 - 96) Flying Colours (1997 - 2000) Flykeen Airways (1968 - 2005, to A2B Airways) Gill Airways (1969 - 2001) Go Fly (1998 - 2003, acquired by easyJet) HC Airlines (1978 - 2002) Highland Express Airways (1984 - 87) Hillman's Airways (1931 - 35) Imperial Airways (1924-1939) Instone Airline (1921 - 24 and 1977 - 95) Invicta International Airlines (1964 - 81) Jersey European (became flybe) JMC Air (renamed Thomas Cook Airlines in 2002) KLM UK (1980 - 2003) Laker Airways (1966 - 82) Maersk UK (1983 - 2003) Manx Airlines (1982 - 2002) Northeast Airlines (1951 - 73) Orion Airways (1978 - 89) Prime Air (2001 - 02) Princess Air (1989 - 91) Red Coat Air Cargo (1977 - 82) Sabre Airways (1994 - 2001, now Excel Airways) Scimitar Airlines (1979 - 82) Silver City (airline) (became British United Air Ferries 1963) Spartan Airlines (1933 - 35) Tradewinds Airways (1967 - 90) United Airways (ceased operations 1935) Virgin Sun Canada Air Alliance (1988 - 99, to Air Nova) Air Atlantic Air Baffin (1990-?) (now Air Nunavut) Air BC (1980 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz) Air Canada Tango (2001 - 03) Air Nova (1986 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz) Air Ontario (1987 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz) Austin Airways (1934 - 87, to Air Ontario) Canada 3000 (1988 - 2001, formerly Canada 2000) Canada West Air (1986 - 90) Canada West Airlines (2002 - 04) Canadian Airlines International (1987 - 2001, to Air Canada) Canadian Airways (1923 - 29) Canadian Colonial Airways (1929 - 42) Canadian Pacific Air Lines (1942 - 87, to Canadian Airlines International) Canadian Regional Airlines (1991 - 2001, to Air Canada Jazz) City Express (ceased operations 1991) Eastern Provincial Airways (1949 - 87, to Canadian Airlines International) Great Lakes Airlines (to Air Ontario) Greyhound Air (1996 - 97) Ilford-Riverton Airways (1960 - 86) Inter-Canadien (to Canadian Airlines International) Jetsgo (2002 - 05) Maritime Central Airways Millardair (1962 - 90) Nationair (1984 - 93) Newfoundland Airways (1948 - 1983, to Air Labrador) Nordair (1951 - 87) NorOntair (1971 - 96) North Canada Air (to Time Air) NWT Air (1960 - 98) Ontario Express (to Canadian Airlines International) Pacific Western Airlines (1946 - 87, to Canadian Airlines International) Pem Air (1970 - 2002) Quebecair (1946 - 87) Quebecair Express Roots Air (2000 - 01) Royal Aviation (1991 - 2001) Southern Frontier Airlines (to Time Air) Time Air (1966 - 91, to Canadian Airlines International) Torontair (1961 - 99) Trans-Canada Air Lines (now Air Canada) Trans-Provincial Airlines Triton Airlines (1993 - 94) Val Air (2003 - 04) Vision Airways Corporation (ceased operations 1994) Vistajet (1997 - 97) Wardair (1946 - 90, to Canadian Airlines International) Western Canada Airways (1926 - 30) Worldways Canada (1974 - 91) Zip (2002 - 04) Former U.S. Airlines: |
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