List of defunct airlines

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This is a list of defunct airlines.

For airlines currently in operation see the list of airlines.

• Altinea Airlines (1999 - 2003)
• Ecoair International
• Inter Air
• Khalifa Airways (ceased operations in 2003)
• Sahara Airlines

• Service des Transports Aeriens du Burundi (now Air Burundi)

• Cameroon Airlines

• Congo Airlines

• Air Afrique

• Air Djibouti

• Air Cargo Egypt
• Air Sinai
• Arabia - Arab International Airlines (1979 - 81)
• North African Airways (1980 - 89)
• Orca Air (1996 - 2002)
• Pan Egypt International
• Scorpio Aviation (1980 - 2002)
• Shorouk Air (1992 - 2003)
• ZAS Airlines (1982 - 95)

• Red Sea Air

• Compagnie Aerienne Gabonaise (1951 - 68, became Air Gabon)
• Gabon Express (1988 - 2004)
• Trans Gabon

• Ghana Airways (1958 - 2004)

• Transports Aereos de Guinee-Bissau

• Air Kenya (to Airkenya, 1985)
• East African Safari Air (ceased operations 2004)
• Flamingo Airlines (2000 - 03)
• Kencargo Airlines International
• Regional Air (2000 - 03)
• Sunbird Aviation (to Airkenya, 1985)

• Kingdom of Libya Airlines

• Namib Air

• Air Nigeria
• Falcon Airlines
• Merchant Express Aviation
• Nexus Aviation
• Nigeria Airways (1958 - 2003)
• Okada Airlines
• RiteTime Aviation
• Sky Executive Airlines
• Slok Air (ceased operations 2004, to Slok Air Gambia)

• Air Bourbon (2002 - 04)

• Charlan Air Charter (1992 - 2005)
• Flite Star (1991-1993)
• Intensive Air (1989 - 2002)
• Maiden Air (2003 - 03)
• Sun Air (ceased operations 1999)

• Aero Zambia (ceased operations 2000)
• Zambia Airways (1967 - 95)
• Zambian Express Airways

• Affretair (ceased operations 1998)
• Expedition Airways
• Zimbabwe Express Airlines

• Bakhtar Afghan Airlines

• Arax Airlines (1995 - 99)
• Armenian Airlines (1993 - 2003)
• Jupiter-Avia (1999 - 99)

• First Cambodia Airlines (2004 - 2004)
• Mekong Airlines (ceased operations 2002)
• Royal Air Cambodge (ceased operations 2001)

• 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)

• Formosa Airlines (1987 - 99)
• Great China Airlines (1995 - 98)
• Makung Airlines
• Taiwan Airways (ceased operations 1998)
• U-Land Airlines

• Archana Airways (1991 - 99)
• East-West Airlines
• Gujarat Airways
• ModiLuft
• NEPC Airlines
• Sahara Airlines
• Tata Airlines (1933 - 46)
• Vaydoot

• KNILM (merged back with KLM in 1947)
• Sempati Air
• Star Air (2000 - 2005)

• Air Shenpix (2004-05, now Airtransse)
• Fairinc (now Ibex Airlines)
• Fujita Airlines (ceased operations 1963)
• Harlequin Air
• Imperial Japanese Airways
• Japan Air 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)

• Air Kazakhstan (1996 - 2004)
• Asia Service Airlines (1994 - 99)
• Kaz Air - Kazakhstan Airlines (1991 - 97)
• SAN Air (1995 - 99)
• SBS Aircraft (1996 - 2001)
• Taraz Wings (1996 - 97)
• Trans Asian Airlines (1996 - 99)

• Kyrgyz Air (2002 - 04)
• Manas Air (2000 - 2001)
• Star of Asia (1992 - 95)

• Lao Aviation

• Borneo Airways (ceased operations 1999)
• Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (1966-1971, split into Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines)
• Pelangi Air (ceased operations 1999)
• Saeaga Airlines (1995 - 98)

• Bhoja Air
• Hajvairy Airlines (Closed in 2003)
• Orient Airways

• Grand Air
• Laoag International Airlines (ceased operations in 2002)
• Mindanao Express (ceased operations 2000)

• Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (1966-1971, split into Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines)

• Air Siam (1965 - 77)
• Angel Air (1997 - 2003)
• Bira Air Transport (1969 - 74)
• Pacific Overseas Airlines (1947 - 51)
• Princess Airlines (1996 - 96)
• Siamese Airways (1947 - 51)
• Thai Airways (1960-1988, Merged into Thai Airways International)
• ThaiJet (2003 - 04)
• Trans Asiatic Airlines (1947 - 50)

• Air Vietnam

• 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)

• Ansett New Zealand (1987 - 2001)
• Cook Strait Airways (1935 - 47)
• East Coast Airways (1935 - 47)
• Kiwi Airlines (1994-1996)
• National Airways Corporation (1945 - 78, merged into Air New Zealand)
• South Pacific Airlines of New Zealand (1960 - 1966)
• Union Airways (1936 - 47)

• Norfolk Jet Express

• Guinea Airways (1929 - 42)

• Fly Niu Airlines (2004 - 04)
• Royal Tongan Airlines (1985 - 2004)

• Aerowings (2001 - 04)

• Air Aruba (1988 - 2000)
• Aruba Express (2002 - 02)

• Laker Airways (1992 - 2004)

• Aero Costa Rica

• Aerovias del Norte (1949 - 59)
• Aerovias del Sur (1949 - 59)
• Aerovias Q (1945 - 59)
• Compania Nacional Cubana de Transporte Aereo (1929 - 33)
• Cuba Aeropostal (1948 - 59)
• Expreso Aereo Interamericano (1942 - 59)
• Lineas Aereas de Cuba (1929 - 33)

• Aeromar Lineas Aereas Dominicanas (ceased operations 2003)
• Aerovias Quisqueyanas
• Alas del Caribe
• APA Dominicana Internacional
• Dominicana de Aviación
• Queen Air (Aeronaves Queen)

• Air Guadeloupe (1970 - 98 and 1998 - 2000)

• Aviateca

• Sahsa
• Transportes Aereos Nacionales

• Air Negril (ceased operations 1999)

• Air Martinique (ceased operations 2000)

• Air ALM (1964 - 2001)
• Dutch Caribbean Airlines (2001 - 2004)

• Aeronica (1981 - 92)
• Lanica (1946 - 81)

• Air Panama

• Aerovias Nacionales de Puerto Rico
• Air Caribbean
• Air Puerto Rico
• Dorado Wings
• Fina Air
• Oceanair
• Prinair (1966 - 84)

• Air Caribbean (1993 - 2000)
• Trinidad and Tobago Air Services (1974 - 80)
• Caribbean United Airlines (ceased operations 1974)

• Aero Virgin Islands (ceased operations in mid-1990s)
• Air Saint Thomas

• Fairline (2003 - 04)
• Lauda Air (operating as charterairline for Austrian)
• OELAG - Oesterreichische Luftverkehrs AG (1923 - 38)
• Styrian Spirit (-2006)
• Tyrolean Airways (to Austrian Arrows)

• Belair (1991 - 99)
• Minsk Avia (1996 - 98)
• Techaviaservice (1994 - 99)
• Wings Air Company (1993 - 96)

• 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

• Air Bosna (1994 - 2003, now B&H Airlines)

• Balkan Bulgarian Airlines (1947 - 2002)
• Bulair
• Bunavad

• Zagal - Zagreb Airlines (1989 - 90, to Croatia Airlines)

• Aerotrans Airlines (1999 - 2003)

• ABA Air (1996 - 2004)
• Bemoair
• CLS - Ceskoslovenska Letecka Spolecnost (1927 - 45)
• Ensor Air
• Fischer Air (to Charter Air, 2005)
• OLIMEX

• Conair
• Dansk Lufttransport
• Maersk Air (1969-2005)
• Muk Air (ceased operations 2001)
• NewAir
• SAS Snowflake

• Aeronaut
• Elk Airways (1991 - 2001)

• 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)
• Spear Air (172 - 72)

• 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)

• Air Georgia (1992 - 99)
• Air Zena (1994 - 99, to Georgian Airways)
• Caucasus Airlines (2001 - 04)
• Georgian Airlines (1998 - 99, to Georgian Airways)
• Orbi (1992 - 98)

• 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)
• V Bird (2003 - 2004)
• Westflug

• Aerodromisis - Air Greece (1994 - 2000)
• Apollo Airlines (1994 - 97)
• AXON Airlines (1999 - 2001)
• Cretan Airways (1993 - 94)
• Cronus Airlines (1994 - 2001)
• Electra Airlines (2000 - 03)
• Galaxy Airways (1999 - 2001)
• Hellas Jet (2002 - 05)
• Hellenic Star Airways (1998 - 2001 and 2002 - 03)
• Homeric International Airlines
• Olympic Aviation (1971 - 2003, to Olympic Airlines)
• Venus Airlines (1993 - 97)

• Aeroexpress (1922 - 26)
• Carpathian Air Transport
• Linair
• Malert (1928 - 44)
• Pannon Airlines (2000 - 2002)

• East Air
• Norlandair (now Air Iceland)

• Aer Turas (1962 - March 2003)
• Avair
• EUjet (2003 - 05)
• Euroceltic Airways (2001 - 03)
• FreshAer (Bankrupt in 2003 and never took off)
• JetGreen Airways (2004 - 04)
• JetMagic (2002 - 04)
• Trans Aer (ceased operations 2000)

• 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)

• Latvijas Aviolinijas (1991 - 95)
• Latvijas Gaisa Satikmes (1921 - 25)
• Riair - Rigas Gaisa Linjas (1992 - 99)
• Transeast Airlines (1993 - 2001)
• Latpass Airlines (2003-2004)

• Cargo Lion (1991 - 2001)

• Avioimpex (1992 - 2003)

• Air Moldova International (1995 - 2002)
• MTA - Moldtransavia (1999 - 2003)
• NisTransAir
• Renan (1994 - 2003)
• Sud Aero Cargo (1994 - 2001)
• Valeologia (1992 - 94)

• Aero Holland (1948 - 53)
• Air Exel (1991 - 2005)
• Air Holland (1984 - 2004)
• Basiq Air (merged with Transavia in January 2005)
• DutchBird (2000 - 04)
• Holland Aero Lines (1977 - 86)
• HollandExel (2003 - 05)
• Nederlanske Wereld Verkeer Maatschappij
• Netherlines (ceased operations 1990)
• NLM Cityhopper (aka NLM Airlines)
• Trans Travel Airlines (1996 - 2003)
• V Bird (2003 - 04)

• Braathens S.A.F.E. (1946 - 2005, now SAS Braathens)
• Busy Bee (1966 - 1992)
• Color Air (1998 - 1999)
• Coronet Norge
• Fred Olsen Air Transport (1946 - 97)
• Guardair (ceased operations 2001)
• Norsk Air (1961 - 1996, now Widerøe)
• Norving
• Partnair

• Aerolloyd Warschau (1922 - 25)
• Air Polonia (2001 - 04)
• GetJet (2003 - 04)

• Air Atlantis

• Dac Air (1995 - 98)
• Grivco
• Jaro International (1991 - 2001)
• LAR - Liniile Aeriene Romane (1975 - 97)
• Miravia (ceased operations 2000)
• Angel Airlines

• 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)

• Slovenian Spirit (2004 - 2006)

• AeBal - Aerolíneas Baleares (now operating under Spanair brand)
• Air Cargo Spain
• Air España (now operating under Air Europa brand)
• Aviaco - Aviacion y Comercio (1948 - 2000, to Iberia)
• CLASSA - Compania de Lineas Aereas Subvencionadas (1921 - 32)
• Euravia (ceased operations 1990)
• Hispania Lineas Aereas (1983 - 89)
• LAC - Lineas Aereas Canarias (ceased operations in 1990)
• LAPE - Lineas Aéreas Postales Españoles
• South Atlantic Airlines (2000 - 2001)
• Spantax (1959 - 88)
• Transeuropa (ceased operations 1982)
• UAE - Unión Aérea Española
• Universair (ceased operations 1990)
• LAC - Líneas Aéreas Canarias
• OASIS Airlines

• Air Srpska (1999 - 2003)

• ABA - Aktie Bolaget Aerotransport (1924 - 46)
• Aerotransport AS (1924 - 46)
• European Executive Express (1997-2005)
• Goodjet (2002 - 03)
• Linjeflyg (merged in to SAS)
• MaxAir (ceased operations 2001)
• SAS Snowflake
• Svenska Lufttrafik
• Swedair
• Swedeways Air Lines (1993 - 2001)
• Transair (2002 - 03)
• Transjet Airways AB (2000 - 02)

• Air Switzerland (2002 - 02)
• Alpar
• Balair
• Balair - Basler Luftverkehr (1925 - 31)
• Crossair
• CTA - Compagnie de Transport Aeriens (1972 - 93)
• Globeair (1961 - 68)
• Helvetic Wings (2003 - 04)
• Odette Airways (2001 - 03, to Helvetic Airways)
• SATA (1968 - 78)
• Swissair (1931 - 2002)
• Swisswings Airlines (1987 - 2002)
• Transvalair

• Air Anatolia
• Alfa Airlines - Alfa Hava Yollari (1997 - 2002)
• BHT Bogazici
• BHY
• Greenair
• Istanbul Airlines (ceased operations 2000)
• Talia
• Tur

• Aeroservice Cargo (1998 - 99)
• Aerotrans (1997 - 2001)
• Atlant SV (1992 - 97)
• Avianto
• Busol Airlines (1992 - 98)
• Comandor Avia (1995 - 96)
• Donbass Airlines (1995 - 2002)
• Dunkan
• ICAR Airlines (1993 - 2002)
• Kharkiv Airlines (1998 - 2003)
• Liana (1994 - 97)
• TransAGO (1995 - 98)
• UNA (1991 - 99)

• AB Airlines (1993-1999)
• ACE Freighters (1964-1966)
• air2000 (1987-2004) became First Choice Airways
• Air Anglia (1970-1980) became AirUK
• Air Bristol (1982-1993) became AB Airlines
• Air Charter (1948-1960) to British United Airways
• Air Caledonian (2003-2005)
• Air Cordial (2000-2004)
• Air Europe (1979-1991)
• Air Ferry (1962-1968)
• Airfreight Express (1999-2003)
• Air Scandic (1997-2005)
• Air Safaris (1960-1962)
• AirUK (1980-1998), became KLM UK
• Air Wales (1997-2006)
• Airways International Cymru (1984-1988)
• Airwork (1928-1960) to British United Airways
• Alidair (1972-1982)
• Ambassador Airways (1992-94)
• Amber Airways (-1989) to Paramount Airways
• Anglo Cargo (1983-1992)
• Aquila Airways (1948-1958)
• Autair International Airways (1960-1969) -> Court Line)
• AV8 Air
• BEA Airtours renamed British Airtours
• BKS Air Transport (1952-1970) (acquired by British European Airways and renamed Northeast Airlines)
• Bookajet (2003 - 04, to Club 328)
• Britannia Airways (1965-2006) renamed Thomsonfly
• British Air Ferries (1967-1993) renamed British World Airways
• 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 (1948-1968)
• British European Airways (BEA) (1946 - 74, to British Airways)
• British European (became flybe)
• British Island Airways
• 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 (1963-1967) renamed British 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 Air Bridge (1955-1962) to British United Air Ferries
• Channel Airways (1962-1972)
• CityFlyer Express (1991 - 2002)
• Court Line (1970-1974)
• Daimler Airways (1922 - 24)
• Dan-Air London (1953-1992) to British Airways
• Debonair (1995 - 99)
• Duo Airways (2003 - 04)
• Donaldson International Airways (1968)
• Emerald Airways (1987-2006)
• Euravia (1960-1965) (became Britannia Airways)
• Eurodirect (1994-1995)
• Excalibur Airways (1992 - 96)
• Falcon Airways (1958-1962)
• 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)
• Hunting-Clan (1946-1960) to British United Airways
• Imperial Airways (1924-1939)
• Instone Airline (1921 - 24 and 1977 - 95)
• Invicta International Airlines (1964 - 81)
• Jersey Airlines (1948-1962) to Silver City Airways
• Jersey European (became flybe)
• JMC Air (renamed Thomas Cook Airlines in 2002)
• KLM UK (1980 - 2003)
• Laker Airways (1966 - 82)
• Lloyd International Airways (1961-1972)
• Maersk UK (1983 - 2003)
• Manx Airlines (1982 - 2002)
• Northeast Airlines (1970-1976) merged into British Airways
• Orion Airways (1978 - 89) bought by Britannia Airways
• Overseas Aviation (1955-1961)
• Paramount Airways (1989-1989)
• Prime Air (2001 - 02)
• Princess Air (1989 - 91)
• Railway Air Services (1933-1947) bought by BEA
• Red Coat Air Cargo (1977 - 82)
• Rockhopper renamed Blue Islands in 2006
• Sabre Airways (1994 - 2001, now Excel Airways)
• Scimitar Airlines (1979 - 82)
• Silver City Airways (1947-1962), became part of British United Air Ferries
• Skyways (1946-1962), taken over by Euroavia
• Spartan Airlines (1933 - 35)
• Starways (1948-1963) bought by British Eagle
• Tradewinds Airways (1967 - 90)
• Transglobe Airways (1959-1968)
• Trans Meridian Airways
• United Airways (ceased operations 1935)
• Virgin Sun
• World Airlines (1996-1996)

• Bonyard Airlines

• Maof Airlines

• Alyemda

• 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)
• World-Wide Airways (1947 - 66)
• Zip (2002 - 04)

• Greenlandair (became Air Greenland)

• AeroCalifornia (1975-2006)
• Aerocancun (1989 - 99)
• Aerocaribe (1975 - 2005, to Click Mexicana)
• AeroCozumel (1978 - 2000, to Aerocaribe)
• Aero Leon (1978 - 81)
• Aerolíneas del Pacifico (1962 - 87)
• Aerolíneas Internacionales (1994 - 2003)
• Aerolíneas Republica (ceased operations 1985)
• Aerovias Braniff (1945 - 49)
• Aerovias del Sur (1966 - 69)
• Aerovias Internacionales (1946 - 53)
• Aerovias Oaxaquenas (1979 - 93)
• Aerovias Reforma (1945 - 53)
• Interstatal de Aviacion (1980 - 85)
• LAMSA - Lineas Aereas Mexicanas SA (1934 - 52)
• Líneas Aéreas Allegro
• TAESA - Transportes Aereos Ejecutivos (1987 - 99)
• Westair de Mexico (ceased operations 2003)

• AAXICO Airlines (1946 - 1965, to Saturn Airways)
• 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 Airlines (1945-1950) merged into Pan American World 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)
• Business Express Airlines to American Eagle
• 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)
• CCAir
• 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)
• Crown Airways
• Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 32)
• Eastern Air Lines (1926 - 91)
• Emerald Air (1978 - 91)
• Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003)
• Empire Air (1975 - 84, to USAir)
• FloridaGulf Airlines
• 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)
• Jet Express
• Key Airlines
• Kiwi International Air Lines
• Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 68, to Allegheny Airlines)
• Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 84)
• Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 87)
• Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000)
• Liberty Express Airlines
• Lone Star Airlines
• Mackey Airlines (1957 - 81)
• Maddux Airlines (1927 - 29)
• Mahalo Air (1993 - 97)
• Mall Airways (1973 - 89, to Business Express)
• MarkAir (1947 - 95)
• Marquette Airlines (to Trans World Airlines)
• Mid-Continent Airlines (1928 - 1952, to Braniff)
• 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)
• Paradise Island Airlines
• 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)
• Potomac Air
• 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)
• Rio Airways (1970-1987)
• Robertson Air Service
• Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 86)
• Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Trans International 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)
• Southern Jersey Airways
• Standard Airlines (1926 - 30)
• States West Airlines
• 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)
• UltrAir (1993)
• 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

South America

• American Falcon
• Aeroposta Argentina
• Dinar Lineas Aereas (1992 - 2002)
• LAPA (1976 - 2003)

• SAVE - Servicio Aereo Vargas Espana

• Aero Geral (1947 - 53)
• Air Vias (1993 - 96)
• Brasmex - Brasil Minas Express (2001 - 04)
• Cruzeiro do Sul (1927 - 93, to Varig)
• Nacional Transportes Aereos (2000 - 02)
• Panair do Brasil (1930 - 65)
• REAL Transportes Aereos (1946 - 61)
• Rio-Sul Servicios Aereos Regionais (1976 - 2002)
• Servicos Aereos Condor (1927 - 46)
• TABA - Transportes Aereos Regionais de Bacia Amazonica (1976 - 2001)
• Transbrasil (1955 - 2001)
• Transportes Aereos Brasil (1942 - 54)
• VASP (1933 - 2005)
• Viabrasil Transportes Aereos (1997 - 2002)

• AVANT (ceased operations 2001)
• Ladeco (merged with LAN Chile (now LAN Airlines) in the early 2000s)

• Aces Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia (1971 - 2003)
• AeroCóndor
• SACO Servicio Aéreo Colombiano (changed its name to Avianca)
• SCADTA Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo (changed its name to Avianca)

• Ecuatoriana de Aviación
• Saeta (1966 - 2000)

• Guyana Airways (1973 - 2001)
• Universal Airlines (2001 - 05)

• Lineas Aereas Paraguayas
• Lapsa Air Paraguay (91-95)

• Aero Continente Peru
• Aerolineas Peruanas
• AeroPeru (1973 - 2001)
• Americana de Aviacion
• APSA - Lineas Aereas Peruanas SA (1956 - 71)
• Expreso Aereo
• Compania de Aviacion Faucett (1928 - 99)
• Líneas Aéreas Nacionales (merged with Faucett in 1985)
• Tans Peru
• Transportes Aéreos Andahuaylas
• Transportes Aéreos Peruanos

• VIASA - Venezolana Internacional de Aviacion (1960 - 97)

See also

• IATA airline designator
• ICAO airline designator
• List of airlines
• List of largest airlines
• List of low-cost airlines
• List of national airlines
• List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners
• Airline call sign
• Cargo airline
• Timeline of airline bankruptcies

External links

• [Wikitravel:Travel topics] - Advice for air travel

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