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Adria Airways
Adria Airways, trading as Inex-Adria Airways from 1968 to 1986, was a Slovenian airline based in Ljubljana. Founded in 1961, it served as Slovenia's flag carrier from 1991 until its bankruptcy on 30 September 2019.
Air Berlin
Air Berlin was a German airline headquartered in Berlin that grew from a 1979 charter operation into Germany's second-largest carrier after Lufthansa, filing for insolvency in 2017 and selling its assets to Lufthansa and easyJet.
AirTran Airways
AirTran Airways was an American low-cost airline headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with its largest hub in Atlanta; Southwest bought it in 2011 and retired the brand in 2014.
Allegheny Airlines
Allegheny Airlines, also known as Allegheny Air, was an American local-service airline based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1939 as All American Aviation, it became USAir in 1979.
Aloha Airlines
Aloha Airlines was a Hawaii-based airline founded in Honolulu in 1946 as Trans-Pacific Airlines; it flew interisland and transpacific routes for over 60 years before ending passenger service on March 31, 2008, during its second bankruptcy.
America West Airlines
America West Airlines was a Phoenix, Arizona-based low-cost airline founded after deregulation in 1983 that grew into one of the largest United States carriers before merging with US Airways in 2005.
Ansett Australia
Ansett Australia was a major Australian airline founded by Sir Reginald Ansett in 1936 and one of the country's two dominant domestic carriers until its 2001 collapse.
ATA Airlines
ATA Airlines, formerly American Trans Air, was an American low-cost airline based in Indianapolis, Indiana, operating from 1973 to 2008 and known for charter and military flights.
Avianca Brasil
Avianca Brasil, officially Oceanair Linhas Aéreas, was a Brazilian airline based in São Paulo that grew into the country's fourth-largest carrier before collapsing in 2019.
BEA (airline)
British European Airways (BEA) was a British state-owned airline serving domestic and European routes from 1946 to 1974, when it merged with BOAC to form British Airways.
Blue Air
Blue Air, also known as Blue Air Transport, was a Romanian low-cost airline based in Bucharest that operated from 2004 until it suspended flights in September 2022.
Braniff International Airways
Braniff International Airways, also known as Braniff Airways, was a major US airline founded by the Braniff brothers in Oklahoma City in 1928, serving Latin America before ceasing operations in 1982.
Canadian Airlines
Canadian Airlines International was Canada's second-largest airline, formed in 1987 from CP Air, Pacific Western, and other carriers, based in Calgary, and absorbed by Air Canada in 2000 after chronic losses.
Cathay Dragon (港龙航空有限公司)
Cathay Dragon, legally Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited and called Dragonair until 2016, was a Hong Kong regional airline that ceased operations in October 2020.
Civil Air Transport (民航空运公司)
Civil Air Transport (民航空运公司), or CAT, was an airline founded in China in 1946 by Claire Chennault and Whiting Willauer, secretly owned by the CIA from 1950.
Dan-Air
Dan-Air (Dan-Air Services Ltd) was a British airline owned by shipbrokers Davies and Newman, operating from 1953 until its sale to British Airways in 1992.
East-West Airlines (India)
East-West Airlines was a private Indian airline based in Mumbai, operating from 1992 to 1996 as India's first scheduled private carrier under the 1991 Open Sky policy.
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines, also known as Eastern Air Transport, was a major American airline based in Miami, founded in 1927 as Pitcairn Aviation, that ceased flights in 1991 after a strike and bankruptcy.
Emery Worldwide
Emery Worldwide, also known as Emery Air Freight, was an American air freight company founded in 1946 whose airline was grounded by the FAA in August 2001.
Go First
Go First, which flew as GoAir from 2005, was a Wadia Group Indian budget airline that filed for insolvency in 2023 after Pratt & Whitney engine groundings.
Hooters Air
Hooters Air, also known as Hooters Airlines, was a short-lived American airline founded in 2003 by Hooters chairman Robert Brooks, known for having two Hooters waitresses on every flight.
Imperial Airways
Imperial Airways was a British airline formed in 1924 by a government-promoted merger of four carriers, flying routes across the British Empire until it merged into BOAC in 1940.
Indian Airlines (इंडियन एयरलाइंस)
Indian Airlines (इंडियन एयरलाइंस), also called Indian Airlines Corporation, was India's state-owned domestic airline, created by the Air Corporations Act of 1953 and merged into Air India in 2007.
Interjet
Interjet (ABC Aerolíneas) was a Mexican low-cost airline based at Toluca that operated from 2005 to December 2020, at its peak carrying about 20 percent of Mexico's domestic market.
Jet Airways
Jet Airways was an Indian full-service airline founded by Naresh Goyal that operated from 1993 to 2019, once India's largest private carrier before collapsing under debt.
Kingfisher Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines Limited was an Indian airline based in Bengaluru, founded by Vijay Mallya's United Breweries group, which operated from 2005 until its license was suspended in 2012.
Lauda Air
Lauda Air was an Austrian airline founded in 1979 by Formula 1 champion Niki Lauda, absorbed by Austrian Airlines and retired as a brand in 2013.
Mexicana de Aviación
Mexicana de Aviación was a Mexican airline founded in 1921 and the country's oldest carrier until flights stopped in 2010; the brand returned as a state-owned airline in 2023.
Mohawk Airlines
Mohawk Airlines was a regional airline serving New York and Pennsylvania from 1945 until its 1972 merger with Allegheny Airlines, and hired the first African American flight attendant.
Monarch Airlines
Monarch Airlines, also known as Monarch Scheduled, was a British leisure airline based at London Luton that operated charter and scheduled flights from 1967 to 2017.