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Crossair

Crossair was a Swiss regional airline headquartered at Basel, founded in 1978 by former Swissair pilot Moritz Suter and becoming the new national carrier SWISS in 2002.

Cubana de Aviación

Cubana de Aviación, commonly known as Cubana, is Cuba's government-owned flag carrier, founded in 1929 and headquartered in Havana, and one of Latin America's earliest airlines.

Czech Airlines

Czech Airlines (České aerolinie, historically ČSA) was the national airline of Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic. Founded in 1923, it ceased flying in 2024.

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.

Data Comm

Data Comm is a Federal Aviation Administration program that lets controllers and pilots exchange air traffic control information digitally, a key part of the NextGen modernization effort.

David Neeleman

David Gary Neeleman, born 1959 in Brazil, is a Brazilian-American airline entrepreneur who founded five airlines on three continents: Morris Air, WestJet, JetBlue, Azul, and Breeze Airways.

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is an American airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, flying to more than 300 destinations on six continents with one of the world's largest fleets.

Delta Air Lines fleet

The Delta Air Lines fleet, also called the Delta fleet, is the aircraft flown by Delta Air Lines and its regional carriers, totaling 1,314 aircraft as of December 2025.

Delta Connection

Delta Connection is Delta Air Lines' regional airline brand, under which partner carriers Endeavor Air, Republic Airways, and SkyWest operate flights using Delta's DL code.

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) is the German air navigation service provider, a State-owned company that controls all IFR flights in German airspace from four control centers.

DHL Aviation

DHL Aviation is the air transport arm of DHL Express, a group of owned and partner cargo airlines flying more than 295 freighters through hubs on three continents.

E ticket

E ticket (electronic ticket, e-ticket): a ticket held as an electronic record instead of paper. First issued by United Airlines in 1994; standardized by IATA, validated via QR codes, barcodes, or NFC.

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.

Eastern Airways

Eastern Airways, legally Air Kilroe Limited, was a British regional airline based at Humberside Airport, founded in 1997, which suspended operations in October 2025 and entered liquidation.

EasyJet

EasyJet is a British low-cost airline founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995, operating point-to-point scheduled flights across Europe and ranking among the continent's largest carriers by seat capacity.

Edelweiss Air

Edelweiss Air (Edelweiss Air AG) is a Swiss leisure airline at Zurich Airport, founded in 1995 by Kuoni and now part of the Lufthansa Group alongside Swiss International Air Lines.

Egyptair (مصر للطيران)

Egyptair (مصر للطيران) is Egypt's state-owned flag carrier, founded in 1932 as the first airline in the Middle East and Africa, flying from its hub at Cairo International Airport.

El Al (אל על)

El Al (אל על, "to the skies") is Israel's national flag carrier airline. Established in 1948, it operates flights and serves as the authorized security provider for other Israeli carriers.

Electronic ticket

An electronic ticket, or e-ticket, is an airline ticket stored in the airline's database rather than printed on paper, with only an itinerary receipt as evidence.

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.

Emirates (airline)

Emirates, also known as Fly Emirates, is the flag carrier airline of Dubai, founded in 1985. It flies 53.2 million passengers to 152 cities in 80 countries.

Emirates fleet

The Emirates fleet is the all-widebody fleet of the Dubai-based airline Emirates, long consisting only of Airbus A380s and Boeing 777s, with the Airbus A350 added in 2025.

Empire Airlines

Empire Airlines is an American cargo airline based in Hayden, Idaho, serving as a FedEx Feeder carrier across the western United States and Alaska since 1988.

En Route Automation Modernization

En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) is the Federal Aviation Administration's automation platform at all 20 en route centers in the continental United States, fully deployed in March 2015.

ENAIRE

ENAIRE, formerly Aeropuertos Españoles y Navegación Aérea, is Spain's state-owned air navigation provider, controlling over 2 million square kilometers of airspace and holding 51% of Aena.

Endeavor Air

Endeavor Air, formerly Pinnacle Airlines, is a Minneapolis-based regional airline wholly owned by Delta Air Lines, flying about 150 regional jets as Delta Connection to 122 destinations in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.

Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System

The Enhanced Tactical Flow Management System (ETFMS) is EUROCONTROL's flow management application, in service since 2002, which calculates air traffic demand and allocates ATFM slots to individual flights.

Enugu Air

Enugu Air is a commercial airline owned by the Enugu State Government of Nigeria, inaugurated in July 2025 as the country's second state-owned commercial airline after Ibom Air.

Envoy Air

Envoy Air, formerly American Eagle Airlines, is a wholly owned regional airline subsidiary of American Airlines Group, headquartered in Irving, Texas, that flies under the American Eagle brand.