PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 7644 posts, RR: 62 Posted (9 months 3 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 4080 times:
What with the bad past few months for airlines, I'm wondering just how many carriers people have flown on who have subsequently ceased operations; either through bankruptcy or merger/takeover etc... Here's my list;
Air Wales - bankrupt
Air 2000 - became First Choice
Airtours - became My Travel & now merged into Thomas Cook
Air World - merged into Flying Colors and now merged into TUI
BA Connect - purchased by FlyBe
Britannia Airways - became TUI
Caledonian - became JMC EuroManx - bankrupt
GIRJet - AOL suspended, bankrupt
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines - bankrupt
SAS Braathens - became SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge Skyjet - bankrupt
Snowflake - merged back into SAS? Varig Brazil - bankrupt
XL Airways - bankrupt
So, about 15% of all the airlines I've flown have disappeared, with about half having gone bankrupt. To be honest it's not as many as I'd expected, so I hope I've not left any out.
NG1Fan From Australia, joined Aug 2007, 435 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (9 months 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 4075 times:
Lauda Air - swallowed by OS Group
Ansett Australia - bankrupt
Domodedovskie Avialinii - now part of Air Union
Pulkovo Airlines - now part of GTK Rossiya (or is it the other way 'round?).
East-Weat Airlines (Australia) - not sure where they went.
Australian Airlines - became domestic ops for QF
Tyrolean Air - now called Austrian Arrows
Pan Am - bankrupt
Varig Brazil - bankrupt
Hapag-Lloyd charter - bankrupt
OHLHD From Finland, joined Dec 2004, 3709 posts, RR: 22 Reply 5, posted (9 months 3 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 4049 times:
Lauda Air ( now in OS)
Tyrolean ( now Austrian Arrows)
Dan Air London ( gone)
Varig ( bankrupt)
Finnaviation ( gone)
Karair ( gone )
Braathens ( SAS Norge now)
I think thats it. Anyone dares to write the soon to be gone list
My dad once told me that it's best to not know when it's your last flight on something, and that you only find out later it was your last flight. I never quite believed him, but after Champion shut down and I realized my flights on them were my last ever on the eternal 727, I kinda realized he was right.
My flight, TUL-LAS, was a great flight to "go out" on. My personal third flight on MG, fun flight, fun crew, and perfect landing. Great way to end my personal "career" on the 727.
HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 4899 posts, RR: 29 Reply 12, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 4021 times:
Quoting NG1Fan (Reply 2): Hapag-Lloyd charter - bankrupt
Are you talking about the old HF ? They may have changed their brand name twice before being merged with its off-spring X3, but IIRC at no stage was "bunkruptcy" involved here.
The one that went bankrupt was Aero-Lloyd YP - totally unrelated to HF / X3 ...
Here is my list:
AVENSA VE : bankrupt
Spantax BX: bankrupt
Hapag Lloyd HF: merged into its own off-spring X3
Aero Lloyd YP: bankrupt
SAT (Special Air Transport) (Germany) : IIRC they were the forerunner of the current
Germania ST
America West: merged into/taken over by US
Sabena SN: bankrupt
AOM / Air Liberte IW : bankrupt ?
Inex Adria Airways: dissolved after the demise of Yugoslavia ?
Laudaair NG: swllowed by AUA
10 out of 69 in 35 years of flying: Looks like I stick to those that do stay around ...
-HT
Carpe diem ! Life is too short to waste your time ! Keep in mind, that today is the first day of the rest of your life !
SandroZRH From Switzerland, joined Feb 2007, 2896 posts, RR: 35 Reply 15, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3997 times:
Swissair - bankrupt
Crossair - became Swiss International Air Lines
Balair - became Belair, now part of Air Berlin
CTA - Merged with Balair, then disappeared
Lauda Air - became part of the Austrian Airlines Group
Aero Airlines (Finland) - disappeared (i think?)
Daviation From United States, joined Sep 2008, 89 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3986 times:
It's sad to see so many on this list:
National (the original one): enjoyed their flights and fantastically clean airplanes
TWA: had some great adventures with them, including my first 747 and 1011
Overseas National & Capitol Int'l: charters, but interesting experiences
Midway (Raleigh): loved this airline
Independence: bare-bones, but good enough for me
Southeast: really bare-bones, but cheap so I can't complain
New York Air: didn't last long, but they were fine
Eastern: fond memories
Mauiman31 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 292 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 3978 times:
TWA
BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL
BRANIFF II-III
PAN AM
BEA
EASTERN
FRONTIER (orig.)
NORTH CENTRAL
OZARK
MOHAWK
ALLEGHENY
REPUBLIC
TEXAS INTERNATIONAL
HUGHES AIR WEST
PSA
AIR CAL
VANGUARD
AMERICA WEST
ALOHA
* and probaby some commuters that I am not aware of.
Braniff I
Braniff II
Midway I(the one at MDW)
Simmons before they were Airlink or Eagle....just plain Simmons
TWA
Eastern
North Central
Republic
Kiwi
Aloha
A Pan AM 707 flown by a NW crew...the old codeshare bit
Southern
Ozark...(did you know Ozark spelled backwards is Krazo)
US AIR...which is now.....awww you know....
Piedmont
Frontier I.....in 1967
I think that about does it
safe
Nope...America West and in the 60's,
New York Helicopter Airways.....between EWR and Wall St Heliport and
JFK and EWR.
Remember the Clint Eastwood Movie "Coogans Bluff"?
Thats the airline and equipment I'm talking about.
Not yet!!!
Chicago Helicopter Airlines...anybody remember those S-58's?
and Capital...the one UA merged with in 1961.
[Edited 2008-09-19 08:43:31]
[Edited 2008-09-19 08:46:31]
If two people agree on EVERYTHING, then one isn't necessary.
BAViscount From United Kingdom (England), joined Mar 2004, 1734 posts, RR: 3 Reply 24, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 3941 times:
Hmmm, let me think...:
Air UK
British Caledonian
Britannia
Dan Air
Go
Jersey European
Braathens
Maersk Air
Pan Am
Piedmont
USAir
I think that's all, although I could have added EuroManx had they not gone bankrupt the day before I was due to fly with them...and I won't bother adding Northwest just yet!
Ladies & gentlemen this is Captain Tobias Wilcock welcoming you aboard Coconut Airways flight 372 to Bridgetown Barbados
FlyMIA From United States, joined Jun 2001, 3667 posts, RR: 4 Reply 25, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 3931 times:
ATA flew them a few times out of MDW, I really enjoyed flying ATA a lot they were a great airline. My last flight on them was in spring of 2006 MDW-LGA on a 737-300. Great flight.
One of my favourite airlines of all time flew them a few times about 8 times was Chalks International Ocean Airways. It was alot of fun flying in those old sea planes, no cockpit door, crew was great. Landing and taking off in the water was an amazing experience.
So thankfully my short list is:
ATA
Chalks.
It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
PanAm747 From United States, joined Feb 2004, 4242 posts, RR: 9 Reply 26, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 4009 times:
TWA - My very last flight with them was in the last livery, and MD80 TPA-STL.
ExpressJet - This one hurts more than any other loss, as this changed a minimum three hour car ride (at the VERY best, breaking a few speeding laws) into a comfortable and scenic 42 minute plane flight. I knew it was too good to last, but I have great memories of it nonetheless.
Pan Am:The World's Most Experienced Airline - P(oor) S(ailor's) A(irline): San Diego's Hometown Airline-Catch Our Smile!
Well, I went on first commercial flight at 10 y.o. -- and that was a "few" years ago. . . those of us that were flying pre-78' had the chance to experience a lot of carriers. We had family on the east coast and CA so hence. . . the Allegheny, Mohawk, North Central, Air Cal, PSA etc. trips over the years. And alot of the rest were big time or hub MCI carriers over the years (TW, BN, Eastern, Vanguard etc.), which is my home airport. And the past 20 years have traveled a lot for work also. So . . . It is sad when I look at the list of all the great airlines not around now. . . nostalgic. Especially the greats like the original Braniff International, Trans World, Eastern and Pan Am. Afraid everyone's list might grow longer in the months to come, hope not!
LXM83 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 209 posts, RR: 1 Reply 28, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 3995 times:
Air Aruba (FQ)
Air Engiadina (RQ)
Air Luxor (LK)
Air Madrid (NM)
ALM (LM)
Aloha Airlines (AQ)
Ansett Australia (AN)
Avensa (VE)
Aviaco (AO)
Balair (BBB)
BalairCTA (BBB)
Canadian Airlines (CP)
China Northern Airlines (CJ)
Club Air (6P)
Coast Air (BX)
Crossair (LX)
Crossair Europe (QE)
Dan-Air London (DA)
Deutsche BA (DI)
HLX (X3)
Japan Air System (JD)
Jersey European Airways (JY)
Manx Airlines (JE)
Nationwide Airlines (CE)
Pulkovo Airlines (FV)
Reno Air (QQ)
Sabena (SN)
Swissair (SR)
TEA Switzerland (TSW)
Tikal Jets (WU)
TWA (TW)
Virgin Express (TV)
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 9413 posts, RR: 7 Reply 31, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 3980 times:
My defunct airline list (might have missed one or two). Includes airlines that disappeared due to mergers as well as those that went bust or shut down for other reasons.
USA
Pan Am
TWA
Eastern
Western
Braniff
National (the original)
Aloha
Hughes Airwest
Republic
North Central
Air California
PSA
Pilgrim Airlines (small East Coast commuter carrier)
Canada
CP Air
Canadian
Canadian Regional
Inter-Canadien
Pacific Western
Wardair
Nordair
Eastern Provincial
Time Air
Air BC
Europe
British European Airways (merged with BOAC to form British Airways)
British Caledonian
Swissair
Crossair
Sabena
Alitalia (not defunct yet, but included just in case!)
South Pacific
Ansett Australia
National Airways Corp. (New Zealand domestic carrier, merged with NZ)
Africa
East African Airways (former joint carrier of Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda)
SkyGirl From United States, joined Nov 2007, 389 posts, RR: 19 Reply 34, posted (9 months 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3959 times:
Piedmont Airlines. My first flight was on Piedmont, and the experience really set the standard for me. And now it's another one of those airlines that USAir merged with, and is remembered as a heritage livery or a commuter airline. I really wonder what would have happened if Piedmont was still around...
...Now they face an even greater danger...Tyrannousaurs in F-14's!!
Coal From United States, joined Aug 2006, 963 posts, RR: 3 Reply 36, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 3951 times:
AeroRepublica - Folded into Copa
Eurowings - Folded into LH Cityline or so
Tyrolean - Folded into OS
ACES - Bankrupted by AV
SAM - Folded back into AV
AirUK - Bankrupt?
ALM - Bankrupt
Alitalia - Bankr... Oh, wait, Maybe tomorrow
Nxt Flts: CA SIN-CTU | MI CTU-SIN | SQ SIN-NRT-SIN
Delta777Jet From Germany, joined Jun 2000, 860 posts, RR: 1 Reply 38, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3940 times:
Here is my -gone but not forgotten- list
TWA (741/L10/762/763/M80/727/E145/757) - taken over by AA
Air Belgium (734) - bankrupt
LTS (LTU operations Munich) (757) - merged into became LTU Süd, later LTU, now Air Berlin
Fly FTI (319) - bankrupt
Reno Air (M80/M87/M90) - taken over by AA
Aloha Airlines (73G) - bankrupt
Lauda Air (763) - taken over by OS
Swissair (MD80/F100/A310) - bankrupt
Crossair (Avro85/Avro100) - became Swiss International
Hapag Lloyed (734/738/310) - became TUIFly
Aero Lloyd (320) - bankrupt
America West Airlines (320) - became US Airways
Air Botnia (Avro100) - became Blue1
National Airlines Mk2 (757) - bankrupted after 9-11
soon to be added Alitalia (M80) ???? Olympic (734/ATR42) ???? Aebal (717) ????
MHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 331 posts, RR: 0 Reply 39, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 3935 times:
Dan Air
Aero Lloyd
Air Europe (U.K.)
German Wings (the "real one" ... )
Hamburg Airlines
NFD (Nürnberger Flugdienst)
RFG (Regional Flug Gesellschaft)
Air Inter
Jersey European
Air UK
NLM (Netherlands)
BASE (Netherlands)
Air Exel (Netherlands)
Sabena
Swissair
Crossair
TWA
Pan Am
Oasis Hongkong
Interflug
Avia (Sweden)
Maersk Air
Scanair
LAR (Portugal)
Euroberlin
Cosmos Air (Germany)
LTU (Germany)
Salair (Sweden)
NEMA From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 489 posts, RR: 0 Reply 40, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3933 times:
Britannia Airways: My first and favourite airline
Airtours
My Travel
Dan Air London
Pan Am
Eastern
TWA
Orion (flew on the 737th 737 that they had)
Court Line (Clarksons Holidays)
And i guess there are more, but cant recall just now ...
There isnt really a dark side to the moon, as a matter of fact its all dark!
Warren747sp From United States, joined Feb 2004, 1002 posts, RR: 0 Reply 42, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 3899 times:
my list
National- super spacious seating and B752 plane
Kiwi-B727 and Pan Am experience
FAT-B752 service left in Asia
Dan Air-BAC111 toy plane type of feel.
W
CairnTerriAir From United States, joined Jun 2008, 110 posts, RR: 0 Reply 47, posted (9 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 3842 times:
*TWA (Merged with AA)
*Eastern (Closed down)
*Piedmont (Merged with Usair)
*Republic (Merged with NWA)
*Sunair (Small Carribean Airline, feeder for EAL...Closed)
*Dorado Wings (Carribean airline....closed)
*PRINAir (closed)
*Aero Virgin Islands (closed)
*Air BVI (closed)
*Best Airlines (a small airline that flew maybe two DC-9's along the eastern U.S....anybody remember them? They were not around very long)
DFW13L From United States, joined Aug 2005, 884 posts, RR: 13 Reply 48, posted (9 months 3 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 3831 times:
Pan AM (LAX-HNL-LAX) 747-100 in 1988
Aloha Airlines (many interisland 732 flights)
L'Express (Local Airline based in MSY with Beechcraft. Flew SHV MSY and SHV HOU plus other routes on B1900s and BE99s around 1990)
USAir (1997--was USAir at the time). Maybe this is a stretch, but America West is now the owner and operator of USAirways.
If you don't buy that, then I flew America West SNA LAS DFW in 1995.
TWA 757 STL IND STL and IND STL SHV on 727200 and DC910
Check out my takeoff/landing videos on Youtube. Username: Madipides
Gemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 2835 posts, RR: 4 Reply 51, posted (9 months 3 weeks 15 hours ago) and read 3810 times:
Australian National Airlines - merged into AnsettANA,
AnsettANA merged into Ansett Airlines
Ansett Airlines Bankrupt
Ansett Mandated Airlines merged into Air NewGunea (PX)
Ansett Flying Boat Services, disbanded when S25 Sandringhams retired
TAA (The Australian National Airlines Commission, trading as Trans Australian Airlines TAA) merged into Qantas
UTA French Airlines merged into Air France
East West Airlines merged into Ansett
Advance Airlines bankrupt
Masling Airlines (I) bankrupt
Buzz merged into FR
ALITALIA bankrupt?
AcNDTTech From United States, joined Jul 2008, 338 posts, RR: 0 Reply 54, posted (9 months 3 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 3790 times:
Quoting CairnTerriAir (Reply 47): *Best Airlines (a small airline that flew maybe two DC-9's along the eastern U.S....anybody remember them? They were not around very long)
DesertAir From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 983 posts, RR: 0 Reply 56, posted (9 months 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 3768 times:
I always like this thread.
Here we go:
PSA
AirCal
TWA
America West
Aviateca ( currently part of Grupo TACA)
Tikal Jets
Air Pacific (West Coast)
Pacific Express (West Coast)
Golden Gate Airlines
Express Jet (Branded)
PanAm
Western
EMAman From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2008, 37 posts, RR: 0 Reply 57, posted (9 months 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 3761 times:
Quite a few for me considering my lifes tally is only 153 sectors;
Air Europe 1989
Airtours 1991 & 1994 (now mytravel)
Britannia 1995 & 2003 (now thomsonfly)
Air 2000 2006 (now first choice)
Canadian 1997
JMC 2002 (now Thomas Cook)
British European 2003 (now flybe)
America West 2003
Aloha 2007
I suspect I could well be adding United, US Airways, Aer Lingus & Alitalia to this list in coming months.
KELPkid From United States, joined Nov 2005, 3903 posts, RR: 4 Reply 65, posted (9 months 2 weeks 5 days 8 hours ago) and read 3638 times:
Here's mine:
Texas International (now part of CO by merger)
PSA (disappeared into USAir, never to return)
Western (now part of DL )
Frontier, the original
America West (swallowed US whole, and renamed themselves US)
Regrets (ones I wish I'd flown when I had the chance
Eastern
Braniff
Rulebooks and regulations are made from paper...and they do a poor job at preventing metal from contacting rock-Ernest G
AirbusA6 From United Kingdom (England), joined Apr 2005, 1002 posts, RR: 0 Reply 67, posted (9 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3566 times:
In chronological order...(and including a couple of airlines on the brink)
TAT - when it was an AF partner, before the BA involvement
Air Inter (including Mercure, A300B2 and A320-100!) before the AF takeover
Air UK - became KLM Uk, Buzz etc
British World Airlines - bankrupt
Alitalia - almost
Aviaco - absorbed into Iberia
Canadian Regional - AC Jazz
China Northwest - now part of China Eastern
China Southwest - now part of Air China
GO - Easyjet
Aero Continente (Peru) - shut down, due to drug links but my only 727 flight, a 721!
TANS Peru - shut down by govt
One-Two-GO Airlines (Thailand) - currently suspended by govt, will it fly again?
A reasonably high percentage of the number of airlines I've been on, though a low percentage of the flights I've been on...
it's the bus to stansted (now renamed national express a4 to ruin my username)
Did they not become KLMuk (Scheduled operations) and the charter arm part of First Choice?
In alphabetical order: -
Air Europe (bankrupt)
Aviaco (merged into IB)
BEA (became BA)
BKS (merged into BEA)
BOAC (became BA)
Britannia (became Thomsonfly or TUI or whatever fancy name they might be using today)
British Caledonian (best airline ever, murdered by BA)
British Eagle (bankrupt)
British Islands Airways (bankrupt)
BUA (merged with Caledonian to form Caledonian/BUA later British Caledonian)
Caledonian (became JMC)
Caribbean Airways (Laker offshot, believed they went over to a Dutch carrier)
Court Line (bankrupt)
Dan-Air (merged into BA)
Jersey European (became British European and later flyBe)
Laker (bankrupt)
Northeast (became part of BEA)
PanAm (bankrupt)
Silver City Airways (became part of BUA)
TWA (merged into AA)
Virgin Sun (became part of First Choice)
Wardair Canada (second best airline ever, sadly merged into Canadian)
I love talking about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about. Oscar Wilde
Dismantled by KL... became KLMuk then was merged into KLM Cityhopper - sad ending for a great British airline. Air UK Leisure turned into Leisure International, I cant remeber what happend to them but think they merged into Air 2000 / First Choice.
My list:
British Airtours - merged into Caledonian after the BA BCal takeover (??) (Tristar)
British Island Airways - bankrupt (MD83)
Airtours International - became MyTravel, now TCX (747 200)
GB Airways - taken over by U2 (A320)
BWIA - now Caribbean Airlines (Tristar 500, A340 300 & 737 800)
JMC Air - now TCX (DC10)
EUjet - bankrupt (F100)
Zoom Airlines - bankrupt (767 300)
Despite the majority of co-passengers on the flight being Club 18-30 clients, surprisingly I was quite impressed with the airline - the new aircraft (a novelty for charter airlines at the time), good in-flight service, and IIRC, perhaps the first UK charter airline to have drop-down TVs in their cabins.
The airline was absorbed in Thomas Cook, first becoming JMC Air and later TCX.
I love talking about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about. Oscar Wilde
Leskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 83 Reply 75, posted (9 months 1 week 2 days 12 hours ago) and read 3302 times:
Here's my list:
Aloha Airlines (bankrupt)
Deutsche BA/DBA (swallowed by Air Berlin)
Hapag Lloyd Flugdienst (merged with Hapag Lloyd Express into TUIfly)
LTU (swallowed up by Air Berlin)
Nationwide Airlines (grounded - bankrupt?)
Nürnberger Flugdienst/NFD (merged into Eurowings)
Portugalia (bought up by TAP)
Rio Sul (merged into Varig which went bankrupt)
Sun Air (went bankrupt)
Swissair (went bankrupt)
Texas International
Tyrolean (went into Austrian Arrows)
Varig (went bankrupt)
Who knows what other airlines will join that list in the future...
UltimateDelta From United States, joined Sep 2007, 1088 posts, RR: 0 Reply 78, posted (9 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 3221 times:
TWA
Midwest Express- not technically gone, but I consider them sufficiently different from the new Midwest (which may be on this list soon, too )
HLX- now part of TUIFly
[Edited 2008-10-05 11:02:31]
Those who think they know everything annoy those of us who actually do.
KL642 From United States, joined May 2004, 283 posts, RR: 6 Reply 80, posted (9 months 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 3194 times:
Sabena
swissair
BEA
British Caledonian
PSA
Eastern
Mohawk
western
ALM
Viasa
TWA
PanAm
America West
Nordair
Pacific western
CPAir
Canadian
PeopleExpress
ATA
Egmcman From United Kingdom (England), joined Jun 2005, 898 posts, RR: 14 Reply 82, posted (9 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3089 times:
Quoting BCAL (Reply 81): Who were they? They are not even list on the list of UK defunct airlines.
They were owned by ING all the fleet were registered in Sweden. I flew them from LGW to ALC. Have a look on my photo album aircraft I have flown on in my profile there are photos of a L1011 and a A300. The cabin crew were all agency.
The777Man From United States, joined Jul 1999, 3507 posts, RR: 52 Reply 83, posted (9 months 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 3088 times:
Scanair (DK)
Linjeflyg (LF)
Skyline Sweden (??)
Midway Airlines (ML)
Trans World (TW)
Aloha Airlines (AQ)
Reno Air (QQ)
Swissair (SR)
Japan Air System (JD)
Atlantic Coast Airlines (DH)
San747 From United States, joined Dec 2004, 3542 posts, RR: 10 Reply 86, posted (8 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2948 times:
The only airline I've flown that no longer exists is TWA. I did fly America West pre-merger, so I suppose that counts, but HP's former aircraft and route structure does still love on under US, so I don't personally consider them gone.
767nutter From United Kingdom (England), joined Sep 2008, 136 posts, RR: 0 Reply 87, posted (8 months 3 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 2906 times:
First Choice ( merged with Thomson )
Thomson ( merged with First Choice )
Airtours ( became MyTravel then merging with Thomas Cook )
GB Airways ( swallowed by Easyjet )
XL Airways ( bankrupt )
ExFATboy From United States, joined Jul 2003, 1825 posts, RR: 8 Reply 89, posted (8 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2753 times:
Air 21 - bankrupt
Air Cal - acquired by AA
Air South (the infamous "Bubbaflot") - bankrupt, thank the gods
Canadian - merged with AC
Golden Gate - bankrupt
Midway 2 - bankrupt
Piedmont - acquired by US
PSA (the one I miss the most) - acquired by US and spectacularly mismanged
TWA - acquired by AA
AirCop From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 90, posted (8 months 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 2715 times:
Texas International
Air West
WestAir
North Central
Republic
Florida Express
Eastern
TWA
Pan American
Pacific Express
NPA (a United Express carrier in OR and WA)
Ansett New Zealand
Laker
America West
PSA
Air Cal
CP Air
Braniff 1 and 2
Transair (Canada)
Aloha
Mid-Pacific
Western
Skystream (a commuter in Michigan in 1974/75.)
Southern
Harbor (a commuter based in WA)
I'm sure there are more..
DLPMMM From United States, joined Apr 2005, 2572 posts, RR: 7 Reply 92, posted (8 months 2 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 2686 times:
This is what I come up with.
Vasp
Transbrasil
Varig
PanAm
Independence
ATA
Jet America
TWA
Valujet
Sebena
Swissair
Crossair
TWA
America West/USAirways (depending on which way you look at it).
Aloha
China Northern (the plane smelled like cows)
Midway
Maersk Air (didn't know they quit flying, but I have flown on them).
Piedmont Airlines
Frontier (1970s version)
Sun West (1980s)
Deccan (I think they were bought up by Kingfisher)
Eastern
Short List
Air Afrique - RK - My Only flight to date on a MD-11. Best plane next to my new favorite 777
Air South - (dont know the IATA code) I like the way the first 2 rows faced each other. Ultra cool.
Eastern - On a free trip to Disney world....Took 2 days to get back...not to cool for a 3 hour flight even if it was free tickets.
Song - DL - Sorry but jetBlue could hold water to them
Position and hold runway one three right landing traffic on runway two two left
PITIngres From United States, joined Dec 2007, 267 posts, RR: 4 Reply 101, posted (8 months 4 days ago) and read 2406 times:
re Eastwind:
Quoting Vatveng (Reply 98): So you're the one? I thought I remembered 2 people on that plane...
no, no, you're remembering how many gate agents+rampers there were!
That flight (I only had a shot at that one, alas) was a hoot. A couple of not-ugly chicks checked me and about 20 other people in. There was minor hilarity when the same two girls showed up in the gate area to get us on the plane. The REAL laughing started when we saw one of the same girls pulling chocks out from under the wheels and doing the wing-walking!
I actually felt kind of bad for them, they were doing PIT-BOS-PIT for maybe $180-ish when US-scumbags wanted $950 for the same round trip, and it was pretty obvious that Eastwind was going to suck dirt anyway. Bah. Thank goodness most PIT business travelers have opened their eyes since then (but I go offtopic).
Vatveng From United States, joined Jan 2004, 756 posts, RR: 1 Reply 102, posted (8 months 3 days 22 hours ago) and read 2404 times:
Quoting PITIngres (Reply 101): and it was pretty obvious that Eastwind was going to suck dirt anyway.
How's this for suck? I remember vividly the signs at GSO about carrying laptop computers on an Eastwind flight... they had to be packed in the original manufacturer's carton! No laptop bags! Huh?????
My one flight with them (GSO-MCO-GSO) we had handwritten boarding passes, and when we got to the gate it was a Continental gate, but when the agent (same one who checked us in) showed up at the gate she had an Eastwind sign that she hung from the Continental sign.
UK_Dispatcher From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 2175 posts, RR: 28 Reply 103, posted (8 months 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 2358 times:
Orion Airways (merged into Britannia Airways)
Dan Air (acquired by BA)
Britannia Airways (name change to Thomsonfly)
Air UK Leisure (became Leisure International Airways)
Air 2000 (became First Choice Airlines)
Nordic European Airlines (ceased operations)
Leisure International Airways (merged into Air 2000)
British Regional Airlines (merged with Brymon to become BA CitiExpress)
Aero Asia (ceased operations)
SN Brussels Airlines (merged with Virgin Express to become Brussels Airlines)
Indian Airlines (merged with Air India - Air India name retained)
Alliance Air (renamed Air India Regional)
B742 From Spain, joined Mar 2005, 3707 posts, RR: 21 Reply 104, posted (8 months 2 days 8 hours ago) and read 2349 times:
Mine have to be...
Air 2000 - became First Choice
Airtours - became My Travel & now merged into Thomas Cook
Britannia Airways - became Thomsonfly and now Thomson Airways
Canadian Airways - merged to Air Canada
First Choice Airways - to become Thomson Airways
Leisure International - became Unijet I beleive
Thomsonfly - Now Thomson Airways
XL Airways - bankrupt
I can't remember whether that was Vasp or Transbrasil some 12 or 14 years ago.
And Lineas Aereas Paraguayas are now somehow part of TAM, right?
Sabena and Spantax as well.
And I guess some other charter airlines I flew when I was a little kid...
CitationJet From United States, joined Mar 2003, 1548 posts, RR: 3 Reply 108, posted (7 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 2008 times:
TWA
BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL
PAN AM
EASTERN
FRONTIER (orig.)
NORTH CENTRAL
OZARK
REPUBLIC
HUGHES AIR WEST
VANGUARD
AMERICA WEST
ALOHA
AIR MIDWEST
FAUCETT
SWISSAIR
Trident3 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 930 posts, RR: 4 Reply 109, posted (7 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 1905 times:
British Airtours 707 with Conways!
Airtours MD 80
Britannia 737-200
Wardair 747
British Island Airways 1-11
Air UK F100
British Air Ferries 146
Janus Airways- Anybody else fly with them? I flew on a Dart Herald from Lydd to Ostende. I believe they also operated a Viscount 700 for a while.
"We are the warrior race-Tough men in the toughest sport." Brian Noble, Head Coach, Great Britain Rugby League.
Ovrpowrd727 From United States, joined Sep 2008, 96 posts, RR: 0 Reply 112, posted (7 months 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1873 times:
i would have to say:
TWA 767 JFK-MCO
TWA DC-9 MCO-JFK
VARIG MD-11 JFK-GRU
VARIG MD-11 GRU-JFK (Star Alliance PP-VTH)
VARIG 777-2ER JFK-GRU (P&W)
VARIG 777-2ER GRU-JFK (GE90)
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became KLMuk then was merged into KLM Cityhopper - sad ending for a great British airline. Air UK Leisure turned into Leisure International, I cant remeber what happend to them but think they merged into Air 2000 / First Choice.
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