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Airlines You've Flown That Are No Longer With Us?  
User currently offlinePlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 7872 posts, RR: 65
Posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 4657 times:
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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.

How about others?


Dan  Smile


If I Get G-WOWD again I'll Scream....!!!!
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User currently offlinePHXmd80 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 176 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 4652 times:

Here's my list for my oh-so-short life thus far:
RenoAir
Midway (RDU)
America West (sorta gone I guess...)
ATA
TWA

PHXmd80

User currently offlineNG1Fan From Australia, joined Aug 2007, 438 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 4652 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

THere's probably a couple I've missed....

Edit: Forgot Sabena...

NG1Fan

[Edited 2008-09-18 18:10:05]

User currently onlineANITIX87 From Switzerland, joined Mar 2005, 2542 posts, RR: 16
Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 4646 times:
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Trans World Airways (767, 747-100, 747-200, JFK-GVA, JFK-ATH, both routes in both directions)

Swissair (747-300, MD-11, A330, Avro 85/100, A310/320/321, MD-80, JFK-GVA, JFK-ZRH, GVA-ATH, all routes in both directions many, many times)

Sabena (Avro RJ100, A330, ATH-BRU-JFK)

TIS


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User currently offlineNWADC9 From United States, joined May 2004, 4556 posts, RR: 16
Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 4633 times:

Business Express (Saab 340 BOS-YHZ-BOS) - Disappeared six months later

SkyWay Airlines (Dornier 328 Jet MKE-PIT) - Went to flying catering trucks and pushback tugs only nine months later


In Thrust I Trust
User currently offlineOHLHD From Finland, joined Dec 2004, 3865 posts, RR: 26
Reply 5, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 4626 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  duck  Big grin

User currently offlineHA_DC9 From United States, joined Jul 1999, 580 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 4626 times:

Aloha (Bankrupt)
Pan Am (the original) (Bankrupt)
Champion (Shutdown)
Mahalo Air (Bankrupt)
Mid-Pacific Air (Shutdown)

User currently onlineTranspac787 From United States, joined Jul 2007, 2006 posts, RR: 15
Reply 7, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 4621 times:

Champion Air.


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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.


A340-500: 4 engines 4 long haul. 777-200LR: 2 engines 4 longer haul
User currently offlineN867DA From United States, joined May 2008, 788 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 4616 times:

Valujet
TWA
Indian Airlines (sort of gone)
Alliance Airlines

Upcoming addition:
Northwest Airlines  mischievous 


A nation turns its lonely eyes to you
User currently offlineRussianJet From Kazakhstan, joined Jul 2007, 3420 posts, RR: 16
Reply 9, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 4612 times:

Buzz, Go!

That is all.


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User currently offlineScooter01 From Norway, joined Nov 2006, 841 posts, RR: 10
Reply 10, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4608 times:

Sad to say, my list includes:

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You can see them all in my album:
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Scooter01

[Edited 2008-09-18 23:22:08]


"We all have a girl and her name is nostalgia" - Hemingway
User currently offlineNWADC9 From United States, joined May 2004, 4556 posts, RR: 16
Reply 11, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 4607 times:



Quoting OHLHD (Reply 5):
the soon to be gone list

Northwest Airlines (DC-9-10/30/40/50, 727-200, 747-100, 747-200, 747-400, 757-5500, 757-5600, 757-300, A320 to/from PIT, DTW, MSP, MEM, JAN, MCI, SEA, NRT, PUS, SEL (GMP), BOS, LAX, bla, bla, bla...) Delta got hungry

Midwest Airlines (717 MKE-MCI-MKE) Dying

Frontier Airlines (A318 MCI-DEN, A319 DEN-LAX) Bad shape, but who knows where they'll go


In Thrust I Trust
User currently offlineHT From Germany, joined May 2005, 5075 posts, RR: 35
Reply 12, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 4598 times:
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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


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User currently offlineSignol From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2007, 943 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 4589 times:

For me:

Air UK
Air UK Leisure
Buzz
Jersey European, before they morphed into Flybe
Northwest, before the Delta merger.

If I wait a week I can also say Alitalia...

My Mum and sister went to Sharm el Sheik last week on XL - they came home on the Sunday before the collapse.

signol


Flights booked: LHR-MAN-NWI, NWI-AMS-JNB-CPT-DUR-JNB-AMS-NWI
User currently offlineDavehammer From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2007, 441 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 4585 times:

Go, Zoom and Silverjet.

User currently offlineSandroZRH From Switzerland, joined Feb 2007, 3023 posts, RR: 47
Reply 15, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 4574 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?)

I'm sure there are some that I forgot.

User currently offlineLNv22 From Norway, joined Mar 2008, 179 posts, RR: 0
Reply 16, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 4572 times:

This is what I remember so far..

Scanair
Premiair
Britannia Airways - became TUI
Braathens S.A.F.E - became SAS Braathens
SAS Braathens - became SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge


We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
User currently offlineDaviation From United States, joined Sep 2008, 107 posts, RR: 0
Reply 17, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 4563 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

User currently offlineMauiman31 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 331 posts, RR: 0
Reply 18, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 4555 times:
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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.

User currently offlineAcNDTTech From United States, joined Jul 2008, 338 posts, RR: 0
Reply 19, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4552 times:

Presidential - CVG-IAD-CVG

User currently offlineDtwclipper From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 20, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4550 times:

New York Air

Pilgrim Airlines

Prinair

Pan Am (1)

Braniff (1)

Swissair

Sabena

TWA

Wright Airlines

Empire

Eastern

Ansett (Well it was a wet lease, does that count?)

Peoplexpress (wish I could forget that one)

American Flyers Airline

Bahamian

Midway (1)

User currently offlineIsitsafenow From United States, joined Feb 2004, 4093 posts, RR: 31
Reply 21, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 4551 times:

Quoting Mauiman31 (Reply 18):

WOW...I'm impressed with that one.

Here's mine in no order

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.
User currently offlineLipeGIG From Brazil, joined May 2005, 7810 posts, RR: 63
Reply 22, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 4539 times:
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FORUM MODERATOR

Not so many:

Vasp
Transbrasil
Varig


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User currently offlineEICVD From Ireland, joined Mar 2008, 1107 posts, RR: 4
Reply 23, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4515 times:

Just the one for me, flew with Futura last year DUB-PMI & return.


Flown on EI-CDD, EI-CDE, EI-DLK, EI-CST, EI-DMZ(2), EI-CVD, EI-DEK, TF-JXF (2),G-MIDR, G-MIDS, G-MIDX, G-MIDY, G-DBCE (2
User currently offlineBAViscount From United Kingdom (England), joined Mar 2004, 1775 posts, RR: 3
Reply 24, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 4518 times:
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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
User currently offlineFlyMIA From United States, joined Jun 2001, 3843 posts, RR: 5
Reply 25, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4508 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)
User currently offlinePanAm747 From United States, joined Feb 2004, 4242 posts, RR: 11
Reply 26, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 4589 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!
    User currently offlineMauiman31 From United States, joined Sep 2007, 331 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 27, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4577 times:
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    Quoting Isitsafenow (Reply 21):
    WOW...I'm impressed with that one

    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!
     crying 

    User currently offlineLXM83 From Switzerland, joined May 2005, 216 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 28, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4575 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)

    User currently offlineBurnsie28 From United States, joined Aug 2004, 6235 posts, RR: 16
    Reply 29, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 4574 times:

    America West
    TWA
    soon to be NW (Burn in hell Delta)


    "Some People Just Know How To Fly"- Best slogan ever, RIP NW 1926-2009
    User currently offlineN49WA From United States, joined Apr 2008, 49 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 30, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 4564 times:

    Overseas National
    PSA
    Western
    Aloha
    Mid-Pacific
    Balair
    TWA
    MGM Grand
    Freelandia (Google this one!)


    If it's new and quiet, I don't want to fly it.
    User currently offlineViscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 10659 posts, RR: 9
    Reply 31, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 4560 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)

    [Edited 2008-09-19 15:16:37]

    User currently offlineMSYtristar From United States, joined Aug 2005, 5426 posts, RR: 55
    Reply 32, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 4550 times:

    America West
    Eastern
    Muse Air
    Pan Am (2)
    SABENA
    TranStar
    TWA
    Vanguard


    UA's 744 Y-class seat is more comfortable than DL's new 77L Y-class seat.
    User currently offlineDeltAirlines From United States, joined May 1999, 7292 posts, RR: 16
    Reply 33, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 4544 times:

    Pan Am (2 727 flights BOS-MIA-BOS)
    Independence Air (CRJ IAD-GSO)

    Did not include Song and DL Express simply because they were operating on the DL Certificate, which is still active.

    User currently offlineSkyGirl From United States, joined Nov 2007, 422 posts, RR: 27
    Reply 34, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 4539 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!!
    User currently offlineAndz From South Africa, joined Feb 2004, 7226 posts, RR: 14
    Reply 35, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 4538 times:
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    Quoting Isitsafenow (Reply 21):
    WOW...I'm impressed with that one.

    If I was an airline exec I would ban him, he's a jinx!

    My list:
    British Caledonian
    BEA
    Northeast
    Nationwide
    Flitestar
    Air Rhodesia
    Sun Air
    Zimbabwe Air Express


    Moral indignation is just jealousy with a halo
    User currently offlineCoal From United States, joined Aug 2006, 1011 posts, RR: 4
    Reply 36, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4531 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: B6 PBI-JFK | QR JFK-DOH-SIN | SQ SIN-PVG | CA SHA-PEK-DAT-PEK-SHA | SQ PVG-SIN
    User currently offlineAcNDTTech From United States, joined Jul 2008, 338 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 37, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 21 hours ago) and read 4525 times:

    I'm still waiting to see an Air Florida or - who remembers this - Florida Express with the BAC 1-11 with orange stripes/

    User currently offlineDelta777Jet From Germany, joined Jun 2000, 883 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 38, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 4520 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) ????


    Fly easyJet
    User currently offlineMHG From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 348 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 39, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 4515 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)

    User currently offlineNEMA From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2006, 538 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 40, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 19 hours ago) and read 4513 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!
    User currently offlineSOBHI51 From Saudi Arabia, joined Jun 2003, 1548 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 41, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 16 hours ago) and read 4504 times:
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    AIR LIBAN
    INTERFLUG
    SABENA
    NEW YORK AIR
    EASTERN
    REPUBLIC
    PIEDMONT
    PAN AM
    TWA
    BOAC
    VARIG
    ALOHA
    SWISSAIR
    NATIONAL

    User currently offlineWarren747sp From United States, joined Feb 2004, 1007 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 42, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 10 hours ago) and read 4479 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


    747SP
    User currently offlineShamrock350 From Ireland, joined Mar 2005, 5281 posts, RR: 17
    Reply 43, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 4468 times:
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    Buzz
    Go
    Britannia Airways
    Air Belfast
    EU Jet
    SkyNet Airlines
    AB Airlines
    Aer Lingus Commuter
    Swissair
    Sabena

    I think there might be more but I'll leave it at that for now.


    Aer Lingus - Low Fares. Way Better.
    User currently offlineAjd1992 From Denmark, joined Jul 2006, 1432 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 44, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 4450 times:

    I flew Airtours back in the day (makes me sound old... I was 5 at the time Big grin, I'm 16 now), Air 2000, Maersk and another one I can't recall.


    If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work. Sorry, can't work today, still queer.
    User currently offlineSOBHI51 From Saudi Arabia, joined Jun 2003, 1548 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 45, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 4447 times:
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    Forgot Trump shuttle

    User currently offlineHorizonGirl From Canada, joined Mar 2005, 559 posts, RR: 19
    Reply 46, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 3 hours ago) and read 4435 times:

    Canadi>n Airlines, YVR-YYZ, YYZ-YVR, YVR-YEG
    Canada 3000, YVR-YYZ YYZ-YVR

    Miss them both greatly  Sad

    Devon


    Gliding: Falling with style!
    User currently offlineCairnTerriAir From United States, joined Jun 2008, 114 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 47, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 2 hours ago) and read 4422 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)

    User currently offlineDFW13L From United States, joined Aug 2005, 902 posts, RR: 17
    Reply 48, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 4411 times:
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    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


    See, I knew American Eagle was first class all along!
    User currently offlineVhqpa From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 905 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 49, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 4402 times:

    Only one I've been on is Ansett


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    Quoting NG1Fan (Reply 2):
    East-Weat Airlines (Australia) - not sure where they went.

    Brought by Ansett in July 1987. AN continued the brand as a Leisure airline until Late 1993.




    Vhq

    User currently offlineJeremy From United States, joined May 2001, 640 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 50, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 4386 times:

    Air ALM
    America West
    American Trans Air
    Carnival
    Kitty Hawk
    Kiwi International
    Midway (JI)
    Pan Am
    Reno Air
    SABENA
    Swissair
    TWA
    Western
    Valujet


    You are now free to be sexually harassed and then terminated for filing a complaint--Southwest Airlines to me.
    User currently offlineGemuser From Australia, joined Nov 2003, 3039 posts, RR: 5
    Reply 51, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4389 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?

    Gemuser


    DC2,3,4,6,8,9,10,B721,722,733,73G,738,73H,743,744,752,763,77W,A320,332,343,BAe146,C402,DHC6,F27,L188,Shorts S25, S61N
    User currently offlineFlyKev From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2006, 1063 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 52, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 4382 times:
    AIRLINERS.NET CREW
    FORUM MODERATOR

    My list includes...

    FlyZoom - Bankrupt
    XL - Bankrupt
    Air 2000 - Rebranded
    Caledonian - Rebranded (My only tri-star flight ever)
    Airtours - Rebranded
    Brittania - Rebranded

    Kev.


    The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only
    User currently offlinePlateMan From United States, joined May 2007, 650 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 53, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 4370 times:

    *Independence Air (IAD-JFK-IAD)
    *TWA (many routes)
    *Tower Air (JFK-SJU)---what a joke


    "Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain
    User currently offlineAcNDTTech From United States, joined Jul 2008, 338 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 54, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 4369 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)

    Best.....from N.Ky, but never flew out of CVG.

    User currently offlineFalstaff From United States, joined Jun 2006, 3623 posts, RR: 26
    Reply 55, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 4355 times:
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    TWA, Ozark, Eastern, America West, Frontier (the original), Republic, and PSA. I am going to hate when I have to add NW to that list.


    My mug slaketh over on Falstaff N503
    User currently offlineDesertAir From Mexico, joined Jan 2006, 1032 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 56, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 4347 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

    User currently offlineEMAman From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2008, 44 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 57, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4340 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.

    User currently offlineAviateur From United States, joined Apr 2004, 881 posts, RR: 11
    Reply 58, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4341 times:

    Pan Am (747, L-1011, 727)

    TWA (727, 707, L-1011, MD-80)

    Sabena (A330)

    SAETA (A320)

    Piedmont (737)

    Eastern (727, L-1011, A300)

    Aloha (737)


    Those are the big ones. Plus several commuters/regionals.


    Patrick Smith is a 767 first officer, air travel columnist and author
    User currently offlineDFWMzuri From United States, joined Nov 2005, 248 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 59, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 4333 times:
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    Flying Tigers
    TWA
    PAN AM
    ATA
    Aloha
    Ansett
    Piedmont
    Flamingo (Kenya)

    User currently offlineElBandGeek From United States, joined Jun 2008, 257 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 60, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 4321 times:

    Only one for me is ATA, which was really disappointing since I only had the best experiences with them.


    Proud resident of the ground below MDW's approach line
    User currently offlineHairYbus From United States, joined Jun 2008, 66 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 61, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4245 times:

    Let's see ...

    1. ATA
    2. East West Airlines
    3. ModiLuft
    4. Damania
    5. PAN AM
    6. Braniff

    I probably miss TWA the most, my first TALT flight was with them.


    Go White Sox! ......... South Side ........
    User currently offline1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 826 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 62, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4245 times:

    Only a couple for me

    Crossair (became Swiss)
    GB Airways (now Easyjet)

    Was supposed to fly Sabena but they collapsed the day before.

    User currently onlineCOFanNYC From United States, joined Jan 2007, 137 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 63, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 11 hours ago) and read 4241 times:

    Swissair
    AOM French Airlines
    Aloha Airlines
    Independence Air
    Silverjet
    Business Express
    Trump Shuttle
    Eastern

    User currently offlineSeattleFlyer From United States, joined Dec 2006, 153 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 64, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 4232 times:

    In no particular order:

    Eastern Airlines
    Fontier (old one)
    Swiss Air (bankrupt version)
    TWA
    Pan Am
    Aloha
    Muse/TranStar
    Western
    America West (in a manner)
    Reno

    User currently offlineKELPkid From United States, joined Nov 2005, 4129 posts, RR: 7
    Reply 65, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 4217 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 Smile
    Eastern
    Braniff


    Celebrating the birth of KELPkidJR on August 5, 2009 :-)
    User currently offlineUSAIRWAYS321 From United States, joined Jul 2001, 1587 posts, RR: 17
    Reply 66, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 4152 times:

    My list is quite short.

    ATA Airlines
    Piedmont Airlines

    User currently offlineAirbusA6 From United Kingdom (England), joined Apr 2005, 1129 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 67, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 16 hours ago) and read 4145 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)
    User currently offlineAustrianZRH From Austria, joined Aug 2007, 538 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 68, posted (1 year 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 4135 times:

    Swissair - gone belly up

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    Rheintalflug - swallowed by Tyrolean, which was later swallowed by Austrian

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    edited to fix pics

    [Edited 2008-09-25 07:55:04]


    WARNING! The post above should be taken with a grain of salt! Furthermore, it may be slightly biased towards A.
    User currently offlineIrobertson From Canada, joined Apr 2006, 546 posts, RR: 5
    Reply 69, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 4006 times:
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    Canada 3000
    Royal Airlines
    Jetsgo
    The original Canjet (when the first two and it joined up)
    Air Nova (now Jazz)

    User currently offlineBCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3378 posts, RR: 29
    Reply 70, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 3985 times:
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    Quoting Coal (Reply 36):
    AirUK - Bankrupt?

    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)


    MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
    User currently offlinePITIngres From United States, joined Dec 2007, 326 posts, RR: 5
    Reply 71, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 3976 times:

    My list is short, but I have one that I haven't seen yet:

    Eastwind

    Also:
    America West (the pre-merger version)
    Ansett
    BWIA
    Independence
    Swissair
    TWA


    Fly, you fools! Fly!
    User currently offlineDYflyer From Norway, joined May 2006, 632 posts, RR: 18
    Reply 72, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 3931 times:

    A somewhat sad thread. Here is my list:

    BA Connect
    Lauda Air
    Tyrolean
    Pan Am
    Scanair
    Premiair
    Britannia Airways
    Braathens S.A.F.E


    Life is like a book. If you don't travel, you only read one page.
    User currently offlineYVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 896 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 73, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 3905 times:



    Quoting Coal (Reply 36):
    AirUK - Bankrupt?

    Dismantled by KL... irked  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)


    Last flight AC1182 YVR/YYZ & AC161 YYZ/YVR A320
    User currently offlineBCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3378 posts, RR: 29
    Reply 74, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 3900 times:
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    Another airline that I've just remembered that I flown with and who no longer with us


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    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.


    MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
    User currently offlineLeskova From Germany, joined Oct 2003, 6075 posts, RR: 82
    Reply 75, posted (1 year 1 month 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 3881 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...  Sad


    Smile - it confuses people!
    User currently offlineUnited_Fan From United States, joined Nov 2000, 5805 posts, RR: 11
    Reply 76, posted (1 year 1 month 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3803 times:

    Back from the day;Peoples Express
    More recently;Atlantic Coast Airlines (United Express)


    Never rat on your friends,and always keep your mouth shut-Goodfellas.
    User currently offlineUnited Airline From Hong Kong SAR, PRC, joined Jan 2001, 7762 posts, RR: 25
    Reply 77, posted (1 year 1 month 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 3799 times:

    Canadian Airlines, Ansett Australia, Panam, TWA, Oasis etc

    User currently offlineUltimateDelta From United States, joined Sep 2007, 1164 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 78, posted (1 year 1 month 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3798 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.
    User currently offlineEgmcman From United Kingdom (England), joined Jun 2005, 898 posts, RR: 16
    Reply 79, posted (1 year 1 month 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3788 times:

    Air 2000
    Air Europe
    Air Operations Europe
    Britannia Airways
    JMC Air
    Orion Airways

    [Edited 2008-10-05 11:28:17]

    User currently offlineKL642 From United States, joined May 2004, 304 posts, RR: 6
    Reply 80, posted (1 year 1 month 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 3771 times:

    Sabena
    swissair
    BEA
    British Caledonian
    PSA
    Eastern
    Mohawk
    western
    ALM
    Viasa
    TWA
    PanAm
    America West
    Nordair
    Pacific western
    CPAir
    Canadian
    PeopleExpress
    ATA

    User currently offlineBCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3378 posts, RR: 29
    Reply 81, posted (1 year 1 month 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3771 times:
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    Quoting Egmcman (Reply 79):
    Air Operations Europe

    Who were they? They are not even list on the list of UK defunct airlines.


    MOL on SRB's latest attack at BA: "It's like a little Chihuahua barking at a dying Labrador. Nobody cares."
    User currently offlineEgmcman From United Kingdom (England), joined Jun 2005, 898 posts, RR: 16
    Reply 82, posted (1 year 1 month 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3666 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.

    User currently offlineThe777Man From United States, joined Jul 1999, 3686 posts, RR: 54
    Reply 83, posted (1 year 1 month 1 day 8 hours ago) and read 3665 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)

    Varig is still in business.

    The777Man


    Need a Boeing 777 Firing Order....
    User currently offlineLASOctoberB6 From Japan, joined Nov 2006, 2132 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 84, posted (1 year 1 month 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3658 times:

    Independence Air, ATA, and TransMeridian (TMA)... I miss them all.. Dearly!


    [NOT IN SERVICE] {WEStJet}
    User currently offlineAf773atmsp From United States, joined Aug 2006, 2127 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 85, posted (1 year 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3573 times:

    Champion Air-ceased all operations May 31, 2008

    Soon NW since they'll merge with DL.


    Its not a question of if an Air France 773 will be at MSP, its just a question of when.-May 31, 2009
    User currently offlineSan747 From United States, joined Dec 2004, 3821 posts, RR: 12
    Reply 86, posted (1 year 3 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 3525 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.


    Scotty doesn't know...
    User currently offline767nutter From United Kingdom (England), joined Sep 2008, 136 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 87, posted (1 year 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 3483 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  Sad )

    User currently offlineDrLibra From Norway, joined Oct 2008, 9 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 88, posted (1 year 2 weeks 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 3393 times:

    - TWA 747 (miss it!)
    - Braathens S.A.F.E. (Now SAS)
    - Premiair

    User currently offlineExFATboy From United States, joined Jul 2003, 2123 posts, RR: 9
    Reply 89, posted (1 year 2 weeks 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 3330 times:
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    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

    User currently offlineAirCop From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
    Reply 90, posted (1 year 2 weeks 1 day 7 hours ago) and read 3292 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..

    User currently offline747400sp From United States, joined Aug 2003, 1878 posts, RR: 2
    Reply 91, posted (1 year 2 weeks 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 3283 times:
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    ATA: good Airline, too bad it had to go.

    User currently offlineDLPMMM From United States, joined Apr 2005, 2737 posts, RR: 8
    Reply 92, posted (1 year 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 3263 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

    User currently offlineNorthwest727 From United States, joined Jul 2005, 96 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 93, posted (1 year 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 3236 times:

    I have only flown on America West. Still wish I could have had a flight on TWA though

    User currently offlineScooter01 From Norway, joined Nov 2006, 841 posts, RR: 10
    Reply 94, posted (1 year 1 week 5 days 20 hours ago) and read 3207 times:

    Sadly adding another one today, -apparenly for the 3rd time......

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    Scooter01  cry 


    "We all have a girl and her name is nostalgia" - Hemingway
    User currently offlineRAFVC10 From Spain, joined Sep 2005, 1705 posts, RR: 10
    Reply 95, posted (1 year 1 week 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 3199 times:
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    Let me remember...

    Aviaco, Futura, Spantax, Hispania, LTE, Lagunair, Pauknair, Binter Mediterraneo, Visig Operaciones Aereas, Intermed, Prima Air...

    And those were only Spanish operators...

    Gerard


    Shhhhhh!! My daughter is sleeping...
    User currently offlineBWE320 From Germany, joined Aug 2007, 88 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 96, posted (1 year 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 3110 times:

    So many!!!

    PAN AM
    Mahalo Airways
    Aviaco
    Euroberlin
    VASP
    Bavaria
    DANAIR
    DLT
    Swissair
    Air Inter
    Germanair
    Interflug
    LTU Süd

    Euroberlin and DANAIR are the ones I miss most.

    User currently offlineFlyDeltaJets From United States, joined Feb 2006, 1242 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 97, posted (1 year 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 3104 times:



    Quoting Burnsie28 (Reply 29):
    (Burn in hell Delta)

     ouch 

    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  duck 


    Position and hold runway one three right landing traffic on runway two two left
    User currently offlineVatveng From United States, joined Jan 2004, 771 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 98, posted (1 year 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 3054 times:



    Quoting PITIngres (Reply 71):
    My list is short, but I have one that I haven't seen yet:

    Eastwind

    So you're the one? I thought I remembered 2 people on that plane...

    Eastwind was doing good until they moved their HQ to Greensboro. That never ends well...

    My list is also a short one:

    Piedmont (Merged into US)
    Allegheny (as US Express, merged into Henson/Piedmont)
    Eastwind (kaput)

    User currently offlineLNv22 From Norway, joined Mar 2008, 179 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 99, posted (1 year 3 days 20 hours ago) and read 3043 times:



    Quoting LNv22 (Reply 16):
    This is what I remember so far..

    Scanair
    Premiair
    Britannia Airways - became TUI
    Braathens S.A.F.E - became SAS Braathens
    SAS Braathens - became SAS Scandinavian Airlines Norge

    Add Sterling to the list now..  Sad


    We have clearance, Clarence. Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
    User currently offlineJoseMEX From Mexico, joined Oct 1999, 1532 posts, RR: 37
    Reply 100, posted (1 year 3 days 13 hours ago) and read 3042 times:

    Aerolíneas Azteca
    Air Florida
    Aviaco
    Bar Harbor Airlines
    Braniff
    British Caledonian
    Eastern
    Pan Am
    TAESA
    Texas International
    Western

    User currently offlinePITIngres From United States, joined Dec 2007, 326 posts, RR: 5
    Reply 101, posted (1 year 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2983 times:

    re Eastwind:

    Quoting Vatveng (Reply 98):
    So you're the one? I thought I remembered 2 people on that plane...

     Smile 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).


    Fly, you fools! Fly!
    User currently offlineVatveng From United States, joined Jan 2004, 771 posts, RR: 1
    Reply 102, posted (1 year 2 days 23 hours ago) and read 2981 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.

    I did like their paint job, though.

    User currently offlineUK_Dispatcher From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2001, 2225 posts, RR: 32
    Reply 103, posted (1 year 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 2935 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)

    User currently offlineB742 From Spain, joined Mar 2005, 3708 posts, RR: 24
    Reply 104, posted (1 year 1 day 9 hours ago) and read 2926 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

    Mostly UK charter airlines.

    Rob!  wave 


    fly TAP Air Portugal - A Star Alliance Member
    User currently offlineBigjuliechc From New Zealand, joined Oct 2008, 34 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 105, posted (12 months 7 hours ago) and read 2829 times:
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    Freedom Air-Gone
    Kiwi Air-Bankrupt
    NAC-Merged into Air New Zealand
    Pan AM-Bankrupt
    SPANZ=Bankrupt
    TEAL-Merged into Air New Zealand


    bigjuliechc
    User currently offlineRobffm2 From Germany, joined Dec 2006, 413 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 106, posted (11 months 3 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 2774 times:



    Quoting LipeGIG (Reply 22):
    Not so many:

    Vasp
    Transbrasil
    Varig

    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...

    User currently offlineW3ndytj4n From Indonesia, joined Feb 2006, 256 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 107, posted (11 months 3 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2755 times:

    Adam Air Indonesia
    Jatayu Airlines


    Wendy Tjan
    User currently offlineCitationJet From United States, joined Mar 2003, 1566 posts, RR: 4
    Reply 108, posted (11 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2585 times:

    TWA
    BRANIFF INTERNATIONAL
    PAN AM
    EASTERN
    FRONTIER (orig.)
    NORTH CENTRAL
    OZARK
    REPUBLIC
    HUGHES AIR WEST
    VANGUARD
    AMERICA WEST
    ALOHA
    AIR MIDWEST
    FAUCETT
    SWISSAIR


    Boeing Flown: 701,702,703; 717; 720; 721,722; 731,732,733,734,735,737,738,739; 741,742,743,744,747SP; 752; 762,763; 772.
    User currently offlineTrident3 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2001, 931 posts, RR: 4
    Reply 109, posted (11 months 1 week 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 2482 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.


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    User currently offlineUltimateDelta From United States, joined Sep 2007, 1164 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 110, posted (11 months 1 week 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 2481 times:

    I guess I can add NW to the list, too.


    Those who think they know everything annoy those of us who actually do.
    User currently offlineNWADC9 From United States, joined May 2004, 4556 posts, RR: 16
    Reply 111, posted (11 months 1 week 3 days 12 hours ago) and read 2459 times:

    Update to the list...

    Business Express (Saab 340 BOS-YHZ-BOS) - Disappeared six months later

    Northwest Airlines (DC-9-10/30/40/50, 727-200, 747-100, 747-200, 747-400, 757-5500, 757-5600, 757-300, A320 to/from PIT, DTW, MSP, MEM, JAN, MCI, SEA, NRT, PUS, SEL (later GMP), BOS, LAX, bla, bla, bla...) - Delta got hungry

    SkyWay Airlines (Dornier 328 Jet MKE-PIT) - Went to flying catering trucks and pushback tugs only nine months later


    In Thrust I Trust
    User currently offlineOvrpowrd727 From United States, joined Sep 2008, 96 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 112, posted (11 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 2450 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)

    User currently offlineNorthstarBoy From United States, joined Jun 2005, 1121 posts, RR: 0
    Reply 113, posted (11 months ago) and read 2295 times:
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    Braniff-Bankrupt
    Eastern-Bankrupt
    Western-Absorbed into DL
    Reno Air-Eaten and mostly spit out by AA
    TWA-killed by Icahn, eaten by AA
    soon to be Northwest-Absorbed into DL
    America West-Ate US Air then changed it's identity to US Air


    I thought I felt an earthquake in Atlanta once, turned