PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11257 posts, RR: 63 Posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3909 times:
I thought I'd start a second version of this thread, after three carriers which I've flown (Varsity Express, Highland Airways and South Airlines) have disappeared during March alone. It's a morbid figure, but hopefully the tides will begin to turn soon.
Including those which have been renamed/merged/bought out:
Aeroflot Don
Air Comet
Air Wales
Air 2000
Airtours
Airworld
Alitalia (old)
Asian Spirit
BA Connect
Britannia Airways
Caledonian
Clickair
Denim Airways
EuroManx
European
Fly Globespan
GIR Jet
Highland Airways
Varsity Express
MyAir
Northwest Airlines
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
SAS Braathens
Skyjet
South Airlines
Snowflake
ThomsonFly
Varig Brasil (old)
VLM Airlines
XL Airways
planeguy727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1077 posts, RR: 1 Reply 1, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 3905 times:
Ansett
TAA
America West
New York Air
Kiwi
Eastern
Pan American
Northwest
Sabena
homer71 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 2209 posts, RR: 16 Reply 2, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3902 times:
Pan Am
Sunworld
TWA
Northwest
"On spaceship earth there are no passengers...only crew."
Yflyer From United States of America, joined Feb 2007, 845 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 3888 times:
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11257 posts, RR: 63 Reply 5, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 3879 times:
Quoting JRadier (Reply 4): Wow, did South Airlines stop operations?
Apparantly so. AirEvents had arranged to charter their An-30 in a few weeks, but yesterday I received an email saying their AOC had been revoked and the An-30 at least put of for sale. Hopefully flying something like the An-28 instead now, but failing that there is still the An-74 flight going ahead as planned.
planeguy727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1077 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 3816 times:
Quoting planeguy727 (Reply 1): Ansett
TAA
America West
New York Air
Kiwi
Eastern
Pan American
Northwest
Sabena
fghtngsiouxATC From United States of America, joined Mar 2009, 202 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 3810 times:
Vanguard Airlines
ATA Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Pan Am
UltimateDelta From United States of America, joined Sep 2007, 2002 posts, RR: 6 Reply 11, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 3809 times:
Northwest
Midwest/Midwest Express (as we know it)
HLX- Hapag-Lloyd Express
TWA
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21690 posts, RR: 23 Reply 15, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 3794 times:
My defunct carrier list (not in any particular order). May have missed one or two:
CP Air
Canadian
Trans-Canada Air Lines (before being renamed Air Canada)
Pacific Western
Wardair
Nordair
Eastern Provincial
Time Air
Air BC
Air Atlantic (CP commuter partner based YHZ)
Inter-Canadien (CP commuter partner based YUL)
Pan Am
TWA
Eastern
Braniff (the original)
National (the original)
Western
Northeast
Northwest
North Central
PSA
Air California
Air West
Hughes Airwest (Air West renamed)
Allegheny Commuter
Pilgrim Airlines (small US carrier, flew on an F-27 JFK-YOW in the early 1980s)
VARIG
Swissair
ALM Antillean Airlines (based CUR; flew on a DC-9-30 MIA-CUR)
SABENA
British Caledonian
British European Airways (the original, prior to merger with BOAC)
East African Airways (joint national carrier of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda until 1977)
Ansett Australia
New Zealand National Airways (domestic carrier, later merged into NZ)
Crossair (Swissair's regional partner, before becoming the base for the current Swiss)
NLM (KLM shorthaul affiliate that later became KLM CityHopper)
varig_dc10 From United Kingdom, joined Aug 2001, 355 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 3758 times:
Excalibur
Air 2000
Dan Air
Vasp
Trans Brasil
Cruzeiro
Varig (Old)
Air UK Leisure
Brittania
TransAer
Excel Airways
Nationwide
Northwest
I lived in Brasil in the late 70's. At the time, Varig, VASP, Cruzeiro and Trans Brasil were the only airlines in Brasil.
Can't believe they have all gone.
OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2 Reply 19, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3748 times:
Air Florida
Canadian Pacific
Eastern
Pan Am
Sterling
Varig (Old)
flynlr From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 218 posts, RR: 1 Reply 20, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 3738 times:
my very short list
Braniff
TWA
PSA
Eastern Airlines
Piedmont,,,,
New york Air. Helicopter service?
Air Cal
Western Airlines
Tower Air .. MAC charter Flights.
Northwest Airlines.
National
Hughes Airwest
Morris Air
Shuttle by United
Varney Air Lines ok not true but I miss the Bob Six Continental Days
The Right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed
OP3000 From United States of America, joined Jun 2009, 1678 posts, RR: 2 Reply 24, posted (3 years 2 months 3 weeks 5 days 13 hours ago) and read 3662 times:
That still exists as an organization/legal entity and with the network out of Paraguay, although its no longer branded with the "Mercosur".
25 oa260: Air Belfast Sabena Guyana Airways BWIA Gill Airways My Travel Lite TransAer GO America West Jersey European Northwest
26 EDICHC: I forgot to add... Airtours ...to my prev list.
27 FlyDeltaJets87: Aloha America West Champion Air Northwest
28 MikeE07: 1. AirSouth out of CAE (my very first flight...i was 9 yrs. old) 2. Northwest out of CAE to DTW to ALB...(my second flight ever...I was 22 years old..
29 BNE: Ansett Australia America West Impulse Airlines Sunshine Express Northwest Airlines Origin Pacific Macair Australian Airlines Freedom Air Ted(Does that
30 FlyingColours: Here's mine, in order. Flying Colours Air 2000 Airtours My Travel Airways Islandsflug* Excel Airways First Choice Airways** XL Airways*** * Merged int
31 ketko2: Hi all, my list of such airlines include: Northwest Airlines Seagle Air SkyEurope Airlines Slovak Airlines Swissair
32 ZKEOJ: Quite a few for me as well: Aero Lloyd America West Ansett Australia Ansett New Zealand Balkan Air Canada 3000 Canadian Delta Air (the small German on
33 aircellist: Air Inter (still miss them) ALTA (Air Limousin) AOM (chartered by IT) Royal Air Club TAT (for BA) ATI Air Alliance (for AC)
34 MEA-707: I have often flown with airlines which went bankrupt weeks afterwards, I sometimes wondered if it was a kiss of death just like a too optimistic profi
35 Larshjort: Jersey European Airways Maersk Air Nya Skyline Helikopter Sterling In my 15 years of flying
36 EDICHC: Perhaps you should write to the CEOs of the world's airlines asking them to pay you not to travel on them! [Edited 2010-04-04 03:48:34]
37 Mortyman: Braathens S.A.F.E Braathens SAS Braathens Busy Bee Pan Am Sabena Varig Sterling Airlines Antillean airlines ( ALM ) Sabena Scanair
38 AI151: For me its only Dan Air. When I was little, I remember my parents and I flying with them from LGW to ORY quite often
40 AirbusA6: TAT Air Inter Air UK British World Canadian Regional China Northwest Airlines China Southwest Airlines Go Aero Continente TANS Perú
41 PHLBOS: Eastern TWA Midway (the original) ATA Chicago Express Northwest Midwest (when it was a mainline carrier)
42 MHG: Aero Lloyd (Germany) Air Europe (UK) Air Inter (France) Air Liberte (France) Air UK (UK) Asian Spirit (Philippines) AVIA (Sweden) AVIACO (Spain) BALTI
43 DesertAir: My list of defunct West Coast Carriers PSA AirCal Western Pacific Express Air Pacific Golden Gate USA based carriers TWA PanAm Northwest America West
44 chepos: ATA TWA Carnival/Pan Am 2 Regards, Chepos
45 HorizonGirl: Canada 3000. Was and still is my favourite Canadian carrier. So many memories. And now, Skyservice. Devon
46 Lp0815: Aero Lloyd Lithuanian Airlines Debon Air
47 brettdespain: Frontier (the original) Braniff Western Airborne Express Eastern Northwest Morris Air Swissair TWA America West Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT)
49 WichitaFlyer: Texas International Frontier (Original) America West Northwest Champion Ozark Eastern PanAm Republic (before NW) Western Pacific Braniff I Braniff II
50 sfotom: PanAm PSA Western TWA Eastern Pacific Express British Caledonian Aloha Northwest In 1980 or 1981 I flew on a helicopter service from JFK to LGA. I don
51 n5014k: Air 1 Air Midwest Air Molokai Air New England Air Ontario Air Sunshine Aloha America West Aspen Atlantic Air Bar Harbor Braniff Business Express Canad
52 EXTspotter: Airtours International Airlines First Choice Airways
53 JerseyGuy: America West Kiwi Peoples Express ATA (During the "On ATA your on Vacation" Era) Continental Lite Eastern
54 pawsleykat: Air 2000 (shortly before they became First Choice) First Choice (before they became/merged with Thomson) FlyGlobespan Excel/XL Airways JG
55 UK_Dispatcher: Aero Asia Air 2000 Air UK Leisure Alliance Air America West Britannia Airways British Regional Airlines, British Airways CitiExpress, BA Connect Dan a
62 YVRLTN: Airtours International British Airtours British Island Airways British West Indies Airways (now Caribbean AW) EUjet GB Airways Hola Airlines JMC Air V
63 PlymSpotter: Wow, I didn't realise either of them had gone. I thought LTU was still flying under it's own AOC due to some route permissions/crew or something that
64 Sabena332: That is correct. I added them to my list because the LTU brand is gone, all planes are flying in Air Berlin livery now. Maybe I was a bit too quick w
65 PlymSpotter: A real shame too. I used to love seeing their A330-300s flying out of MAH, with such a light loads they'd barely use 6000ft of runway even when full.
66 Erhard: lets see now: Pan Am Eastern Ansett East West Canadian Pacific TWA Lauda Air Nelson Compass
67 Maxair: Let's think..... Pan Am Wardair Dan-Air Air Europe British Island Airways Air UK Swissair Varig Go Northwest Ansett
68 Braniff747SP: Only a couple: TWA & America West
69 KU747: British Caledonian UTA Air Tours BOAC Swissair Deutche BA Aloha America west Pan Am TWA Nothwest Orient Eastren Westren Air Cal PSA
70 KingFriday013: Not too many here... the airlines I take tend to stick around Air Nova America West Airways Northwest Airlines Northwest Airlink (operated by Pinnacle
71 113312: Eastern Western National Southern North Central PBA Braniff TWA PSA Texas International Hughes Air West Republic British Caledonian Northwest Orient P
72 KingFriday013: Piedmont is still around! http://www.piedmont-airlines.com/ ... Okay, fine, call it Henson. Also, a bunch of us will soon have to add this to our lis
73 GrinddalCPH: UKair Premiair Varig (Old) GOair Sterling Airways (Old) Maersk Air I think that's all [Edited 2010-05-05 09:04:01]
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