What former carriers have you flown?

ER757 · Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:24 pm

Eastern
TWA
Northwest
Continental
Aloha
US Air
America West
Mark Air
American Trans Air
Bonanza (regional in Southern California - maybe doesn't count?)

SCQ83 · Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:10 pm

I was booked in MALEV but it went bankrupt a few days before my flight.

BA2037 · Wed Jan 29, 2020 7:30 pm

The only airline I've flown with that no longer exists is Caledonian Airways (KT), formerly known as British Airtours.

All the others I've flown with are still going strong.

CarbonFibre · Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:08 am

Air Berlin
Blue1
BMI
KLM UK
Monarch

MIAspotter · Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:52 am

Viasa
Avensa
Aeropostal (they are sort of on and off, not sure what the current status is)
Thomsonfly
Lufthansa Italia
BMI
Clickair
Spanair
Jet4You
AirBerlin
Continental
Song
Ted
Portugalia (think they are now TAPexpress or White)
FlyNiki
Darwin Airlines / Etihad Regional (wtf was all that about back then?)

Damn, quite a few under my belt.

MIAspotter.

eta unknown · Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:39 pm

Treat these as a mix of either merger/bankruptcy, but not name changes:

North America: Aloha, America West, ATA, Continental, CP Air, Eastern, New York Air, Northwest, Pan Am, Piedmont, Ted, TWA, US Airways, Virgin America
Australia: Ansett, Australian/TAA, Connellan
Asia: China Southwest
Africa: Zambia Airways
Europe: Air Inter, AOM, ATI, BOAC, BEA, British Caledonian, Lauda Air, Malev, Novair, Sabena, SkyEurope, Swissair, UTA

Honourable mention to Martinair- still around, but no longer in passenger form

stratosphere · Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:43 pm

Eastern
TWA
Continental
UsAir
World
Northwest
AirTran
America West

alggag · Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:07 pm

AirTran
America West
Continental
Transaero
WOW

hinckley · Thu Jan 30, 2020 4:59 pm

Of the 64 airlines I've flown, 19 are no longer in business:
Capitol
Eastern
US Air
Piedmont
Northwest
Pan Am
TWA
Continental
AirTran
NY Air
Trump
PeoplExpress
Virgin America
Canadian
Eastern Provincial
British Caledonian
Swissair
Cyprus
China Northwest

LH748 · Thu Jan 30, 2020 6:07 pm

LTU
Aero Lloyd
Air Berlin
Song
Niki
Hapag Lloyd

mchei · Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:51 pm

VARIG
VASP
PanAm
LTU
OLT
Hapag Lloyd

ElroyJetson · Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:31 pm

TWA
Pan Am
Eastern
Piedmont
Northwest
US Air
America West
Air Tran

ACDC8 · Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:16 pm

Just off the top of my head:

Pacific Western
Time Air
Canadian Pacific/Canadian
Wardair
Canada3000
LTU
Northwest
Royal Airlines

FlyRow · Thu Jan 30, 2020 10:49 pm

Air Berlin
Sky Europe
Monarch Airlines

(Semi counting) :
KLM UK
Continental Airlines
Martinair

gunsontheroof · Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:00 am

Continental
Northwest
Estonian Air

Not much of a list, but the, well over half my flights have been on either Alaska or Delta and their regional affiliates.

ExpatVet · Fri Jan 31, 2020 5:41 pm

Malév
Pan Am
TWA
Horizon

The rest are still around, I'm not a jinx

eastafspot · Fri Jan 31, 2020 7:28 pm

eta unknown wrote:
Europe: Air Inter

So true! How did I miss this one???
Especially with their Mercure Dassault, Thanks for the reminder :bigthumbsup:

Do you remember which route(s) you've flown with them?

Wf789 · Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:33 pm

Braathens
Color Air
Spanair
Futura International Airways
Air Berlin

ACDC8 · Fri Jan 31, 2020 10:13 pm

Just from the top of my head:

Canadian Pacific/Canadian
Time Air
Pacific Western
Wardair
Canada 3000
Royal
Germanwings
LTU
DeutscheBA

ZK-NBT · Sat Feb 01, 2020 6:36 am

Continental
Freedom Air
Pacific Blue ( Now Virgin Australia)

millionsofmiles · Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:11 am

Eastern
National
TWA
Pan Am
Braniff I
Continental
Northwest Orient
New York Air
Allegheny
Allegheny Commuter
USAir
USAir Shuttle
Piedmont
Mexicana
British Caledonian
Olympic
Swissair
Aviaco
Sabena
Ransome Airways
Command Airways
Delta Air Transport Belgium
Key Airways

Airstud · Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:06 am

Eastern (BOS-MCO, L1011, circa 1979; FLL-BOS, B727 circa 1984)

TWA (BOS-LHR, B747, 1985; BOS-LAX, L1011, 1990)

USAir (SFO-RDU-TPA, B737-400, 1994)

America West (SFO-PHX-ORD, A320-B757, 1995)

National N7 (SFO-LAS-DFW, B757, 2000)

Mexicana (SFO-MEX-ZIH, A320, 2000)

ATA (SFO-MDW, B757, 2003)

Northworst (SFO-DTW-PVD, ??? - DC9, 2003)

Midwest Ailrines (SFO-MCI-MKE, MD80, 2004)

Continental (SFO-CLE-BOS, don't recall a/c types, 2007)

ComAir as Delta Connection (CVG-YUL, Canadair RJ, 2002)

Colgain Air as Continental Express (EWR-BOS, deHaviland Q400, 2009)

Atlantic Southeast Airlines as Delta Connection (YYZ-JFK, Canadair RJ, 2001)

Atlantic Coast Airlines as United Express (ORD-BTV, Canadair RJ (right?) 2003)

Opinions are divided as to whether I rode aboard Canadian Airlines on my January 2001 jaunt from SFO to Edmonton. The equipment on the SFO-YVR (737-200) and YVR-YEG (F28) legs wore "Canadian" and "Canadian Regional" titles but the AC merger had just happened and I don't know which certificate(s) were in use still. Opinions are similarly divided as to whether I rode aboard airBC on the YEG-YVR leg. The plane (BAe 146) wore airBC titles but again I'm not sure if airBC had yet been borg'ed into Air Canada :boggled:

. The YVR-SFO leg was unambiguously an Air Canada flight. (Wait was it? Was AC flying 737-200's of its own in January of '01? )

PlymSpotter · Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:46 pm

PlymSpotter wrote:
Quite sad to think about, I made it almost 100 carriers which I've flown that are no more now.

Not able to list them right now as I'm only on my mobile, but was interesting to think through.

So I had a little time and sorted my flight log this evening - I've flown a total of 95 carriers which no longer operate, or have been rebranded / merged etc... Some 45% of my flights have been on these airlines

Aer Arann
Aeroflot Don
AeroSvit Airlines
Air 2000
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Air Atlantique Classic Flight
Air Berlin
Air Philippines
Air Plus Comet
Air Southwest
Air Wales
Airlinair
AirQuarius Aviation
Airworld
Alitalia Express
Andes
Asian Spirit
Astraeus
Atlantic Southeast Airlines
Augsburg Airways
BA Connect
Bek Air
Berjaya Air
Blue Line
bmi
bmi baby
bmi Regional
Brit Air
Britannia Airways
British International
Caledonian
Click Air
Continental Airlines
Danu Oro Transportas
Darwin Airline
Denim Air
Dnieproavia
Donavia
DonbassAero
EuroLot
EuroManx
European Aircharter
Faroe Jet
FLM Aviation
Flugfelag Islands
Fly Globespan
Futura International Airways
Germania
GIR Jet
Grixona
Hello
HiFlyer
Highland Airways
Ilyich Avia
ImAir
Kavminvodyavia
Links Air
Lufthansa Italia
Lugansk Airlines
Merpati Nusantara airlines
Monarch Airlines
MyAir
Niki
Nordavia
Northwest Airlines
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines
OLT - Ostfriesische Lufttransport
Palmair
Pluna
Plymouth School of Flying
Portugalia
SAS Braathens
SEAIR South East Asian Airlines
SkyJet
Snowflake
SOL Lineas Aereas
South Airlines
Spanair
TAM
TAM Mercosur
Tandem Aero
Thomas Cook Airlines
Thomson Airways
ThomsonFly
Tiger Airways
United Airways Bangladesh
US Airways
Varig Brasil
Virgin America
Virgin Atlantic Little Red
VLM Airlines
Wizz Air Bulgaria
Wizz Air Ukraine
XL Airways

rfields5421 · Sat Feb 01, 2020 11:10 pm

Eastern
TWA
Pan Am
National Airlines
Braniff I
Braniff II
Frontier
Continental
Northwest
Republic
America West
USAir(ways)
Midway

Okay, I'll admit - almost all my flying has been on US based airlines, and much of it in the US

I've also flown on
Air Nippon
Japan Airlines Domestic
Carib Aviation
Prinair
Big Sky Airlines
Legend Airlines
Royale Airlines - my first commercial flight SHV-MSY in 1972

Rich International Airlines (Several flights on DC-6 combi between Partick AFB and Eastern Missile Test Range bases - Eleuthera, Grand Turk, Antigua, Barbados - between Feb 1979 and Oct 1982 when I was stationed at NAVFAC Antigua)

Once flew the Continental Micronesia/ Air Mike B727 Combi from Guam to Honolulu and back - the original Island hopper.

Air Vietnam in 1972 - Danang - Saigon and return

US military chartered flights on several airlines including:
Flying Tiger
Air America
Evergreen International
Overseas National Airways

Of course being within spitting distance of 70 years old, I've had more opportunities to fly on airlines that have later closed, absorbed or re-branded that many of you.

Swiss4Ever · Sun Feb 02, 2020 3:30 pm

Not as much as others…

Balair
CTA
ATI
Air Engiadina
Swissair
Crossair
Flightline

MrBretz · Sun Feb 02, 2020 11:01 pm

Air California
Aloha Airlines
America West Airlines
ATA
Continental Airlines
Eastern Airlines
Northwest Airlines
PanAm
PSA
People Express
Pleasant Hawaiian(yes they had charter with their colors in the 70s sometime)
Reno Air
Republic
TWA
US Airways
Virgin America
Western Airlines

Gr8Circle · Mon Feb 03, 2020 1:21 pm

Jet Airways
Indian Airlines
Kingfisher
US Air

grjplanes · Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:35 am

Tyrolean Airways
SkyEurope
Pacific Blue
Origin Pacific
Zambezi Airlines
Nationwide
Interlink
1Time

smallmj · Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:02 pm

Forgot BWIA in my earlier post.

dtw2hyd · Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:19 pm

America West
US Air
Continental
Northwest
Independence Air
Regionals(no idea)

Vayudoot
NEPC
Damania Airways
ModiLuft (Now SpiceJet)
Indian Airlines (Now Air India)
Air Deccan
Jet Airways,JetLite, Jet Konnect

alan3 · Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:36 pm

Air UK (UK)
Azteca Airways (Mexico)
British Midland (UK)
British Mediterranean (UK, not sure if it counts as it was painted as BA)
Canadian Airlines & CP Air (Canada)
Jet Airways (India)
LACSA (Costa Rica)
Mexicana (Mexico)
Nationwide Airlines (South Africa)

Northwest (USA)
US Airways (USA)
Continental (USA)
Aloha (USA)

argentinevol98 · Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:48 pm

Not a whole lot for me so far (though I seem to be rather younger than most people on the site):
LAPA
Mexicana
US Airways
TAM (I guess this counts although it sort of still exists as LATAM Brazil)

Plus in short time joining the list:
Norwegian Air Argentina

jb1087xna · Tue Feb 04, 2020 11:39 pm

Quick and easy list:

Northwest
US Airways

N14AZ · Wed Feb 05, 2020 12:54 pm

rfields5421 wrote:
Air Vietnam in 1972 - Danang - Saigon and return

Wow, very exotic. Was it on one of their B727's?

They also had DC 6's and at least once Caravelle. So do you remember the aircraft type?

TYCOON · Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:16 pm

PSA
AirCal
Hughes Airwest
Western
Northwest
Muse Air
Transtar
Aloha
US Airways
Continental
Pan Am
Eastern
Business Express
Mahalo Air
TWA
Island Air
Mexicana
TACA
Varig
Rio-Sul
Nordeste
LAPA
Avensa
Aerotuy
Transbrasil
VASP
Air Europe
Suckling
Scot Airways
British Caledonian
British Midland
British Airtours
Minerve
AOM
Air Liberté
Air Inter
Europe Aero Service
Compagnie Aérienne du Languedoc
Spanair
Aviaco
AeBal
Swissair
Crossair
Sabena
VLM
TAT
Malev
Adria
Air Berlin
Brymon
Olympic
Germanwings
Lauda Air
BritAir
Régional
Indian Airlines
Trans Australian
Ansett

peterinlisbon · Wed Feb 05, 2020 4:26 pm

Air2000
Airtours International
Spanair
VARIG
Oasis Hong Kong
Monarch
Mexicana
Virgin Express
British Midland
Sempati Air
Thomas Cook
US Airways
Ansett
Buzz

MON · Thu Feb 06, 2020 2:30 am

Apart from the many now defunct airlines that I’ve flown on as a passenger, my four previous airlines I used to pilot for went bust not long after I left!

asr0dzjq · Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:12 pm

Northwest Airlines

AirAfreak · Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:43 am

Air Jamaica (LAX-MBJ)
America West (PHX-ELP/TUS/LAX/MSP & LAS-LAX/MSP/TUS/PHX/ATL)
Presidential Airways (IAD-BOS)
USAir/USAIRWAYS (CLT-EWR/AVL/IAD/DCA/FAY/LAX/ATL/SAV/TPA/JAX)
Sabena (BRU-JFK/ATL)
Swissair (ZRH-IAD/SEL)
Air Afrique (DKR-CDG)
Air Inter (ORY-MRS)
World Airways (PHL-FRA)
TWA (JFK-LAX/DCA & IAD-CDG)
Northwest (DTW-DCA/EWR/LAX/MSP/ATL/SEL/IAD/AVL/PIT & MSP-AVL/ATL/IAD/EWR/DTW/LAX/DCA)
Piedmont (AVL-CLT)
Continental (EWR-IAD/DCA/RDU/TPA/LAX/CLE/IAH/PHX/SAV/ALB/ATL/SEA/JAX/GSO & IAH-ELP/IAD/AVL/LAX/DCA/SAV/JAX)
Air Tran (SAV-ATL)
PAN AM (FRA-IAD)
Eastern (ATL-BOS/TPA)
Dominicana (JFK-SDQ)

vuelti24 · Fri Feb 07, 2020 7:59 pm

- Varig
- Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano
- Pan Am
- Pluna
- Aviaco
- Mexicana
- Air Moorea
- Air Inter
- TAM
- LAN Chile

Cheers from Uruguay!

masi1157 · Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:19 pm

AB Air Berlin
4U Germanwings (still flying, but only for EW)
PA Panam
HF Hapad-Lloyd Flug
VG VLM Airlines
NW Northwest Airlines
ST Germania
SR Swissair
MP Martinair
PV Privatair
BM BMI Regional
MA Malev
IT Air Inter
DI Deutsche BA
JK Spanair
MX Mexicana
OL OLT
UK UKAir/Buzz
9W Jet Airways
DK MyTravel Airways (now Thomas Cokk Scandinavia?)
LT LTU
HG Niki
JJ TAM (now part of LATAM)
DD Contiflug
IJ TAT
KF Blue1
PU Pluna
2R Star Airlines
CB Scot Airways
OT Avant
HP America West
FH Futura
N6 Aero Continente
BD British Midland
EA Eastern Airlines
SO Southern Airways
5L Aerosur
C9 Cirrus Airlines
A5 Tikal Jet
GU Aviateca
OA Olympic Airways

Gruß, masi1157

BritTraveller · Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:45 pm

Air Berlin
Thomas Cook
Flyglobespan
Monarch
Tiger Air

TryToFlySomeday · Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:00 pm

Only two: Virgin America and Continental.

Nordfisch · Sat Feb 15, 2020 5:26 pm

Impressive to see how many Airlines went belly up or were rebranded/ taken over.

LTU
Hapag-Lloyd
Deutsche BA
Air Berlin
German Wings (Not to be confused with LH's Germanwings)
Dan Air
Sabena
Swissair
Air Engiadina
Continental
Pan Am
Avensa
Serivensa
Mexicana
TACA
Aerogal

global2 · Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:11 pm

Pan Am
TWA
Eastern
Continental
Northwest Orient
People Express
Piedmont
BWIA
New York Air
Airtran
ATA
Jet Airways
Virgin America
American Airlines, oops, I meant USAir.

csavel · Sun Feb 16, 2020 8:18 pm

Eastern
National
Braniff (1)
Northeast Yellowbird
Continental
Northwest
US Air
New York Air
Air Florida
People Expess
TWA
Republic Airlines
Mexicana
TACA
American Airways Charters (A DC3 to Cuba in the 70s!)
Faucett
Jet Airways

CarlosSi · Mon Feb 17, 2020 2:57 pm

Dang man.

Only Mexicana. I never really flew very much until 10 years ago. (Mexicana ride was in 2007).

Aptivaboy · Mon Feb 17, 2020 11:00 pm

PSA
USAir
Continental
TWA
Pan Am (too young to remember it, though)
America West
Swissair

vheca · Tue Feb 18, 2020 6:44 am

The one that stands out for me - Pelangi Air out of Malaysia on Twin Otters and Do228's. Doing the Offshore workers milk run between Subang and Kerteh.

VTCIE · Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:43 am

As an Indian, it goes without saying that 9W is on my list. However I have not flown any other defunct airline, such as Kingfisher, though I flew a soon-to-be-defunct airline last month: MI (on MAA–SIN).

My first-ever flight, at the age of two in 2002, was on Jet Airways. Coincidentially my last flight on them (GAU–CCU, in June 2018) was on a plane built in 2002 (VT-JGA, now VT-SYK with SG).

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