User:Addis-Bot/20140530/List of defunct airlines of the United States
This is a list of airlines in the United States that are no longer operating. However, some of these airlines have changed identities and/or FAA certificates and are still operating under a different name (e.g. America West took on the US Airways identity in 2005).
A
[编辑]- AAXICO Airlines (1946 - 1965, to Saturn Airways)
- Access Air (1998 - 2001)
- ADI Domestic Airlines
- Aeroamerica (1974 - 1982)
- Aero Coach (1983 - 1991)
- Aero International Airlines
- Aeromech Airlines (1951 - 1983, to Wright Airlines)
- AeroSun International
- AFS Airlines (Arcata Flying Service)
- Air America (owned and operated by the CIA in Southeast Asia)
- Air America (1980s)
- Air Astro
- Air Atlanta (1981 - 88)
- AirAtlantic Airlines
- Air Bama
- Air Berlin, Inc. (Air Berlin USA) (1978-1990 [reconstituted as Air Berlin GmbH & Co. Luftverkehrs KG under German company law in 1990])
- Airborne Express (1946 - 2003)
- AirCal (formerly Air California (1967-1987, to American Airlines)
- Air California with name change to AirCal (1967-1987, to American Airlines)
- Air Carolina
- Air Central West (Nebraska)
- Air Central (Michigan)
- Air Central (Oklahoma) (to Trans-Central Airlines)
- Air Chaparral (1980 - 82)
- Air Chico
- Air Colorado
- Air Cortez (1977 - 86)
- Air Florida (1972 - 84)
- Air Gemini
- Air General
- Air Great Lakes
- Air Hawaii (1960s) (1960s)
- Air Hawaii (ceased operations in 1986)
- Air Hyannis
- Air Idaho
- Air Illinois (1970 - 1984)
- Air Iowa
- Airlift International (1946 - 81)
- Air Kentucky (1974 - 1989)
- Air L.A. Inc. (ceased operations 1995)
- Air-Lift Commuter
- Air Lincoln
- Air Link Airlines
- Air Link Airways
- Air Metro
- Air Miami (to North American Airlines)
- Air Michigan
- Air Mid-America
- Air Midwest (1965 - 2008)
- Air Missouri
- Air Molokai (1980s)
- Air Molokai (1990s)
- Air Molokai-Tropic Airlines
- Air Nebraska
- Air Nevada (1974 - 1998, to Pacific Wings)
- Air New England (1975 - 81)
- Air New Orleans (1981 - 88)
- Air Niagara (ceased operations 1984)
- Air North (Alaska)
- Air North (1963 - 1983, to Brockway Air)
- Air O'Hare
- Air Olympia
- Air Oregon (1979 - 1981, to Horizon Air)
- Air One (1990s)
- AirPac
- Air Pacific (USA) (1979 - 1981, to Golden Gate Airlines)
- Air Pennsylvania (1976 - 1982)
- Air Resorts Airline
- Air Sierra
- Air Solutions
- Air South (1969 - 1978, to Florida Airlines)
- Air South (1981-1982)
- Air South (1986-1987)
- Air South (1994-1997)
- Air Speed (1974)
- Air Spirit
- Air Sunshine (1970s)
- Air Sunshine (1980s)
- Air Texana
- Air Texas
- Air Trails
- Air 21
- Air US
- Air Utah
- AirVantage Airlines
- Air Vegas (1971 - 2004)
- Air Vermont (1981 - 1984)
- Air Virginia
- Airways of New Mexico
- Air West (formed by merger of Bonanza Air Lines, Pacific Air Lines and West Coast Airlines in 1968; name change to Hughes Airwest in 1970)
- Alaska Air Transport (1935 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
- Alaska Coastal Airlines (1939 - 1968) to Alaska Airlines
- Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines
- Albany Air
- All American Aviation (became Allegheny Airlines)
- Allegheny Airlines (became USAir)
- Aloha Airlines (1946 - 2008, passenger operations ceased, now a cargo only airline)
- Altair Airlines ceased in 1981
- America West Airlines (1981 - 2005, merged with US Airways)
- American Central Airlines
- AmericanConnection (2001 - 2012)
- American Export Airlines (1937 - 1945, merged the transatlantic division of American Airlines to form American Overseas Airlines)
- American Flyers Airline (1949 - 1971, to Universal Airlines)
- American International Airways (1984 - 1997, to Kitty Hawk International)
- American Overseas Airlines (1945 - 1950, merged into Pan American World Airways)
- Apollo Airways (1978-1985, name change to Pacific Coast Airlines)
- Arista International Airlines
- Arizona Airways (1942 - 1950, to Frontier Airlines)
- Arizona Airways (1993-1996) (1993 - 1996, to Arizona Airways Express)
- Aroostook Airways (1970s)
- Arrow Air (1947 - 2010)
- Arctic Circle Air (1973 - 2010, bought by Era Alaska)
- ASTAR Air Cargo (2004-2012)
- Aspen Airways (1952 - 1990)
- Aspen Mountain Air (1996 - 1998) see Lone Star Airlines
- ATA Airlines (1973 - 2008)
- Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2006, to Independence Air)
- Atlantic Gulf Airlines (1983 - 1986)
- Austin Express (1997 - 2000)
B
[编辑]- Bar Harbor Airlines (1971 - 1996)
- Big Apple Airlines (circa 1986)
- Big Sky Airlines (1978 - 2008)
- Bimini Island Air (AOC removed by the FAA 2011)
- Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 1930, to United Airlines)
- Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 1968, to Air West and then Hughes Airwest)
- Boston-Maine Airways
- Braniff (1991 - 1992)
- Braniff Inc. (1983 - 1990)
- Braniff International Airways (1928 - 1982)
- Britt Airways (1976 - 1987, to People Express)
- Brockway Air (1984 - 1989, to Metro Air)
- Burlington Airways
- Business Express Airlines (1985 - 2000, to American Eagle)
C
[编辑]- CalPac (California Pacific) (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
- Cal Sierra Airlines (1980)
- Cal State Airlines
- California Central Airlines (1947-1953)
- Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
- Capital Air Service (1966 - 1989)
- Capital Airlines (1936 - 1961, to United Airlines)
- Capital Cargo International Airlines
- Capitol Air Lines (1970s - 1980s)
- Capitol Airways (1946 - 1982)
- Cargo 360 (2005 - 2008, to Southern Air)
- Cardinal Airlines
- Caribbean Sun (2002 - 2007)
- Carnival Air Lines (1988 - 1998, to Boston-Maine Airways)
- Cascade Airways (1969 - 1986)
- Catalina Airlines (1940 - 1969)
- CCAir (1987 - 2002)
- Centennial Airlines (1981 - 1987)
- Central Airlines (1944 - 1967)
- Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001)
- Champion Air (1995 - 2008; ceased operations on May 31, 2008)
- Chicago Air (1985 - 1986)
- Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1934 - 1953, merged into Delta Air Lines)
- Chicago Express Airlines (1993 - 2005)
- Coastal Airways (1929 - 1930)
- Cochise Airlines (1971 - 1982)
- Colgan Airways (1971 - 1986, to Presidential Airways, revived 1991, and currently operating as US Airways Express. Also formerly operated as Continental Express and United Express. Merged into Pinnacle Airlines: see http://www.colganair.com)
- Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
- Comair (1977 - 2012)
- Command Airways (1966 - 1988)
- Conquest Airlines (1988 - 1997)
- Conquest Sun Airlines (to AirTran Airways)
- Continental Airlines (1934 - 2012, merged into United Airlines)
- Cordova Airlines (1934 - 1968) Merged with Alaska Airlines in 1968: see CAB records and Alaska aviaiton history at Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum Anchroage Alaska
- Continental Micronesia (1968 - 2010, merged into Continental Airlines)
- Crown Airways (1969 - 1992, to Mesa Airlines)
- Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 1932)
D
[编辑]- Delta Express (1996 - 2003: replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines)
- Desert Sun Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
- DHL Airways, Inc. (1979 - 2004)
- Discovery Airways (1989 - 1990)
- Direct Air (2006-2012)
E
[编辑]- Eastern Air Lines (1926 - 1991)
- Eastwind Airlines (1995-1999)
- Ellis Airlines (1936 to 1962) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
- Emerald Air (1978 - 1991)
- Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003)
- Empire Airlines (1976 - 1985, to Piedmont Airlines)
- Eos Airlines (2004 - 2008; passenger operations ceased April 27, 2008; currently charter only)
- Eureka Aero (c. 1976 - 1979)
- Evergreen International Airlines (1975 - 2013)
- Exec Express (1984 - 1998) see d/b/a Lone Star Airlines
- Executive Airlines (1986 - 2013)
F
[编辑]- Falcon Air Express (1995 - 2007)
- Far West Airlines (1984 - 1984)
- Far West Airlines (1994 - 1994)
- Fine Air (1989 - 2004)
- Florida Airlines (1960 - 1982)
- Florida Coastal Airlines (ceased operations 2006)
- Florida Commuter Airlines (1980 - 1981)
- Florida Express (merged with Braniff, Inc.)
- FloridaGulf Airlines (1991 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
- Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 1988, to Federal Express)
- FlyHawaii Airlines
- Focus Air Cargo (2004 - 2008)
- Freedom Airlines (2002 - 2010)
- Freelandia
- Friedkin Airlines (Predecessor to Pacific Southwest Airlines)
- Frontier Airlines (1950 - 1986)
G
[编辑]- Galaxy Airlines (? - 1986)
- Gem State Airlines (1979, to Golden Gate Airlines)
- Gemini Air Cargo
- Global International Airways (1981 - 1984)
- Go! (ends 1 April 2014)
- Go! Mokulele
- Golden Gate Airlines (1980 - 1981)
- Golden Pacific Airlines (1969 - 1973)
- Golden Pacific Airlines (1981 - 1988)
- Golden West Airlines
- Great Plains Airlines (2001 - 2004)
- Great Western Aviation Company (to AirVantage Airlines)
- Gulf Air Transport (1979 - 1990, renamed Trans Ocean Airways)
H
[编辑]- Hawkeye State Airlines (1972-1992)
- Heartland Airlines (1998-2001)
- Pace Airlines d/b/a Hooters Air (2003 - 2006)
- Hughes Airwest (1968 - 1980, to Republic Airlines)
I
[编辑]- Imperial Airlines (1964 - 1986)
- Independence Air (2004 - 2006)
- Independent Air (1966 - 1990)
- Indigo Airlines (1998 - 2004)
- Intermountain Airlines (? - 1975, to Evergreen International Aviation)
- Irving Airways (1936, to Alaska Air Transport)
- Island Pacific Air (to Air Hawaii)
J
[编辑]- Jet 24 (1981 - 1986)
- Jet America Airlines (1980-1987, to Alaska Airlines)
- Jet Express
- JetAmerica (2007-2009)
- JetWest (1969 - 1970) absorbed by Frontier Airlines
K
[编辑]- Key Airlines (1968-1993, formerly Sun Valley Airlines and Sun Valley Key Airlines)
- Key West Airlines (1980 - 1988)
- Kitty Hawk Airways (1978)
- Kitty Hawk International (? - 2000, to Kalitta Air)
- Kiwi International Air Lines (1992 - 1999)
L
[编辑]- L.A.B. Flying Service (1956 - 2008)
- L'Express Airlines (1989 - 1992)
- Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 1968, to Allegheny Airlines)
- Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 1984)
- Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 1987)
- Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000)
- Leisure Air (1992 - 1995)
- Liberty Express Airlines ((1994 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
- Lone Star Airlines (1960) & (1984 - 1998)
- Lynx Air International (1989 - 2009)
M
[编辑]- Mackey Airlines (1957 - 1981)
- Maddux Air Lines (1927 - 1929, to Transcontinental Air Transport)
- Mahalo Air (1993 - 1997)
- Mall Airways (1973 - 1989, to Business Express)
- Marine Airways (1936 to 1939) to Alaska Coastal Airlines
- MarkAir (1947 - 1995)
- Marquette Airlines (1930s - 1940s, to Trans World Airlines)
- MAXjet (2005 - 2007)
- Mayflower Airlines (1936 - 1945)
- McClain Airlines (1987-1987)
- Mesaba Airlines (1942 - 2012)
- MetJet (ends 25 October 2013)
- MetroJet (1998 - 2001)
- Mexus Airlines
- MGM Grand Air (1987 - 1995, to Champion Air)
- MidAtlantic Airways (2002 - 2006)
- Mid-Continent Airlines (1928 - 1952, to Braniff)
- Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 1988)
- Mid-State Airlines (1964 - 1989, to Sentry Airlines)
- Midway Airlines (1979 - 1991 and 1993 - 2003)
- Midwest Airlines (1948-2010 to Frontier Airlines)
- Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 1985)
- Modern Air Transport (1946-1975)
- Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 1988, to Allegheny Airlines)
- Morris Air (1992 - 1994, to Southwest Airlines)
- Mountain Air Express (MAX, 1996 - 1998, to Air Wisconsin. Formerly owned by Western Pacific Airlines)
- Mountain West Airlines-Idaho (1979-1981)
- Mountain West Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
- Muse Air (1982 - 1985, to Southwest Airlines which then changed the Muse Air name to TranStar Airlines)
N
[编辑]- National Airlines (1929 - 1980, to Pan American World Airways)
- National Airlines (1983 - 1986)
- National Airlines/Private Jet Expeditions (1994 - 1995)
- National Airlines (1999 - 2002)
- National Air Transport Inc (1926 - 1930)
- Nations Air Express (1994-1998)
- Nationwide Airlines Southeast
- New England & Western Air Transportation Co. (1930)
- New York Air (1980 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
- New York Airways (1949 - 1979)
- New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (to Pan American World Airways)
- North Central Airlines (1939 - 1979) (merged with Southern Airways to become Republic)
- Northcoast Executive Airlines (1990 - 1991)
- Northeast Airlines (1940 - 1970, to Delta Air Lines)
- Northeastern International Airways (1980 - 1986)
- Northern Consolidated Airlines (NCA, to Wien Air Alaska)
- Northwest Airlines (1927 - 2010, formerly Northwest Orient, to Delta Air Lines)
O
[编辑]- Ortner Airways (1949 - 1971)
- Overseas National Airways (1950 - 1978)
- Ozark Airlines (1943 - 1986, to Trans World Airlines)
P
[编辑]- Pace Airlines (1996 - 2009)
- Pacific Air Lines (1958 - 1968, to Air West and then Hughes Airwest)
- Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 1927)
- Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 1986)
- Pacific American Airlines
- Pacific East Airlines (ceased operations 1984)
- Pacific Express (1982 - 1984)
- Pacific International - Las Vegas
- Pacific International - Oakland
- Pacific Nevada Airlines
- Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (1945 - 1988, to USAir)
- Pan American Airways (1996–1998)
- Pan American Airways (1998–2004)
- Pan American-Grace Airways (Panagra) (1928 - 1967, to Braniff International Airways)
- Pan American World Airways (1927 - 1991)
- Pan Am Express (the airline purchased by Pan Am formerly known as Ransome Airlines)
- Paradise Island Airlines (1989 - 1997)
- Pennsylvania Central Airlines
- People Express (1981 - 1987, to Continental Airlines)
- Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 1989, to USAir)
- Pilgrim Airlines
- Pioneer Airlines (1946 - 1955, merged with Continental Airlines)
- Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time)
- Potomac Air
- Presidential Airways (1985 - 1989)
- Primaris Airlines (2002-2009)
- Private Jet Expeditions (1989 - 1995)
- Pride Air (August 1985 - November 1985)
- Pro Air (1997 - 2000)
- Provincetown-Boston Airlines (1949 - 1989)
R
[编辑]- Ransome Airlines (1967 - 1986, to Pan Am Express)
- Rahm Rescue (ceased operations 1971)
- Red Baron Airlines (1979 - 1980)
- Red Carpet Airlines
- Red Dodge Aviation
- Reeve Aleutian Airways (1932 - 2001)
- Regent Air
- RegionsAir (1996 - 2007)
- Reno Air (1990 - 99, to American Airlines)
- Republic Airlines (1979 - 1986, to Northwest Airlines)
- Rich International Airways (1971 - 1996)
- Riddle Airlines (1945 - 1965, to Airlift International)
- Rio Airways (1970 - 1987)
- Robertson Air Service (1927 - 1933)
- Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 1986)
- Russia Jet Direct (2005)
- Ryan International Airlines (1972 - 2013)
S
[编辑]- St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
- Samoa Air (American Samoa, 1987 to 2003)
- Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Trans International Airlines)
- Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
- Shawnee Airlines (1968 - 1977)
- Skagway Air Service (1964 - 2007)[1]
- Shuttle by United with name change to United Shuttle (1994 - 2001)
- Sky Trek International Air Lines (1996 - 2000)
- Skybus Airlines (2007 - 2008, ceased operations 5 Apr 2008)
- SkyTrain Airlines (to Air Great Lakes)
- SkyValue (2006 - 2007)
- Skyway Airlines
- Slick Airways (1946 - 1965, to Airlift International)
- SMB Sedalia Marshal Booneville
- Song (2003 - 2006, Merged back in with its parent company, Delta Air Lines)
- South Pacific Island Airways (SPIA) (American Samoa, ceased operations in 1987)
- Southeast Airlines (1992 - 2004)
- Southern Air Transport (1929 & 1947 - 1998, to Southern Air)
- Southern Airways (1943 - 1979, merged with North Central Airlines to become Republic Airlines)
- Southern Jersey Airways
- Southwest Airways (1941 - 1958; renamed Pacific Air Lines in March 1958)
- Standard Air Lines (1926 - 30) 1927 subsidiary of Aero Corp. of Ca., In 1930, bought by Western Air Express, thru merger with TAT became TWA, Transcontinental & Western Air, Trans World Airlines
- Standard Airlines (1947 - 1949) non-scheduled airline ordered to cease operations for violations after fatal crash
- Standard Airways (1960s)
- StatesWest Airlines (1986 - 1993)
- Sterling One (? - 1996)
- Stol Air Commuter (1974 - 1979, renamed WestAir Airlines)
- Sunbird Airlines (1979 - 1987 to CCAir)
- SunCoast Airlines (? - 1988)
- Sun Valley Key Airlines (1968-1976, formerly Sun Valley Airlines, to Key Airlines)
- Sun West Airlines (c. 1980 - c. 1985)
- Sunworld International Airlines (? - 2004)
- Sunworld International Airways (1983 - 1988)
- Superior Airlines (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
- Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 1981, merged with Golden Gate Airlines)
T
[编辑]- TAG Airlines (c. 1957 - 1970)
- Tahoe Air (1999)
- Tamir Transport (? - 1971)
- TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 1930, to Transcontinental & Western Air)
- Ted (2003 - 2009) (operations merged back into parent company United Airlines)
- Tempelhof Airways (1981 - 1990)
- Tennessee Airways (1978 - 1987)
- Texas Air
- Texas Trans Air
- Texas International Airlines (1969 - 1982, merged into Continental Airlines)
- The Hawaii Express (1982 - 1983)
- Tower Air (1983 - 2000)
- Trans Air (1979 -1985)
- Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 1986)
- Trans-California Airlines
- Trans-Central Airlines
- Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 1929, merged with Maddux Air Lines)
- TransMeridian Airlines (1995 - 2005)
- Transocean Airlines (1946-1962)
- Trans Ocean Airways (1979 - 1990) (formerly Gulf Air Transport)
- Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986)
- TranStar Airlines (1981 - 1987) (formerly Muse Air. Shut down by owner Southwest Airlines)
- Trans-Colorado Airlines (1980 - 1987)
- Trans-Texas Airways (TTa, 1947 - 1969, to Texas International Airlines)
- Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
- Trans World Express (? - 1995)
- Trump Shuttle (1989 - 1991, to USAir Shuttle)
U
[编辑]- UltrAir (1993)
- United Shuttle (formerly Shuttle by United)
- United States International Airlines
- Universal Air Lines Corporation (1928–1934, to American Airlines)
- Universal Airlines (US Cargo Operator 1966 - 1972, to Trans International Airlines)
- USAir (1979-1996, renamed US Airways)
- US Airways (1996-2013, merged with American Airlines)
- USA3000 Airlines (2001-2012)
V
[编辑]- ValuJet Airlines (1993 - 1997, to AirTran Airways)
- Vance International Airways (1949 - 1970, renamed McCulloch International Airlines)
- Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002)
- Varney Air Lines (1926 - 1934, to United Air Lines)
- Vintage Props and Jets (1991 - 2008)
- Vision Airlines
W
[编辑]- WestAir Commuter Airlines (1978 - 1992)
- Westates Airlines
- West Coast Airlines (1940s - 1968, to Air West and then Hughes Airwest)
- Western (2007)
- Western Airlines (1925 - 1987, to Delta Air Lines)
- Western Express Air (? - 2007)
- Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998)
- Westward Airways (2002 - 2005)
- Wien Air Alaska (1927-1985, several name changes over the years, final name Wien Airlines)
- Wilmington - Catalina Air Line
- WinAir Airlines (1998 - 1999)
- Wings Airways
- World Airways (1948 - 2014)
- Wright Airlines (1966 - ?)
Z
[编辑]- Zantop Air Transport (1962 - 1966, to Universal Airlines)
- Zantop Flying Service (1946 - 1962, to Zantop Air Transport)
- Zantop International Airlines (1972 - 2000?)
References
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