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| AIRLINE |
IATA | ICAO | DETAILS
OF CHANGE OR CLOSURE |
| ACES | VX |
COLOMBIA - ceased operations August 19, 2003 | |
| Aeris | SH |
AIS |
FRANCE - November 7, 2003, the " Tribunal de Commerce " of Toulouse decided to place AERIS into liquidation. |
| Aero California | JR |
MEXICO - ceased operations August 2, 2008 | |
| Aero Lloyd | YP |
AEF |
GERMANY - ceased operations October 2003 |
| Aeromar | BQ |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - ceased operations 2003 | |
| Air2000 | DP |
AMM |
UNITED KINGDOM - now operating as First Choice Airways |
| Air Afrique |
RK |
|
AFRICA -
not operating in liquidation April 26. 2002 |
| Air Anatolia | TD |
NTL |
TURKEY - charter carrier based in Istanbul ceased operations in 2003 |
| Air Aruba | FQ |
ARU |
ARUBA - ceased operations October 23, 2000 |
| Air Botnia | KF |
KFB |
FINLAND - brand change to Blue 1 effective January 1, 2004 |
| Air Culebra | PUERTO RICO - now operating charter services as Air America Inc. | ||
| Air Jamaica Express | JAMAICA - ceased operations October 14, 2005 | ||
| Air Lib | IJ |
LIB |
FRANCE - not operating February 2003 |
| Air Liberte |
|
|
FRANCE -
merged with AOM September 22, 2001 as Air Lib |
| Air Sahara | S2 |
INDIA - purchased by Jet Airways April 2007, now operating as subsidiary JetLite | |
| Air Santo Domingo | EX |
SDO |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - believed to be closed, unable to find web site or operating status effetive October 2008 (removed from directory) |
| Air St. Thomas | ZP |
STT |
US VIRGIN ISLANDS - ceased operations December 2005 |
| Air Sask | 7W |
|
CANADA - merged with Athabaska Airways in 2000 to form Transwest Air |
| Aloha Airlines | AQ |
USA - shut down its inter-island and transpacific passenger flight operations. Aloha's last day of operations was, March 31, 2008 (for cargo operations see alohaaircargo.com) | |
| American Trans Air ATA | TZ |
USA - filied for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 2, 2008, ATA Airlines, Inc. discontinued operations on April 3, 2008 | |
| AN |
|
AUSTRALIA
- ceased operations March 4, 2002 (purchased by Qantas) |
|
| Antinea Airlines | HO |
DJA |
AFRICA - purchased by Khalifa (2001) |
| AOM French
Airlines |
IW |
AOM |
FRANCE -
merged with Air Liberte September 22, 2001 to form Air Lib |
| Armenian Airlines | R3 |
|
EUROPE - ceased operations October 2002 - absorbed by Armemian International Airways |
| Athabaska Airways | 9T |
|
CANADA - merged with Air Sask in 2000 to form Transwest Air |
| Atlantic Coast Airlines ACA | DH |
USA - formerly United Express, now operating as Independence Air effective May 2004 | |
| Australian Airlines | AO |
AUZ |
AUSTRALA - ceased operations July 28, 2006 |
| Avant Airlines |
OT |
|
not operating
March 2001 |
| Base Airlines | 5E |
BRO |
NETHERLANDS - suspended service May 2001 |
| Berlin jet.com | |
|
GERMANY - ceased operations February 2003 |
| Binter Mediterraneo | AX |
BIM |
EUROPE - sold to Air Nostrum (2001) |
| Braniff International |
BN |
|
USA - not
operating May 12, 1982 |
| British European |
|
|
UNITED KINGDOM
- evolved from Jersey European in 2000 and re-launched as Flybe
July 18, 2002 |
| Canadian
Airlines |
CP |
|
CANADA -
not operating purchased by Air Canada
|
| Cargo Lion | |
TLX |
LUXEMBOURG - ceased operations in spring of 2001 |
| Chalk's Ocean
Airways |
OP |
|
USA - purchased
by Pan American Airways |
| China Northern | CJ |
CBF |
ASIA - Acquired by China Southern Airlines Group, December 2004 |
| Citybird |
H2 |
|
ceased operations
in 2001 |
| CP Air | CP |
CANADA - evolved into Canadian Airlines, purchased by Pacific Western Airlines operated as Canadian Airlines and purchased by Air Canada in 1996 | |
| Cronus Air
|
X5 |
CUS |
GREECE -
merged with Aegean to form Aegean
Cronus Airlines |
| Crossair | LX |
EUROPE - merged with Swissair to form Swiss International Air Lines March 31, 2003 | |
| DAT Delta
Air Transport |
|
DAT |
EUROPE -
operating with Sabena as SN Brussels |
| Eastland Air | DK |
ELA |
AUSTRALIA - ceased operations July 2002 |
| Emery | EB |
USA - acquired by and now operating as Menlo Worldwide Forwarding | |
| Euroceltic | 5Q |
ECY |
IRELAND - ceased operations January 2003 |
| FB |
|
USA - consolidated
with Arrow Air |
|
| Flight West | YC |
FWQ |
AUSTRALIA - changed name to Alliance Airlines July 2002 |
| Galaxy Airways
|
9G |
GLX |
GREECE -
ceased operations in 2001 |
| GO |
|
UNITED KINGDOM
- purchased by Easy
Jet May 2002 |
|
| Hapag-Lloyd | HF |
HLF |
EUROPE - April 2007, Hapagfly and Hapag-Lloyd Express (HLX) will operate under the new joint brand TUIfly |
| ZL |
HZL |
AUSTRALIA
- merged with Kendell Airlines to form Regional
Express August 6, 2002 |
|
| Hellenic
Star |
HJ |
HST |
GREECE -
ceased operations in 2001 |
| HMY | HQ |
CANADA - name changed May 2004 now operating as Harmony Airways | |
| Impulse Airlines | VQ |
QAA |
AUSTRALIA - ceased operations in May 2001. Now operating within Qantas subsidiary QantasLink along with Airlink, Eastern Australian Airlines and Sunstate. |
| Jersey European
|
JY |
JEA |
UNITED KINGDOM
- changed brand in 2000 to British European and re-launched as Flybe
July 18, 2002 |
| Jetsgo | SG |
CANADA - ceased operations March 11, 2005 | |
| KD |
KDA |
AUSTRALIA
- merged with Hazelton Airlines to form Regional
Express August 6, 2002 |
|
| Khalifa Airways | K6 |
KZW |
ALGERIA - operations taken over by Air Littoral |
| Kiwi International
Airlines |
KR |
|
not operating
Chapter 11, March 24, 1999 |
| LAC Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises | 6V |
LCG |
AFRICA - Congo |
| Luxor Air | LXO |
AFRICA - Egypt | |
| Midway Airlines | JI |
USA - suspended operations July 17, 2003. Assets purchased by Mesa Air Group, December 10, 2003. | |
| Midwest Express Airlines | YX |
USA - brand change to Midwest Airlines (2003) | |
| Muk Air |
|
|
not operating
November 2001 |
| National Airlines | N7 |
|
USA - not operating November 6, 2002 |
| North Vancouver Airlines | VL |
NRV |
brand change to Regency - North Vancouver Air (2003) |
| Oasis Honk Kong | CHINA - not operating in liquidation April 2008 | ||
| O'Connor Airlines | UQ |
OCM |
AUSTRALIA - ceased operations December 14, 2007 |
| Pan Am | PA |
|
USA - the original Pan Am stopped services 1991 - In 1998, Guilford Transportation Industries of Billerica Massachusetts purchased the bankruptcy protected Pan Am and formed a re-structured Pan American Airways that now operates with affiliate Boston-Maine Airways (2002) out of Portsmouth, New Jersey. |
| Passaredo
Transporte Aereos |
Y8 |
|
suspended
services April 29, 2002 |
| Pem-Air dba Trillium Air | PD |
PEM |
CANADA - suspended by Canadian Transportation Agency October 11, 2002 |
| People Express | USA - acquired by Texas International and integrated with Continental Airlines in February 1987. | ||
| Reliant Airlines |
|
RLT |
not operating |
| Sabena |
SN |
|
EUROPE -
operating with DAT as SN Brussels |
| Skyway Airlines / Midwest Express Connection | AL |
|
brand change to Midwest Connect |
| Swissair | SR |
|
EUROPE - stopped services March 31, 2003 |
| The Qualiflyer
Group (Global Alliance) |
|
|
EUROPE -
disbanded February 11, 2002 |
| Tower |
FF |
|
USA - not
operating Chapter 11 May 1, 2000 |
| Trans Travel Airlines - TTA | 6N |
TRQ |
EUROPE - stopped services April 2003 |
| TWA |
TW |
|
USA - not
operating purchased by AMR (American) April, 2001 |
| NJ |
|
USA - not
operating Chapter 11 July 30, 2002 |
|
| Western Airlines | EM |
|
AUSTRALIA - Ceased operations in 2001 |
| Western NSW Airlines | FO |
AUSTRALIA - Ceased operations in 1993 | |
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