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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
 
Wikipedia List of Defunct Airlines