List of defunct airlines of the United States

These are the lists of airlines in the United States which they operated by Federal Aviation Administration:

*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, to DHL)
*Air California, later AirCal (1967 - 87, to American Airlines)
*Air Carolina
*Air Central (Michigan)
*Air Central (Oklahoma) (to Trans-Central Airlines)
*Air Chaparral (1980 - 82)
*Air Chico
*Air Colorado
*Air Cortez
*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
*Air Iowa
*Airlift International (1946 - 81)
*Air Kentucky
*Air LA
*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
*Air Missouri
*Air Molokai (1980s)
*Air Molokai (1990s)
*Air Molokai-Tropic Airlines
*Air Nebraska
*Air Nevada
*Air New England (1975 - 81)
*Air New Orleans (1981 - 88)
*Air Niagara
*Air North (Alaska)
*Air North (1963 - 1983, to Brockway Air)
*Air O'Hare
*Air Olympia
*Air Oregon
*Air One (1990s)
*AirPac
*Air Pacific (USA)
*Air Pennsylvania
*Air Resorts Airline
*Air Sierra
*Air South (1968 - 1975, 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
*Air Virginia
*Airways of New Mexico
*Air West
*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 Company (became US Airways)
*Allegheny Airlines (became US Airways)
*Aloha Airlines (1946 - 2008, to Aloha Air Cargo)
*America West Airlines (1981 - Merged with US Airways in 2007)
*American Central Airlines
*American Export Airlines (1937 - 1948) merged the transatlantic division of American Airlines to form American Overseas Airlines
*American Flyers Airline
*American International Airways
*American Overseas Airlines (1945 - 1950) merged into Pan American World Airways
*Arista International Airlines
*Arizona Airways
*Arizona Airways (1993-1996)
*Aroostook Airways
*Aspen Airways (1962 - 1990)
*ATA Airlines (1973 - 2008)
*Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air)
*Atlantic Gulf Airlines
*Bar Harbor Airlines (1971 - 1992)
*Big Sky Airlines (1978 - 2008)
*Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 1930) to United Airlines
*Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
*Braniff (1991 - 1992)
*Braniff Inc. (1983 - 1990)
*Braniff International Airways (1928 - 1982)
*Britt Airways (1976 - 1987)
*Brockway Air
*Business Express Airlines to American Eagle
*CalPac (California Pacific) (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
*Cal Sierra Airlines (1980)
*Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
*Capitol Air Lines (1970s - 1980s)
*Capital Airlines (1936 - 1961, to United Airlines)
*Capitol Airways (1946 - 1982)
*Cardinal Airlines
*Caribbean Sun (2002 - 2007)
*Carnival Air Lines
*Cascade Airways (1969 - 1986)
*Catalina Airlines (1940 - 1969)
*CCAir
*Centennial Airlines
*Central Airlines (1944 - 1967)
*Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001)
*Champion Air (1995 - 2008; ceased operations on May 31, 2008)
*Chicago Air
*Chicago and Southern Air Lines (1934 - 1953)
*Chicago Express Airlines (1993 - 2005)
* Coastal Airways (1929 -1930)
*Cochise Airlines
*Colgan Airways (1971 - 1986, to Presidential Airways, revived 1991, and currently operating as Continental Express, United Express, and US Airways Express: see [http://www.colganair.com http://www.colganair.com] )
*Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
*Command Airways
*Conquest Sun Airlines (to AirTran Airways)
*Crown Airways (1969 - 1992 to Mesa Airlines)
*Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 1932)
*Delta Express (1996-2003: replaced by Song; folded back into Delta Air Lines)
*Desert Sun Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
*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)
*Falcon Air Express (1995 - 2007)
*Fine Air (1989 - 2004)
*Florida Coastal Airlines (ceased operations 2006)
*FloridaGulf Airlines (1991 - 1997, to Air Midwest)
*Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 1988, to Federal Express)
*Freelandia
*Frontier Airlines (1950 - 1986)
*Galaxy Airlines
*Gem State Airlines (1979, to Golden Gate Airlines)
*Gemini Airlines
*Global International Airways (1981 - ?)
*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)
*Hooters Air (2003 - 2006)
*Hughes Airwest (1968 - 1980, to Republic Airlines)
*Imperial Airlines (1964 - 1986)
*Independence Air (2004 - 2006)
*Independent Air (1966 - 1990)
*Indigo Airlines
*Intermountain Airlines
*Irving Airways (1936) to Alaska Air Transport
*Island Pacific Air (to Air Hawaii)
*Jet 24 (1981 - 1986)
*Jet Express
*Key Airlines
*Kitty Hawk Airways
*Kitty Hawk International (to Kalitta Air)
*Kiwi International Air Lines
*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
*Mackey Airlines (1957 - 1981)
*Maddux Airlines (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 (to Trans World Airlines)
*MAXjet (2005 - 2007)
*Mayflower Airlines (1936 - 1945)
*MetroJet
*Mexus Airlines
*MGM Grand Air
*MidAtlantic Airways (2002 - 2006)
*Mid-Continent Airlines (1928 - 1952, to Braniff)
*Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 1988)
*Mid-State Airlines (1964 - ?, to Sentry Airlines)
*Midway Airlines (1979 - 1991 and 1993 - 2003)
*Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 1985)
*Modern Air Transport (1946-1975)
*Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 1988, to Allegheny Airlines)
*Morris Air to Southwest Airlines
*Mountain Air Express
*Mountain West Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
*Muse Air to Southwest Airlines
*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 (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)
*Northeast Airlines (1940 - 1972, to Delta Air Lines)
*Northeastern International Airways (1980 - 1986)
*Overseas National Airways (1950 - 1978)
*Ozark Airlines (1943 - 1986, to Trans World Airlines)
*Pacific Air Lines (1958 - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
*Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 1927)
*Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 1986)
*Pacific East Airlines (ceased operations 1984)
*Pacific Express
*Pacific Nevada Airlines
*Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) (1945 - 1987, 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)
*Paradise Island Airlines
*People Express (1981 - 1987, to Continental Airlines)
*Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 1989, to USAir)
*Pilgrim Airlines
*Pioneer Airlines
*Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time)
*Potomac Air
*Presidential Airways (1985 - 1989)
*Private Jet Expeditions (1989 - 1995)
*Pride Air (August 1985 - November 1985)
*Pro Air (1997 - 2000)
*Provincetown-Boston Airlines
*Ransome Airlines (1967 - 1986)
*Rahm Rescue (?-1971)
*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
*Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 1986)
*Russia Jet Direct (2005)
*Samoa Air (American Samoa, ceased operations in 2003)
*Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Trans International Airlines)
*Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
*Shawnee Airlines (1968-1977)
*Shuttle by United and United Shuttle (1994 - 2001)
*Skybus Airlines (2007-2008, ceased operations 5 Apr 2008)
*SkyTrain Airlines (to Air Great Lakes)
*SkyValue (2006-2007)
*Slick Airways (1946-1965)
*Song (2003-April 30th, 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
*Southern Airways (1943 - 1979, to Republic Airlines)
*Southern Jersey Airways
*Southwest Airways (1946 - 58, renamed Pacific Air Lines)
*Standard Airlines (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
*StatesWest Airlines (1986-1993)
*Stol Air Commuter
*Sunbird Airlines (1979-1987 to CCAir)
*SunCoast Airlines (?-1988)
*Sun West Airlines
*Sunworld International Airlines (? - 2004)
*Sunworld International Airways (1983 - 1988)
*Superior Airlines (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines
*Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 1981)
*TAG Airlines
*Tamir Transport (?-1971)
*TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 30)
*Tempelhof Airways (1981 - 1990)
*Tennessee Airways
*Texas Air
*Texas Trans Air
*Texas International Airlines (1944 - 1986, to Continental Airlines)
*The Hawaii Express (1982 - 1983)
*Tower Air (1983 - 2000)
*Trans Air (1979 -1985)
*Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 1986)
*Trans-Central Airlines
*Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 1930, TWA)
*TransMeridian Airlines (1995 - 2005)
*Transocean Airlines [http://www.transoceanairlines.com/ 1946-1962]
*Trans Ocean Airways (1979 - 1990)
*Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986)
*TranStar Airlines (1981 - 1987)
*Trans-Colorado Airlines
*Trans-Texas Airways
*Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
*Trans World Express
*Trump Shuttle (1989 - 1991, to US Airways)
*UltrAir (1993)
*Universal Airlines (US Cargo Operator 1966 - 1972, to Trans International Airlines)
*ValuJet Airlines (1993 - 1997, to AirTran Airways)
*Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002)
*Varney Airlines to United Airlines
*WestAir Commuter Airlines
*West Coast Airlines (1940s - 1968, to Hughes Airwest)
*Western (2007)
*Western Airlines (1925 - 1987, to Delta Air Lines)
*Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998)
*Westward Airways (2002 - 2005)
*Wien Air Alaska
*Wilmington - Catalina Air Line
*WinAir Airlines (1998 - 1999)
*Wings Airways
*Wright Airlines
*Zantop Air Transport
*Zantop Flying Service
*Zantop International Airlines

ee also

* List of defunct airlines
* List of airlines of the United States