Who else might be added to this list???

[JP4user]

Didn't Bonaza get bought by NWA?

Hughes Airwest, then Republic...then NWA

 

[AA717driver]

Air Tennessee
Air Iowa

Tennessee Airways. Iowa Airways.

Also, on the original list, it shows the first Midway going out in '81. It was long after that. AND, Air Florida was absorbed into Midway I sometime in the mid-'80's. TC

 

[pilotyip]

Express Net B-727 ans A-200's as of one month ago.

 

[skiandsurf]

Air LA (1989-!994?)

.

I believe this is Jonathon Ornstiens first airline job.

 

[xpdriver]

At this rate, it might be Delta, and Northwest.....


United States

Aaxico Airlines (1946 - 1976, to Trans International Airlines)
Access Air (1998 - 2001)
Aeromech Airlines (1951 - 1983, to Wright Airlines)
Air America (owned and operated by the CIA in SouthEast Asia)
Air America, 1980s charter airline, from Tucson, Arizona
Air Atlanta (1981 - 1988)
Airborne Express (1946 - 2003, to DHL)
Air California, later AirCal (1967 - 87, to American Airlines)
Air Chaparral (1980 - 82)
Air Florida (1972 - 84)
Airlift International (1946 - 81)
Air Midwest (1965 - 91, to Mesa Airlines)
Air New England (1975 - 81)
Air Niagara
Air North (1963 - 83, to Brockway Air)
Air South (1968 - 75, to Florida Airlines; 1994-1997)
Allegheny Airlines (became US Airways)
American Overseas Airways
Arista International Airlines
Arizona Airways (1990s)
Aspen Airways (1962 - 90)
Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air)
Bar Harbor Airlines (1971-92)
Boeing Air Transport (1927 - 30)
Bonanza Air Lines (1945 - 1968)
Braniff International Airways (1928 - 82 and 1984 - 89)
Britt Airways
Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
Capital Airlines (1936 - 61, to United Airlines)
Capitol Air (1946 - 82)
Carnival Airlines
Cascade Airways (1969 - 86)
Catalina Airlines (1940 - 69)
Central Airlines (1944 - 67)
Challenge Air Cargo (1978 - 2001)
Chicago and Southern Airlines (1934 - 53)
Chicago Express (1993 - 2005)
Colgan Airways (1971 - 86, to Presidential Airlines, revived 1991)
Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 30)
Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 32)
Eastern Airlines (1926 - 91)
Emerald Air (1978 - 91)
Emery Worldwide Airlines (1977 - 2003)
Empire Air (1975 - 84, to USAir)
Fine Air Services
Flying Tiger Line (1945 - 88, to Federal Express)
Freedom Airlines
Global International Airways (1981 - ?)
Golden West Airlines
Great Plains Airlines
Hughes Airwest (1968 - 80, to Republic Airlines)
Imperial Airlines (1964 - 82)
Key Airlines
Kiwi International Airlines
Lake Central Airlines (1949 - 68, to Allegheny Airlines)
Lakeland Airlines (1980 - 84)
Las Vegas Airlines (1973 - 87)
Legend Airlines (1996 - 2000)
Mackey Airlines (1957 - 81)
Maddux Airlines (1927 - 29)
Mall Airways (1973 - 89, to Business Express)
MarkAir (1947 - 95)
Marquette Airlines (to TWA)
Mid Pacific Air (1981 - 1988)
Mid-State Airlines (1964 - ?, to Sentry Airlines)
Midway Airlines (1979 - 81 and 1993 - 2003)
Mississippi Valley Airlines (1969 - 85)
Modern Air Transport
Mohawk Airlines (1952 - 88, acquired by Allegheny Airlines)
National Air Cargo
National Airlines (1929 - 80, to Pan Am; 1995 - 2002)
National Air Transport (1926 - 30)
New York Air (1980 - 86, to Continental Airlines)
New York Airways (1949 - 1979 helicopter carrier)
New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line (to Pan Am)
North Central Airlines (1953 - 79)
Northeast Airlines (1940 - 72,to Delta Air Lines)
Overseas National Airways (1950 - 1978)
Ozark Airlines (1943 - 86, to Trans World Airlines)
Pacific Air Transport (1926 - 27)
Pacific Alaska Airways (1973 - 86)
Pacific Southwest Airlines, PSA (1945 - 86, to USAir)
Pan American-Grace Airways, Panagra (1928 - 67, to Braniff)
Pan American World Airways (1927 - 91)
People Express (1981 - 87, to Continental Airlines)
Piedmont Airlines (1940 - 89, to USAir)
Planet Airways (????- June 8, 2005, speculation only at this point in time)
Presidential Airways (1985 - 87)
Pro Air (July 1997 - Sept 18, 2000)
PBA - Provincetown - Boston Airline
Ransome Airlines (1967 - 86)
Reeve Aleutian Airways (1932 - 2001)
Reno Air (1990 - 99, to American Airlines)
Republic Airlines (1979 - 86, to Northwest Airlines)
Rich International Airways (1971 - 96)
Robertson Air Service
Rocky Mountain Airways (1964 - 1978)
Saturn Airways (1960 - 76, to Axico Airlines)
Seaboard World Airlines (1946 - 80, to Flying Tiger Line)
Shuttle by United and United Shuttle (1994 - 2001)
Southeast Airlines(1992-2004)
Southern Airways (1943 - 79, to Republic Airlines)
Standard Airlines (1926 - 30)
Swift Aire Lines (1969 - 81)
TAT - Maddux Air Lines (1928 - 30)
Texas Air
Texas International Airlines, formerly Trans-Texas Airways (1944 - 86, to Continental)
Tower Air (1983 - 2000)
Transamerica Airlines (1948 - 86)
Transcontinental Air Transport (1928 - 30)
Trans International Airlines (1947 - 1986)
TranStar Airlines (1981 - 87)
Trans World Airlines (1930 - 2001, to American Airlines)
Trump Shuttle (1989 - 91, to US Airways)
ValuJet Airlines (to AirTran Airways, September 24, 1997)
Vanguard Airlines (1994 - 2002)
Western Airlines (1925 - 87, to Delta Air Lines)
Western Pacific Airlines (ceased operations 1998)
Wien Air Alaska
Wilmington - Catalina Air Line

MAN YOUR BORED!!!!! TAKE UP GOLF OR BRIDGE

 

[AWACoff]

Air Wisconsin 1965-1993

 

[SWAlifter]

Hooters Air, Darn it!

 

[Drill Sgt. Dad]

CCAIR (CLT) Bought, pillaged, and absorbed into Mesa.

Correction: CCAIR, destroyed by Ornstein
1984?-2002

 

[Drill Sgt. Dad]

ACA 1989-2004
Independence Air 2004-2006

 

[CJA]

Rio Airways, original Delta feeder in DFW died in Feb. 1987.