List of defunct airlines of the United States
These are the lists 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):
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- 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 (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 (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
- AirTran Airways (1993 - 2011, to Southwest Airlines)
- Air 21
- Air US
- Air Utah
- AirVantage Airlines
- Air Vegas (1971 - 2004)
- Air Vermont (1981 - 1984)
- 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 (became Allegheny Airlines)
- Allegheny Airlines (became USAir)
- Aloha Airlines (1946 - 2008, to Aloha Air Cargo)
- America West Airlines (1981 - 2007, merged with US Airways)
- American Central Airlines
- 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)
- 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)
- Aspen Airways (1952 - 1990)
- Aspen Mountain Air (1996 - 1998) see Lone Star Airlines
- ATA Airlines (1973 - 2008)
- Atlantic Coast Airlines (1989 - 2004, to Independence Air)
- Atlantic Gulf Airlines (1983 - 1986)
- Austin Express (1997 - 2000)
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- California Central Airlines
- CalPac (California Pacific) (1993 - 1995 to Mesa Airlines)
- Cal Sierra Airlines (1980)
- Cal State Airlines
- Cape Smythe Air (1975 - 2005, to Frontier Flying Service)
- Capital Air Service (1966 - 1980s)
- Capital Airlines (1936 - 1961, to United 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)
- 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 Continental Express, United Express, and US Airways Express: see http://www.colganair.com)
- Colonial Air Transport (1926 - 1930)
- Command Airways
- Conquest Airlines (1988 - 1997)
- Conquest Sun Airlines (to AirTran Airways)
- Continental Airlines (1934 - 2011, to United Airlines)
- Continental Micronesia (1968 - 2011, to United Airlines)
- Crown Airways (1969 - 1992 to Mesa Airlines)
- Curtiss Flying Service (1929 - 1932)
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- 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)
- 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 (1996 - 1998, to Air Wisconsin)
- Mountain West Airlines-Idaho (1979-1981)
- Mountain West Airlines (1995 - 1997 to Mesa Airlines)
- Muse Air (1982 - 1985, to Southwest Airlines)
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- 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)
- 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)
- 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, 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
- Standard Airways (1960s)
- StatesWest Airlines (1986 - 1993)
- Stol Air Commuter (1974 - 1979, renamed WestAir Airlines)
- Sunbird Airlines (1979 - 1987 to CCAir)
- SunCoast Airlines (? - 1988)
- 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)
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See also