List of former airline hubs
This is a list of former airline hubs of major passenger airlines.
Major passenger airlines and their hubs
North America
- American Airlines (AA) used Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS), Nashville International Airport (BNA), Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), San Jose International Airport (SJC), Lambert-St. Louis International Airport (STL), and San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU)
- Delta Air Lines (DL) used Boston's Logan International Airport (BOS), Chicago's O'Hare International Airport (ORD), Memphis International Airport (MEM),[1] Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), and Portland International Airport (PDX)
- Frontier Airlines (F9) used Milwaukee's General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI).
- United Airlines (UA) used Miami International Airport (MIA) and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE).
- WestJet Airlines (WS) used John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport (YHM).
Defunct airlines (North America)
- AccessAir (ZA) used Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
- AirTran Airways (FL) used Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), General Mitchell International Airport (MKE), Orlando International Airport (MCO), and Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
- America West Airlines (HP) used Port Columbus International Airport (CMH), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), and Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport (LAS).
- ATA Airlines (TZ) used Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) and Indianapolis International Airport (IND).
- Braniff Airways (BN) used Dallas Love Field (DAL), Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), and Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
- Canadian Airlines (CA) used Calgary Int'l Airport (YYC), Montréal-Dorval Int'l Airport (since renamed) (YUL), Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport (YYZ), and Vancouver Int'l Airport (YVR)
- Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP) used Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport (YYZ), and Vancouver Int'l Airport (YVR)
- Comair (OH) used Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), and to a lesser extent Orlando International Airport (MCO) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- Continental Airlines (CO) originally in the 1960s, 1970's, and 1980's El Paso El Paso International Airport (ELP), Denver Stapleton International Airport (DEN), and Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) were the three major hubs. Before its merge with United, Continental used Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE), Guam's Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (GUM), Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), Stapleton International Airport (DEN)*, and Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO)
- Delta Express, a low cost carrier operated by Delta Air Lines, used Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Eastern Airlines (EA) used Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Miami International Airport (MIA), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU), and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Frontier Airlines (1950-1986) used Stapleton International Airport (DEN)
- Independence Air (DH) used Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)
- Midway Airlines (1976-1991) (ML) used Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) and Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)
- Midway Airlines (1993-2003) (JI) used Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU)
- Midwest Airlines (YX) used General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) and Kansas City International Airport (MCI)
- National Airlines (N7) (1999–2002) used Las Vegas McCarran International Airport (LAS)
- National Airlines (NA) (1934–1980) used Miami International Airport (MIA) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- Northwest Airlines (NW) used Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (MSP), Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), Memphis International Airport (MEM), Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), and both Tokyo's Narita International Airport (NRT) and Haneda Airport (HND)
- Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) used San Diego International Airport (SAN), and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
- Pan American World Airways used John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Miami International Airport (MIA), Frankfurt International Airport (FRA), London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and Narita International Airport (NRT)
- People Express used Newark International Airport (since renamed) (EWR)
- Piedmont Airlines used Charlotte/Douglas International Airport (CLT), Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Dayton International Airport (DAY), and Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR)
- Red Baron Airlines used Palm Beach International Airport (PBI)
- Reno Air used Reno/Tahoe International Airport (RNO) and San Jose International Airport (SJC)
- Republic Airlines (1979–1986) used Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport (MSP), Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW), Memphis International Airport (MEM), and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Skybus Airlines used Port Columbus International Airport (CMH)
- Song, a low cost carrier operated by Delta Air Lines, used Orlando International Airport (MCO)
- Ted, a low cost carrier operated by United Airlines, used Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Trans World Airlines (TWA) used Saint Louis International Airport (STL), Stapleton International Airport (DEN), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), Greater Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), and Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- US Airways (US) used Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), Philadelphia International Airport (PHL), Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), Dayton International Airport (DAY), Las Vegas's McCarran International Airport (LAS), Indianapolis International Airport (IND), and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
- Vanguard Airlines (NJ) used Kansas City International Airport (MCI) and Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW)
- Western Airlines used Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- Western Pacific Airlines used Colorado Springs Airport (COS) and Denver International Airport (DEN)
* Now closed Stapleton International Airport has been replaced by Denver International Airport as the only major airport serving Denver, however, Continental Airlines did not have hub operations at Denver International.
Europe
- British Airways (BA) used Berlin Tegel (TXL)
- Iberia Airlines (IB) used Santo Domingo (SDQ) and Miami (MIA)
- Air France used Le Havre (LEH) and Orly Airport (Paris) (ORY)
- Alitalia (AZ) used Milan Linate (LIN) and Milan Malpensa (MXP)
Defunct airlines (Europe)
- Regional Airlines (VM) used Clermont-Ferrand (CFE)
- Crossair (LX) used Basel Airport (BSL)
- Swissair (SR) used Zurich Airport (ZRH)
- Sabena (SN) used Brussels Zaventem (BRU)
- Air Littoral (FU) used Nice (NCE)
- Virgin Express (VEX) used Brussels Airport (BRU)
- Olympic Airlines (OA) used Athens International Airport (ATH)
- Air Southwest (SZ) used Plymouth City Airport (PLH), Newquay Cornwall Airport (NQY), and Bristol Airport (BRS)
- Spanair (JK) used Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN) and to a lesser extent, Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)
- Malev Hungarian Airlines (MA) used Budapest Ferihegy International Airport (BUD)
Oceania
Defunct airlines (Oceania)
- Ansett Australia (AN) used Melbourne Airport (MEL) and Sydney Airport (SYD)
- Continental Micronesia (CA) used Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport (GUM)
- Trans Australia Airlines (TN) used Melbourne Airport (MEL)
References
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