What now defunct airlines have you flown on?

[Claret m]

Eric Mc said:

alangla said:

Thomson rather than Thomas Cook surely?

Great pics, but the reg on that 737 is totally on the wrong plane! If the civil Vulcans didn't already have appropriate regs on them...

Correct - Thomson.
Too many Thoms

Britannia was also the first UK airline to operate the Boeing 767, and then as TUI to be the first UK airline to operate the Boeing 787 in 2013.

[psi310398]

DaveRed08 said:

I think I flew with Air Malta a few years ago, having learned from here it's now bust.

Deservedly so IMO. My wife booked tickets with them to Catania a couple of times to save cash and the whole experience was ghastly. Worse than RyanAir ghastly. The worst thing about those otherwise great stays in Sicily was the knowledge throughout of how we’d be getting back.

[Kart16]

As a kid I flew Pan Am, and later Varig.

[LotusOmega375D]

Eric Mc said:

Err Health & Safety madam!

[dukeboy749r]

The fact that there is an air steward (?) stood behind, you may have hoped he would offer to help.

[Whitean3]

I've been on a few that have already mentioned- including my first ever flight with Swissair. Mostly other charter fligths which changed their names about a thousand times.
Others I've been on not yet mentioned:

City Airline (based out of Gothenburg)
BritAir (Air France subsidiary- used to fly LGW-Nantes in the 90s
Air Berlin
BelAir
British Airways Helicopters, which in turn became British International Helicopters, which is now integrated into Bristow

Happy days

[RustyMX5]

The ones that I can remember

Dan Air
Monarch
BMI Baby
Flybe
Sabena
Lauda Air
Laker
Malev

[LotusOmega375D]

Oh I just remembered the Indian domestic carriers. I have flown on all of these and they have all gone.

Jet Airways
Jet Lite
Jet Konnect
Kingfisher Airlines
Deccan
GoAir (not the BA one also bust!)
Indian

Indigo was the big winner over there.

[alangla]

RustyMX5 said:

The ones that I can remember

Dan Air
Monarch
BMI Baby
Flybe
Sabena
Lauda Air
Laker
Malev

How many airlines did Niki Lauda set up? The only one that’s left is the A320 flying division of Ryanair, isn’t it?

[Deranged Rover]

Air UK
Continental
Britannia
Flybe
Monarch
Excalibur

[Lotobear]

alangla said:

RustyMX5 said:

The ones that I can remember

Dan Air
Monarch
BMI Baby
Flybe
Sabena
Lauda Air
Laker
Malev

How many airlines did Niki Lauda set up? The only one that’s left is the A320 flying division of Ryanair, isn’t it?

I flew with Lauda years ago, late 80's ISTR, to Austria skiing (or perhaps it was Tenerife?). I think it was a MD83 and it was one of the nicest flight experiences I can recall - well looked after, great food and really nice staff.

[Eric Mc]

LotusOmega375D said:

Eric Mc said:

Err Health & Safety madam!

It's a still from the little known Hitchcock thriller about a stewardess who is pushed from the open door of a Viscount flight from Heathrow to Newcastle - it's called "North by Northeast".

[808 Estate]

British Caledonian
Dan Air
Monarch
Britannia
Flybe
Jersey European
Alitalia
Oasis Hong Kong

[Cheburator mk2]

Air UK
Continental
Swiss Airlines
Lauda Air
British Midland
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines
Air Via
Fly Baboo
Go (BA lo-cost)
Air Berlin
Sabena
Donbass Aero
Aerosvit Airlines
Hemus Air

Edited by Cheburator mk2 on Thursday 25th April 16:12

[tertius]

Not already mentioned I think:
People Express
Eastern Airlines (the US regional one)
SwissAir (still survives as Swiss)

[21TonyK]

Laker is the first one I remember but then flew with Walker Aviation in numerous forms, Jersey European, JEA etc etc with very fond memories of the company and its staff.

[Amateurish]

I did lots of flying with Low Cost airlines in the 00s

Duo - very short lived
DebonAir
Thomsonfly - flew from Coventry
Centralwings
Go
Buzz
BMIBaby
Flybe
Germanwings
Monarch
Norwegian
Hapag-Lloyd Express

[bentley01]

Manx Airlines 146
British Regional

[Actual]

Sorry for slight off topic...

I can't remember what airline but I once flew a flight labelled Orlando to Tokyo direct non-stop with a change of aircraft and a change of crew at Minneapolis St Paul which was lucky for me as I needed to get to Gatwick. How did they come up with that?

[tvrolet]

Northwest Orient? They had a hub in Minneapolis St Paul’s. In the early days (80s/90s?) before transatlantic were allowed from Edinburgh or Glasgow all Scottish/US flights had to go via Prestwick and we used Northwest Orient from there a few times - always to Minneapolis then change for wherever - in our case I recall San Francisco and LA.