The World’s Airlines History: Past, Present & Future

Welcome to Airline History

If you have a passion for commercial airlines then you have come to the right place.This includes airlines from 279 countries (current and previous) and regions around the world. Please see below for daily additions and updates. Latest additions and updates are also available on the sidebar on every page.

Also available is a list of "Active", "Planned", "Restarting" and "Inactive" airlines shown as links on the sidebar

The world has been split into 4 geographical areas based on the UN geoscheme. See "The World" on the header bar for further details.

Latest headlines:

• Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, a new UAE budget carrier, has been launched by Sharjah's Air Arabia and Abu Dhabi's Etihad Aviation Group
• Flybe will rebrand as Virgin Connect in 2020
• A recent ruling by the Bolivian government saw TAM Bolivia grounded on 23Sep2019 until further notice
• Ukrainian authorities have revoked the operating certificate of Ukraine Air Alliance, effective 05Oct2019, following a fatal landing accident involving an Antonov An-12 in Lviv

Latest tree - Libyan Arab Airline genealogical tree

I would like to thank the following for their information: Denis Dionne + Craig Morris + ch-aviation