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:

• First Air and Canadian North are merging with the Canadian North name surviving
• Yangon Airways is planning to rebrand as Air Thanlwin as of 01Oct2019
• Air Colombia, founded in 1987, appears to have ceased operations in Sep2019

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