Our restarting airlines, this list shows restarting airlines which are airlines looking to restart operations again. Taken from our growing database of 21300 airlines, this list currently contains 65 restarting airlines, list updated frequently.
Some of the reasons an airline could be listed as restarting are:
- Undergoing administrative and operational reforms.
- Aircraft undergoing repairs or maintenance.
- Airline trying to secure long-term funding.
Restarting airlines in this list can often take years to restart and in some cases, airlines never actually make restarting at all.
Our list of restarting airlines
To view more details about any of our listed restarting airlines, click on an airlines name. Clicking on a country name will show you more airlines from that selected country.

… Skytaxi was founded in 2007 by Rolf Seewald. It suspended operations on 14/Dec/2017 after a fatal crash but hopes to restart...
Austria
… Southeast Aviation (Ketchikan) suspended all flight operations for the foreseeable future after a tragic accident on 05Aug2021 < provides flightseeing tours...
USA
… SpiceJet had conducted seaplane trials in India since 2017. SpiceJet Airlines subsidiary SpiceShuttle started operations on 31Oct2020 but remains grounded six...
India
Star East was founded in 2017 and has received its initial A.320. Started operations in Jul2017. The carrier ceased operations in Jan2020,...
Romania
Taquan Air was established as Taquan Air Service in Aug1977, and started out flying an air taxi service between Ketchikan International Airport...
USA
Tel Aviv Air was founded by Shlomo Almagor, an Israeli travel entrepreneur, and Paul Scodellaro. It had planned twice a week flights...
Germany
Thai Express Air was founded in May2013. It ceased operations but had hoped to restart in 1Q2019. Obviously Covid-19 has delayed the...
Thailand
TransNusa was launched in Aug2005 serving various destinations from Kupang, Timor and undertook its first commercial flight on 04/Aug/2005. In Aug2011, TransNusa...
Indonesia
Travel Air was established in Jul2010 by Sarakolok West Transport (SWT) group. Received its Part 121 air operator’s certificate in Nov2011 and...
Papua New Guinea
Turbo Megha Airways was incorporated on 14/Mar/2013 by Ram Charan and Vankayalapati Umesh. The airline adopted the brand name TruJet in Feb2015...
India
TUS Airways was the first Cypriot airline founded since the dissolution of Cyprus Airways. The airline was established in Jun2015 and was...
Cyprus
… Ultimate Air Shuttle was founded in 2009 and started operations in Jul2009. The parent company and flight provider is Ultimate Jetcharters...
USA
RUS Aviation set-up a new dedicated-freight subsidiary, Unique (Sharjah) in 2014. Although the carrier started operations in 2014, it seems to temporarily...
UAE
ViaAir is virtual carrier based out of Orlando International (MCO), Florida. Began scheduled operations on 03Dec2014 with flights from Beckley to Charlotte...
USA
Yuzhmashavia was established as the flying division of the Southern Engineering Plant in 1985 in Dniepropetrovsk. Operations started on 30/Jun/1993. It now...
Ukraine