These 30 airlines went bankrupt in 2019

In 2019 alone, 30 airways have quit flying, making it a record breaking year for carrier insolvencies

California Pacific Airlines

Origin: California, U.S.

Founded : April 1, 2009

Commenced operation November 1, 2018

Ceased operations January 17, 2019

Fleet size 4

Destinations 8

Germania (airline)

Origin: Berlin, Germany

Founded : April 1978

Commenced operation : 5 September 1978

Ceased operations : 5 February 2019

Fleet size : 36

Destinations : 42

Flybmi

Origin: East Midlands Airport, England

Founded: 14 May 1987

Commenced operation: August 1987

Ceased operations: 16 February 2019

Fleet size: 17

Destinations: 23

Insel Air

Origin: Willemstad, Curaçao

Founded: 1993

Commenced operation: 2006

Ceased operations: 16 February 2019

Fleet size: 3

Destinations: 5

Tajik Air

Origin: Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Founded: 1923

Ceased operations: January 2019

Fleet size: 14

Destinations: 3

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WOW air

Origin: Iceland

Founded: November 2011

Commenced operation: 31 May 2012

Ceased operations: 28 March 2019

Fleet size: 10

Destinations:27

Aerolínea de Antioquia

Origin: Medellín, Colombia

Founded: 1987

Ceased operations: March 29, 2019

Fleet size: 13

Destinations: 21

Fly Jamaica Airways

Origin: Kingston, Jamaica

Founded: September 2011

Commenced operation: 14 February 2013

Ceased operations: 31 March 2019

Fleet size: 1

Destinations: 4

Air Philip

Origin: South Korea

Founded: December 2016

Commenced operation: 30 June 2018

Ceased operations: 13 March 2019

Fleet size: 2

Destinations:6

Jet Airways

Origin: Maharashtra, India

Founded: 1 April 1992

Commenced operation: 5 May 1993

Ceased operations: 17 April 2019

Fleet size: 124

Destinations: 83

Wisdom Airways

Origin: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Founded: 2017

Ceased operations: October 1, 2019

Avianca Brasil S.A.

Origin: São Paulo, Brazil

Founded: 1998 (as OceanAir)

Commenced operation:

Ceased operations: 24 June 2019

Fleet size: 10

Avianca Argentina

Origin: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Founded: 1995 (as Macair Jet)

Commenced operation: 21 November 2017

Ceased operations: 7 June 2019

Fleet size:2

Destinations: 3

Al Naser Wings Airlines

Origin: Governorate, Iraq

Founded: 2005

Commenced operation: 2009

Ceased operations: April 16, 2019

Fleet size: 1

Destinations: 12

Aigle Azur

Origin: Paray-Vieille-Poste, France

Founded: 1946

Ceased operations: 6 September 2019

Fleet size: 11

Destinations: 21

XL Airways France

Origin: Île-de-France, France

Founded: August 1995

Commenced operation: 22 December 1995

Ceased operations: 23 September 2019

Fleet size: 4

Destinations: 17

Adria Airways

Origin: Gorenjskem, Slovenia

Founded: 14 March 1961

Commenced operation: December 1961

Ceased operations: 30 September 2019

Fleet size: 20

Destinations: 23

Peruvian Airlines

Origin: Lima, Perú

Founded: November 2007

Commenced operation: October 29, 2009

Ceased operations: October 2, 2019

Fleet size: 14

Destinations: 10

New Gen Airways

Origin: Bangkok, Thailand

Founded: July 2012

Commenced operation:

Ceased operations: October 2019

Fleet size: 11

Destinations: 37

ViaAir

Origin: Maitland, Florida

Founded: 1997

Ceased operations: October 2019

Fleet size: 6

Destinations: 2

Thomas Cook Group

Origin: Manchester, England

Founded: 1986

Ceased operations: 23 September 2019

Fleet size: 34

Destinations: 82

TAM – Transporte Aéreo Militar

Origin: La Paz, Bolivia

Founded: 1945

Commenced operation:

Ceased operations: 23 September 2019

Fleet size: 20

Destinations: 4

Taron Avia

Origin: Yerevan, Armenia

Founded: 2007

Commenced operation: 2017

Ceased operations: 2019

Fleet size: 3

Destinations: 5

Astra Airlines

Origin: Thessaloniki, Greece

Founded: 2008

Commenced operation: July 5, 2008

Ceased operations: 14 November 2019

Fleet size: 4

Destinations: 37

Atlas Global

Origin: Istanbul, Turkey

Founded: 2001

Ceased operations: 12 February 2020

Fleet size: 5

Destinations: 24

Silverstone Air

Origin: Kenya

Founded: 2017

Ceased operations: 2019

Fleet size: 11

Destinations: 8

Far Eastern Air Transport

Origin: Taipei, Taiwan

Founded: 5 June 1957

Commenced operation:

Ceased operations: 13 December 2019

Fleet size: 12

Destinations: 19

Ernest Airlines

Origin: Milan, Italy

Founded: October 16, 2015

Commenced operation: 1 July 2016

Ceased operations: 10 January 2020

Fleet size: 4

Destinations: 20

Fastjet Mozambique

Origin: Maputo, Mozambique

Founded: 2017

Commenced operation: 3 November 2017

Ceased operations: 26 October 2019

Fleet size: 1

Destinations: 4

Cambodia Bayon Airlines

Origin: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Founded: August 2014

Commenced operation: December 2014

Ceased operations: 2019

Fleet size: 2

Destinations: 4

Air India Successfully Completes Its First A350 Flight from Delhi-New York

Air India has officially launched its new wide-body flagship, the Airbus A350 aircraft, on the highly anticipated Delhi-New York route, marking the aircraft’s ultra-long-haul debut.

This milestone signifies the induction of the first new aircraft type by an Indian carrier in over a decade. With this development, Air India is set to deploy the A350 on its non-stop flights to North America, with plans to introduce the aircraft on the Delhi-Newark route starting January 2, 2025.

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Additionally, the airline announced the upcoming launch of inflight Wi-Fi service on international flights operated by the A350, enhancing the passenger experience.

On November 1, 2024, the air india Airbus A350-900 took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) in Delhi at 02:49 local time and successfully landed at New York’s JFK Airport approximately 15 hours later, at 07:47 local time.

This journey follows Air India’s first-ever A350-900 flight, which took off from Bengaluru Kempegowda Airport (BLR) to Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport (BOM) on January 22, 2024.

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In a statement released on November 1, 2024, an Air India spokesperson expressed enthusiasm, stating, “Our A350 is NYC-bound for the first time ever! Now enjoy the all-New Air India experience when you fly between Delhi and New York JFK.”

air india new routes currently operates long-haul flights to major destinations including Washington, D.C., Chicago, and San Francisco with its Boeing wide-body fleet.

Passenger feedback regarding the A350 air india retrofit and the new customer experience has been overwhelmingly positive since its introduction on the Delhi-London Heathrow route in September. Managing Director and CEO Campbell Wilson noted, “We are excited to now bring it to New York.”