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

COMAC Unveils Plans for the C929 to Rival Airbus and Boeing

After the success of China’s first C919 aircraft, the country is setting its sights on developing a larger plane. COMAC (Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China) has officially confirmed plans to build a widebody aircraft, marking a significant step in its aircraft lineup.

Traditionally, Airbus and Boeing dominate the widebody aircraft market, with decades of expertise in developing planes and engines capable of carrying heavy payloads. China, which currently relies on imported engines, is now aiming to challenge these giants with its own widebody jet, the C929, designed to compete with the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777.

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The C929 will be China’s first independently developed long-range widebody aircraft. It adheres to international airworthiness standards and boasts independent intellectual property rights. The baseline version is designed to seat 280 passengers and offers a range of 12,000 kilometers, catering to global demand for both regional and international air travel.

Russia, which also needs reliable narrowbody and widebody aircraft, could become a key customer for the C929. Additionally, China plans to target the broader Asian market as it continues to expand its aviation capabilities.

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China’s aviation progress includes the ARJ21 (now called C909), a regional jet with 100 seats for shorter routes, and the C919, a narrowbody jet with 180 seats designed to rival the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320. Both models have found increasing demand in the domestic market.

At China’s largest air show in Zhuhai, COMAC announced that Air China will be the launch customer for the C929 widebody jet, though details about order size and delivery timelines were not disclosed.

Other major deals announced by COMAC include:

Hainan Airlines: Firm orders for 60 C919 and 40 C909 regional jets.
Colorful Guizhou Airlines: 30 C909 jets, with 20 firm orders and 10 provisional agreements.

The C929, renamed from the CR929 after Russia withdrew from the joint development project in 2023, is expected to carry 280–400 passengers with a range of 12,000 kilometers, competing directly with Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner.

According to COMAC’s deputy general manager, Tong Yu, the first fuselage section of the C929 is expected by September 2027, with prototype test flights anticipated soon after.