Aside of the rising cost of jet fuel and labor, a huge increase in ATC strikes around Europe caused a massive headache for carriers.Often, when there is a strike in a certain area, airlines will fly around that airspace in order to make their flight work. Perhaps Iceland was two small to support two airlines of a certain size.
It operated a no-frills, ancillaries-focused low cost model and its CEO, Laurent Magnin took pride in delivering the lowest base fares in the market. It got its license suspended in November 2019.An airline with a history of financial difficulties going back at least a decade. While we all know the strife caused by the collapse of The list is even more extensive than that, with carriers from New Zealand to Nova Scotia seemingly not immune to the massive aviation cull of the past year. It was a really short-lived startup, since it had been launched in 2018!This airline, flying mostly domestic routes in Kazakhstan, ends the year with all its fleet grounded and AOC suspended, following an air crash in late December. Insel Air. It now operated only 3 Fokker 50s.Yet another airline from Tajikistan and one that I had not heard about before a reader brought it to my attention.In some ways, a pioneering trans-Atlantic lcc. Simultaneously fares have dropped, putting pressure on profit margins and reducing the amount of financial wiggle room available.And it’s not just Europe where carriers are facing stiff competition either. In many parts of the world, labor costs have been changing too. It operated a domestic network with a mix of turboprops and B737 Classics.A small airline (2 A320s) that operated mainly between its home country and China An ATR operator with a rather convulse history: hit by US sanctions against Burma a few years ago. Will update if there are changes.A one aircraft airline (a Boeing 737-200) operating mainly between Iraq and Syria, not exactly a great market to be in right now.Quite a bad month for French airlines. In principle the ceasing of operations, announced in June, was meant to be for 180 days. … This Russian regional airline (based in the city of the same name) had ambitious growth plans and new aircraft on order when tragedy struck. It had actually stopped operations in 2018 but it was not until Sept. 2019 that it officially went out of business.An airline that had already suspended operations once in 2018. Boeing anticipates passenger traffic recovering in two to three years to 2019 levels, but expects production to take longer. Adria had been lately focusing on ACMI services. Please Support us by turning off your adblocker. As a curiosity it operated Bae ATP aircraft, a not too common typeIt attempted to do something quite difficult: operate a hybrid between regular commercial flights and executive jet service. Last year it was reported that A reader has alerted me (thank you!) It operated a handful of ERJ145s out of Muan county, in the South-Western corner of South Korea The largest airline so far in this list and not a completely unexpected event, since it had been gradually winding down operations over the last few weeks. This airline, that started as a military operation, served mainly rural communities across the country. (this is not an exhaustive list, but I think it gets most of the largest or more relevant ones)The transatlantic long haul low cost market proved a bit too tough for Primera. While many passengers were delighted at the ‘too good to be true’ pricing of the airline, in the end, It seems the heavens conspired to make the last financial year a particularly difficult one for airlines. Very little, in terms of overheads, is fixed. It went from a profitable niche operation out of Belgium and London City to several changes of ownership and finally a period as charter operator.Although it had been operating for quite a few years, it is only recently that this Ukrainian airline entered the scheduled market.A regional operator in Sweden.
It operated a no-frills, ancillaries-focused low cost model and its CEO, Laurent Magnin took pride in delivering the lowest base fares in the market. It got its license suspended in November 2019.An airline with a history of financial difficulties going back at least a decade. While we all know the strife caused by the collapse of The list is even more extensive than that, with carriers from New Zealand to Nova Scotia seemingly not immune to the massive aviation cull of the past year. It was a really short-lived startup, since it had been launched in 2018!This airline, flying mostly domestic routes in Kazakhstan, ends the year with all its fleet grounded and AOC suspended, following an air crash in late December. Insel Air. It now operated only 3 Fokker 50s.Yet another airline from Tajikistan and one that I had not heard about before a reader brought it to my attention.In some ways, a pioneering trans-Atlantic lcc. Simultaneously fares have dropped, putting pressure on profit margins and reducing the amount of financial wiggle room available.And it’s not just Europe where carriers are facing stiff competition either. In many parts of the world, labor costs have been changing too. It operated a domestic network with a mix of turboprops and B737 Classics.A small airline (2 A320s) that operated mainly between its home country and China An ATR operator with a rather convulse history: hit by US sanctions against Burma a few years ago. Will update if there are changes.A one aircraft airline (a Boeing 737-200) operating mainly between Iraq and Syria, not exactly a great market to be in right now.Quite a bad month for French airlines. In principle the ceasing of operations, announced in June, was meant to be for 180 days. … This Russian regional airline (based in the city of the same name) had ambitious growth plans and new aircraft on order when tragedy struck. It had actually stopped operations in 2018 but it was not until Sept. 2019 that it officially went out of business.An airline that had already suspended operations once in 2018. Boeing anticipates passenger traffic recovering in two to three years to 2019 levels, but expects production to take longer. Adria had been lately focusing on ACMI services. Please Support us by turning off your adblocker. As a curiosity it operated Bae ATP aircraft, a not too common typeIt attempted to do something quite difficult: operate a hybrid between regular commercial flights and executive jet service. Last year it was reported that A reader has alerted me (thank you!) It operated a handful of ERJ145s out of Muan county, in the South-Western corner of South Korea The largest airline so far in this list and not a completely unexpected event, since it had been gradually winding down operations over the last few weeks. This airline, that started as a military operation, served mainly rural communities across the country. (this is not an exhaustive list, but I think it gets most of the largest or more relevant ones)The transatlantic long haul low cost market proved a bit too tough for Primera. While many passengers were delighted at the ‘too good to be true’ pricing of the airline, in the end, It seems the heavens conspired to make the last financial year a particularly difficult one for airlines. Very little, in terms of overheads, is fixed. It went from a profitable niche operation out of Belgium and London City to several changes of ownership and finally a period as charter operator.Although it had been operating for quite a few years, it is only recently that this Ukrainian airline entered the scheduled market.A regional operator in Sweden.