Winglet of the now non-existent Mokulele Airlines.

The airline industry is one of the most volatile out there. I’ve had a chance to experience many of the ups and downs of the industry on a variety of U.S. and foreign carriers.

U.S. carriers

• Alaska
• American
• Avelo
• Cape Air
• Delta
• Frontier
• Hawaiian
• jetBlue
• Southwest
• Spirit
• United

International carriers

• Aer Lingus
• Aerolineas Argentina
• Air Asia
• Air Canada
• Air France
• Air New Zealand
• Asiana
• Avianca
• British Airways
• Brussels Airlines
• Cathay Pacific
• Cayman Airways
• Emirates
• EVA Air
• Fiji Airways
• Iberia
• Icelandair
• IndiGo
• Japan Airlines
• KLM
• LAN
• Latam
• Kuwait Airways
• Lufthansa
• Singapore Airlines
• Trans Maldivian Airways
• Turkish Airlines
• Virgin Atlantic
• Vueling
• WestJet

Defunct airlines

• Aloha
• Alitalia
• AmericaWest (brand is gone, acquired US Airways and took US name)
• bmi
• Comair (South Africa)
• Continental (last flight landed on 3/3/2012)
• go! (the Hawaiian airlines, not to be confused with still operating Indian carrier Go)
• Independence Air
• Indian Airlines
• Island Air
• Kiwi International
• Mahalo
• Mark Air
• Mokulele
• Northwest Airlines (acquired by Delta)
• Pan Am
• Taca
• US Airways (acquired by American)
• Vanguard Airlines
• Virgin America (acquired by Alaska)

Defunct aircraft

• Concorde
• MD-80
• Boeing 727