AIRLINES FILING BANKRUPTCY, 1979-1992
Successfully
Airline Filing date Type reorganized?
1. New York Airways 5/18/79 Chapter 11 No
2. Aeroamerica 11/19/79 Chapter 11 No
3. Florida Airlines 1/24/80 Chapter 11 No
4. Indiana Airways 3/3/80 Chapter 11 No
5. Air Bahia 12/15/80 Chapter 11 No
6. Tejas Airlines 12/31/80 Chapter 11 No
7. Mountain West 3/6/81 Chapter 11 No
8. LANICA 3/16/81 Chapter 11 No
9. Coral Air 7/13/81 Chapter 11 No
10. Pacific Coast 9/11/81 Chapter 11 No
11. Swift Aire Line 9/18/81 Chapter 11 No
12. Golden Gate 10/9/81 Chapter 11 No
13. Pinehurst Airlines 1/26/82 Chapter 11 No
14. Silver State Airlines 3/3/82 Chapter 11 No
15. Air Pennsylvania 3/26/82 Chapter 11 No
16. Air South 4/2/82 Chapter 11 No
17. Cochise Airlines 4/16/82 Chapter 11 No
18. Braniff International 5/13/82 Chapter 11 No
19. Astec Air East 7/8/82 Chapter 11 No
20. Will's Air 8/19/82 Chapter 11 No
21. Aero SunInternational 10/5/82 Chapter 11 No
22. Aero Virgin Islands 10/19/82 Chapter 11 No
23. Altair 11/9/82 Chapter 11 No
24. North American 12/9/82 Chapter 11 No
25. Inland Empire 2/1/83 Chapter 11 No
26. State Airlines 2/14/83 Chapter 11 No
27. Golden West 4/22/83 Chapter 11 No
28. Continental Air Lines 9/24/83 Chapter 11 Yes
29. National Florida 12/2/83 Chapter 7 No
30. Air Vermont 1/30/84 Chapter 11 No
31. Pacific Express 2/2/84 Chapter 11 No
32. Dolphin 2/8/84 Chapter 11 No
33. Combs Airways 4/9/84 Chapter 11 No
34. New York Helicopter 5/1/84 Chapter 11 No
35. Air Florida 7/3/84 Chapter 11 No
36. Excellair 7/17/84 Chapter 7 No
37. American International 7/19/84 Chapter 11 No
38. Emerald 8/21/84 Chapter 11 No
39. Hammonds Commuter 8/29/84 Chapter 11 No
40. Air North 9/4/84 Chapter 11 No
41. Wright Air Lines 9/27/84 Chapter 11 No
42. Oceanaire Lines 10/2/84 Chapter 7 No
43. Atlantic Gulf 10/10/84 Chapter 11 No
44. Connectaire 10/10/84 Chapter 7 No
45. Air One 10/26/84 Chapter 11 No
46. Capitol Air 11/23/84 Chapter 11 No
47. Wien Air Alaska 11/28/84 Chapter 11 No
48. Northeastern Intl. 1/8/85 Chapter 11 No
49. Pompano Airways 1/22/85 Chapter 11 No
50. Far West Airlines 2/22/85 Chapter 11 No
51. American Central 3/8/85 Chapter 11 No
52. Provincetown Boston 3/13/85 Chapter 11 No
53. Sun West Airlines 3/19/85 Chapter 11 No
54. Wise Airlines 5/1/85 Chapter 11 No
55. Cascade Airways 8/19/85 Chapter 11 No
56. Wheeler Airlines 10/7/85 Chapter 11 No
57. Pride Air 12/2/85 Chapter 11 No
58. Southern Express 1/21/86 Chapter 11 No
59. Imperial Airlines 1/30/86 Chapter 11 No Successfully
Airline Filing date Type reorganized?
60. Arrow Airways 2/11/86 Chapter 11 No
61. Sea Airmotive 4/9/86 Chapter 11 No
62. SFO Helicopter 4/18/86 Chapter 11 No
63. Trans Air 8/19/86 Chapter 11 No
64. Frontier Airlines 8/28/86 Chapter 11 No
65. Chicago Airlines 2/19/87 Chapter 11 No
66. McClain Airlines 2/23/87 Chapter 11 No
67. Rio Airways 2/27/87 Chapter 11 No
68. Air Puerto Rico 3/6/87 Chapter 11 No
69. Gull Air 3/10/87 Chapter 11 No
70. Royal West Airlines 3/12/87 Chapter 11 No
71. Air Atlanta 4/3/87 Chapter 11 No
72. Air South Inc. 6/17/87 Chapter 11 No
73. Royale Airlines 9/9/87 Chapter 11 No
74. Sun Coast Airlines 1/5/88 Chapter 11 No
75. Air New Orleans 1/14/88 Chapter 11 No
76. Air Virginia 1/15/88 Chapter 11 No
77. Mid Pacific Airlines 1/19/88 Chapter 11 No
78. Exec Express 3/4/88 Chapter 11 No
79. Caribbean Express 5/6/88 Chapter 11 No
80. Pocono Airlines Inc. 5/25/88 Chapter 11 Yes
81. Virgin Island Seaplane 6/20/88 Chapter 11 No
82. Princeton Air Link Corp. 8/11/88 Chapter 7 No
83. Qwest Air 9/14/88 Chapter 11 No
84. Southern Jersey Airways 9/27/88 Chapter 11 No
85. Eastern Air Lines 3/9/89 Chapter 11 No
86. Big Sky Airlines 3/14/89 Chapter 11 No
87. Air Kentucky 7/19/89 Chapter 7 No
88. Braniff Inc. 9/28/89 Chapter 11 No
89. Presidential 10/26/89 Chapter 11 No
90. Resort Commuter 11/17/89 Chapter 11 No
91. Pocono Airlines Inc. 1/23/90 Chapter 11 No
92. SMB Stage Lines 5/10/90 Chapter 11 No
93. CC Air 7/5/90 Chapter 11 No
94. Continental Airlines 12/3/90 Chapter 11 No
95. Britt Airways 12/3/90 Chapter 11 No
96. Rocky Mountain Airways 12/3/90 Chapter 11 No
97. Pan Am World Airways 1/8/91 Chapter 11 No
98. Pan Am Express 1/8/91 Chapter 11 No
99. L'Express 1/9/91 Chapter 11 No
100. Eastern Air Lines 1/18/91 Chapter 7 No
101. Bar Harbor Airlines 1/20/91 Chapter 11 No
102. Northcoast Executive 1/29/91 Chapter 7 No
103. Midway Airlines 3/25/91 Chapter 11 No
104. Grand Airways 3/26/91 Chapter 11 No
105. Metro Airlines 4/1/91 Chapter 11 No
106. Jet Express 5/20/91 Chapter 11 No
107. Metro Airlines Northeast 5/30/91 Chapter 11 No
108. America West 6/27/91 Chapter 11 No
109. Mohawk Airlines 8/12/91 Chapter 11 No
110. Midway Airlines 11/7/91 Chapter 7 No
111. Flagship Express 12/31/91 Chapter 11 No
112. Virgin Island Seaplane 1/22/92 Chapter 11 No
113. Trans World Airlines 1/31/92 Chapter 11 No
114. L'Express 2/28/92 Chapter 7 No
115. Markair 6/8/92 Chapter 11 No
116. Hermans/Markair Exp. 6/8/92 Chapter 11 No
117. States West Airlines Inc. 12/15/92 Chapter 11 No
