Our restarting airlines, this list shows restarting airlines which are airlines looking to restart operations again. Taken from our growing database of 21945 airlines, this list currently contains 61 restarting airlines, list updated frequently.
Some of the reasons an airline could be listed as restarting are:
- Undergoing administrative and operational reforms.
- Aircraft undergoing repairs or maintenance.
- Airline trying to secure long-term funding.
Restarting airlines in this list can often take years to restart and in some cases, airlines never actually make restarting at all.
Our list of restarting airlines
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♦ AB Aviation was established in 2010 by Ayad Bourhane. The Comorian government suspended the commercial air service license of AB Aviation...
Comoros► Rayyan Air +>AHS Air International ♦ AHS’s charter license was first issued in 2011 after it had obtained a No Objection...
PakistanAir Catalogne operated its first flight on 17May2021, a charter to England (transporting the Catalan Dragons rugby team), with regular operations starting...
France♦ The Air Deccan unit of Deccan Charters re-launched on 23Dec2017 with an aim of augmenting the government’s UDAN Regional Connectivity scheme....
India___ Air Pegasus started operations on 12Apr2015. Temporarily suspended flights with effect from 26Jul2016. Intended to resume scheduled passenger flights by 15Nov2016....
India♦ Air Santo Domingo (ii) ceased operations in 2020 due to the Covid pandemic but is hoping to restart < scheduled carrier...
Dominican Republic♦ AirBridgeCargo (ABC) was established in 2003 and started operations on 01Apr2004. Russian publication RBC reports that the Volga-Dnepr group carrier is...
Russia♦ AlisCargo Airlines originally tried to start as Alis Aerolinee Italiane in 2010. The carrier received its first aircraft (B777-200ER) in Jun2021...
ItalyAndes Líneas Aéreas was founded in Dec2005 and began operations on 20Jun2006. The carrier suspended flights temporarily in 31Oct2019 because of financial...
Argentina♦ Asian Express Airlines was established in 2007 as the Asian Express Aviacompany and it was renamed in 2013. The airline suspended...
Tajikistan♦ Gowair Vacation Airlines was the airline arm of the Gowaii Vacation Holding, one of the largest tour operators in Spain. The...
Spain♦ Avianca Argentina was founded in the Mar2016, after the acquisition by Synergy Group of the regional airline Macair Jet. The carrier...
Argentina♦ BB Airways, founded on Jan2012, received its Air Operator Certificate on 12Apr2012. It started operations on 13Sep2012 but ceased in 2013....
NepalBlueSky Airways was launched on 09Jul2012 and flew its first commercial flight on 14Oct2012. Appears to have ceased operations but intends to...
Botswana♦ On 31Mar2021, Bocas Air obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority of Panama the certificate of exploitation of public, national, regular and...
PanamaBulgarian Eagle was a passenger charter carrier based at Sofia International (SOF). It was a unit of Germania (ST, Berlin Schönefeld) specialising...
BulgariaFly Compass Service was a passenger charter carrier based out of Bucharest Baneasa (BBU). It was renamed to Buzz Aero in Apr2019....
RomaniaLattitude Hub was rebranded back to its initial name, Canarian Airways. After it suspended its flights with just a few days in...
SpainCargoLogic Germany emerged from Value Cargo Logistics, founded in 2013 and based in Schkeuditz. It was renamed the end of Aug2018. The...
Germany♦ CargoLogicAir was established on 03/Mar/2015 and received its first aircraft, a Boeing 747-400F from Aircastle in Oct2015. Started operations in Feb2016...
United KingdomChanchangi Airlines was established on 05/Jan/1994 by Alhaji Chanchangi and started operations on 02/May/1997. It was forced to suspend services in Oct2013...
Nigeria♦ Cobra Jet (named after Wadjet, the ancient Egyptian god of safety) was registered on 07Feb2020. The carrier received its first A.320...
Egypt♦ EasySky started operations on 09Sep2011. In Aug2018 easyGroup, licensor of the easyJet brand began legal proceedings against EasySky and Columbia-based EasyFly...
HondurasECAir was created with the support of the Congolese Government in 2011. Operations started on 24/Sep/2011. Forced to suspend all operations after...
Republic of Congo♦ The origins of ExpressJet Airlines were in a group of small commuter airlines acquired by Texas Air Corporation / Continental Airlines....
USA♦ FANair is a passenger charter carrier based out of Kiev Igor Sikorsky (IEV) that was founded in 2018. It appears to...
Ukraine♦ FlyYangYang was founded on 12/Apr/2016 but renamed to Fly Gangwon after being denied an operating license by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure...
South Korea♦ Fly LeOne had hoped to launch flights from Italy to Croatia, Greece and Corsica starting in mid July2021. On26/Aug/2021, the first...
FranceflyBAIR is a virtual carrier that was founded on 29/Oct/2019 and it originally intended to launch operations on 02/May/2020. The carrier operated...
Switzerland___ flyGlobal Charter was formed on 18May2016. It was granted its air service permit (ASP by )Malaysian Aviation Commission on 28Jul2017 and...
Malaysia♦ Golden Myanmar Airlines was incorporated on 14Sep2012 by 15 investors including the chairmen of CB Bank and Myanmar Golden Starand as...
MyanmarGreen Airlines was established in Oct2020. Following multiple COVID-related delays, the carrier operated its first scheduled route from Paderborn to Westerland/Sylt. It...
GermanyHelitours is the commercial air arm of the Sri Lanka Air Force and came into being in 1972. It is currently incorporated...
Sri LankaInterjet was founded on 05Mar2005 and started operations on 01Dec2005. On 30Apr2020, IATA announced the partial suspension of Interjet. As of 18Dec2020,...
Mexico♦ Jet Airways was formed 01Apr1992 and started operations on 05May1993. Jet Airways announced that it will suspend all operations at the...
India–:– Ju-Air offered pleasure flights using Ju-52 aircraft. Unfortunately it suspended operations until further notice after a fatal accident on 04Aug2018. JU-Air...
Switzerland♦ Khyber Afghan Airlines was founded in 2001. As of Sep2018, it suspended all operations with plans to restart < a cargo...
AfghanistanKorea Express Air was an air taxi airline that was formed in 2005. The carrier started operations on 15Aug2009. It ceased operations...
South Korea♦ Kuva Air is the first blockchain powered airline based in Zimbabwe. The carrier made a demonstration flight from Harare to Bulawayo...
ZimbabweNational Airways Gabon was an airline based in Libreville, Gabon. It operated passenger services. It was established and started operations in 2002,...
Gabon___ Lao Central Airlines was established as Phongsavanh Airlines using the assets of defunct carrier Lao Capricorn Air. Rebranded in Jul2011 as...
Laos♦ MYAirline was set up by entrepreneur Datuk Goh Hwan Hua and was incorporated on 11Jan2021. Its Air Service License was conditionally...
MalaysiaNesma Airlines, a member of Saudi Arabia’s Nesma Group, a carrier in the Arabic Republic of Egypt, officially took to the skies...
Egypt♦ Niceair, renamed from N-Ice Air. The name, Niceair, has a reference to North Iceland, where the company will serve a growing...
Iceland♦ One Airways was founded in 2009. The carrier is now at early phase of transformation of its AOC to operates Airbus...
Spain♦ Pan Pacific Airlines was established in 1973 by Filipino-Chinese entrepreneur Donald Dee under the name Astro Air International and was renamed...
PhilippinesRhoades Aviation was renamed from Rhoades International (formed in 1968). The FAA has taken action to prevent Rhoades Aviation, which operates Transair...
USAScanda Sky operated its inaugural charter flight from Ipoh to Guangzhou on 27-Nov-2019. The carrier suspended operations in Dec2019 but says it...
Malaysia… Skytaxi was founded in 2007 by Rolf Seewald. It suspended operations on 14/Dec/2017 after a fatal crash but hopes to restart...
Austria… Southeast Aviation (Ketchikan) suspended all flight operations for the foreseeable future after a tragic accident on 05Aug2021 < provides flightseeing tours...
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