Originally Posted by
Watson1963
Annoyingly that list does not really distinguish between complete bankruptcies (eg Court Line), operational takeovers (eg Go by BA) and takeovers of a failing company before collapse under the guise of "merger". It also includes a few which perhaps were not airlines at all (depending on the definition) and omits some (eg Dragon Airways, mid-50s). Sometime I'll have a go at amending it perhaps.