Airline History
Every airline has a story. Here are short histories of the airlines in our collections, from the airmail pioneers of the 1920s to the carriers flying today. Each page covers the people, aircraft and liveries that made the airline memorable, plus a link to shop its collection.
The American Airlines Family
Airlines that became part of today's American Airlines. Shop them all in the AA Family Tree collection.
- American Airlines
- Air Cal
- America West Airlines
- Envoy Air (American Eagle)
- Lake Central Airlines
- Mohawk Airlines
- Ozark Air Lines
- Piedmont Airlines
- PSA Pacific Southwest Airlines
- Reno Air
- Trans Caribbean Airways
- TWA
- USAir
- US Airways
U.S. Airlines of Today and the Recent Past
- Alaska Airlines
- Allegiant Air
- Breeze Airways
- Delta Air Lines
- FedEx Express
- Frontier Airlines (1994–today)
- Hawaiian Airlines
- JetBlue
- Mesa Airlines
- Omni Air International
- Spirit Airlines
- Sun Country Airlines
- United Airlines
Classic U.S. Trunk Carriers
- Braniff International
- Capital Airlines
- Continental Airlines
- Eastern Air Lines
- National Airlines
- Northwest Airlines
- Pan Am
- Western Airlines
Classic U.S. Regional and Early Airlines
- Aloha Airlines
- Boston-Maine Airways
- Canadian Colonial Airways
- Central Airlines
- Century Pacific Airlines
- Chicago and Southern Air Lines
- Empire Airlines
- Frontier Airlines (1950–1986)
- Hughes Airwest
- North Central Airlines
- Pacific Northern Airlines
- Republic Airlines
- Southern Airways
- Texas International Airlines
- Wien Air Alaska
Canada
Europe
- Aer Lingus
- Air France
- British Airways
- Icelandair
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Sabena
- SAS Scandinavian Airlines
- TAE Greek National Airlines
Asia and the Pacific
- Air India
- Air New Zealand
- AirAsia
- All Nippon Airways
- Australian National Airways
- Cathay Pacific
- Garuda Indonesia
- Japan Airlines
- Korean Air
- Qantas
- Royal Air Cambodge
- Singapore Airlines
Latin America and the Caribbean
Africa and the Middle East
- El Al Israel Airlines
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Etihad Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Royal Air Maroc
- South African Airways
AirlineEmployeeShop.com is an independent retailer of airline memorabilia. Some brands are sold under license from American Airlines or through Argyle Enterprises, as noted on each page. These pages are for historical interest.