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What are the airlines that closed during the 2025? We review, within a very complex and competitive environment, the list of the companies that closed or merged with others during the past year.
The end of the year 2025 marks a critical turning point for the airline industry global. What began as a post-pandemic recovery period has led to a deep market cleanup, where operational efficiency and financing capacity determined who was still in the air. From strategic regional airlines to niche operators, The global connectivity map has undergone an unprecedented transformation.
The renowned portal airportwebcams.net made a compilation of the airlines that left us the 2025 and that goes very well with the information that I have been sharing on this blog on this topic since 2023, let's review the information.
Airlines that closed the 2025
The cessation of operations of companies such as Silver Airways and Ravn Alaska in USA, O Voepass on Brazil, leaves a worrying gap in short-range connectivity. these airlines, that served as vital arteries for small communities, failed to withstand rising operating costs and technical crew shortages. On Europe, goodbye to PLAY (Iceland) underlines how unforgiving the North Atlantic low-cost market remains, where price competition does not forgive the slightest strategic error.
Our region was not immune to this shock. The departure of Trans Am Aero Express (DHL Ecuador) and Vensecar International in Venezuela reflects an adjustment in the regional cargo and logistics sector. On the other hand, the disappearance of MAP Linhas Aéreas and the termination of Lanhsa in Honduras highlight the difficulties of maintaining sustainable business models in markets with limited infrastructure and high economic volatility.
Those that closed
- Lanhsa airline (Honduras)
- Air Albania (Albania)
- Air Diligence (Armenia)
- Angara Airlines (Russia)
- Bees Airlines (Romania)
- Blue Islands (UK)
- Braathens International Airways (Sweden)
- Eastern Airways (UK)
- Fly big (India)
- Georgian Wings (Georgia)
- JoyAir (China)
- Kenai Aviation (USA)
- Loch Lomond Seaplanes (UK)
- Lumiwings (Greece)
- MAP Linhas Aéreas (Brazil)
- Myflug (Iceland)
- New Pacific Airlines (USA)
- PLAY (Iceland)
- Raven Alaska (USA)
- Silver Airways(USA)
- SKS Airways (Malaysia)
- Smartlynx Airlines (Latvia)
- Smartlynx Airlines Estonia (Estonia)
- Trans Am Aero Express of Ecuador/DHL Ecuador (Ecuador)
- Ultimate Jet (USA)
- Vensecar International (Venezuela)
- Voepass (Brazil)
Those that merged
- Air China Inner Mongolia (China/Mongolia) > Air China
- Airbus Beluga Transport (France) > Airbus Transport International
- Jetstar Asia (Singapore) > Jetstar Airways
- OWG (Canada) > Nolinor Aviation
- Sunwing Airlines (Canada) > WestJet
- Wizz Air Abu Dhabi (UAE) > Wizz Air
Este fenómeno de «selección natural» en la aviación nos deja un mercado con menos jugadores, but theoretically more solid. Nevertheless, The big question for next year is whether this consolidation will result in higher prices for the passenger and whether new emerging airlines will be able to fill the gaps left by the 27 companies that we say goodbye today.
Not all news is about total disappearance; many of the airlines that we "lost" in 2025 they actually transformed to survive. The trend towards massive consolidation accelerated.
What will the future hold for us? 2026?
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