A cheerful topic! The one commonality the airline industry has, is that no brand is impervious. Unlike brands in other industries: Ford (USA), Cadbury (UK) and Waitrose (UK), airlines seem to come and go. The airlines lost so far in 2012 are listed below. Where I have blogged about the collapse, you will see my link.
- 2oth January: Cirrus (Germany)
- 27th January: Spanair (Spain)
- 30th January: US3000 (USA)
- 9th February: Malev (Hungary) – Check out my three blog posts about them: The Collapse
- 17th February : Air Australia (Australia)
- 26th February: Norfolk Air (Australia)
- 27th February: Velvet Sky (South Africa)
- 1st March: Air Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe)
- 10th March: Direct Air (USA)
- 16th March: Red Jet (Barbados)
- 30th March: GMG (Bangladesh)
- 3rd May: Cimber Sterling (Denmark)#
- 22nd May: City Airline (Denmark)#
- 22nd May: Skyways (Denmark)#
- 25th May: Mint Air (Spain)
#Cimber Sterling, Skyways and City were all linked.
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