Founders Of TOP 100 Airlines

1. Qantas – Founded by Hudson Fysh, Paul McGinness, and Fergus McMaster in 1920, Australia
2. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – Founded by Albert Plesman in 1919, Netherlands
3. Delta Air Lines – Founded by Collett E. Woolman in 1924, United States
4. British Airways – Formed through a merger in 1974, UK
5. American Airlines – Founded by E. L. Cord in 1930, United States
6. Air France – Founded through a merger of several airlines in 1933, France
7. Lufthansa – Founded by Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1953, Germany
8. Singapore Airlines – Originally founded as Malayan Airways in 1947, Singapore
9. Cathay Pacific – Founded by Roy Farrell and Sydney de Kantzow in 1946, Hong Kong
10. Emirates – Founded by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum in 1985, UAE
11. Japan Airlines – Founded by the Japanese government in 1951, Japan
12. ANA (All Nippon Airways) – Founded as Japan Helicopter and Aeroplane Transports Company in 1952, Japan
13. Qatar Airways – Founded by the Qatari government in 1993, Qatar
14. Etihad Airways – Founded by Ahmed bin Saif Al Nahyan in 2003, UAE
15. Turkish Airlines – Founded by the Turkish government in 1933, Turkey
16. Thai Airways – Founded by the Thai government in 1960, Thailand
17. Southwest Airlines – Founded by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King in 1967, United States
18. Korean Air – Founded by the South Korean government in 1969, South Korea
19. Air Canada – Founded by the Canadian government in 1937, Canada
20. China Southern Airlines – Founded in 1988, China
21. China Eastern Airlines – Founded in 1988, China
22. British Midland International (BMI) – Founded by Donny Paterson in 1949, UK
23. Malaysia Airlines – Founded by the Malaysian government in 1947, Malaysia
24. Iberia Airlines – Founded by Horacio Echeberrieta and Deutsche Luft Hansa in 1927, Spain
25. Finnair – Founded by Bruno Lucander in 1923, Finland
26. Swiss International Air Lines – Founded by Marcel Perruchoud in 1931 (as Swissair), Switzerland
27. Aeroflot – Founded by the Soviet government in 1923, Russia
28. Alitalia – Founded by the Italian government in 1946, Italy
29. Virgin Atlantic – Founded by Richard Branson and Randolph Fields in 1984, UK
30. Vietnam Airlines – Founded by the Vietnamese government in 1956, Vietnam
31. Garuda Indonesia – Founded by the Indonesian government in 1949, Indonesia
32. Austrian Airlines – Founded by the Austrian government in 1957, Austria
33. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) – Founded by the governments of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in 1946, Scandinavia
34. Brussels Airlines – Founded by the Belgian government in 2006, Belgium
35. Hainan Airlines – Founded by Chen Feng and Wang Jian in 1993, China
36. Royal Jordanian – Founded by the Jordanian government in 1963, Jordan
37. SriLankan Airlines – Founded by the Sri Lankan government in 1979, Sri Lanka
38. TAP Air Portugal – Founded by the Portuguese government in 1945, Portugal
39. Aegean Airlines – Founded by Antonis and Eftichios Vassilakis in 1987, Greece
40. Air New Zealand – Founded by the New Zealand government in 1940, New Zealand
41. Air India – Founded by J. R. D. Tata in 1932, India
42. Pakistan International Airlines – Founded by the Pakistani government in 1946, Pakistan
43. Saudi Arabian Airlines – Founded by the Saudi government in 1945, Saudi Arabia
44. Kenya Airways – Founded by the Kenyan government in 1977, Kenya
45. EgyptAir – Founded by the Egyptian government in 1932, Egypt
46. Royal Air Maroc – Founded by the Moroccan government in 1957, Morocco
47. Philippine Airlines – Founded by Andres Soriano in 1941, Philippines
48. Ethiopian Airlines – Founded by the Ethiopian government in 1945, Ethiopia
49. Bangkok Airways – Founded by Dr. Prasert Prasarttong-Osoth in 1968, Thailand
50. Fiji Airways – Founded by Harold Gatty in 1947, Fiji
51. Oman Air – Founded by the Omani government in 1993, Oman
52. Air Mauritius – Founded by the Mauritian government in 1967, Mauritius
53. LATAM Airlines – Formed through a merger in 2012, Chile/Brazil
54. Avianca – Founded by Ernesto Cortissoz in 1919, Colombia
55. Copa Airlines – Founded by the Panamanian government in 1947, Panama
56. Aeroméxico – Founded by Antonio Díaz Lombardo in 1934, Mexico
57. Gol Linhas Aéreas – Founded by Constantino de Oliveira Jr. in 2001, Brazil
58. Azul Brazilian Airlines – Founded by David Neeleman in 2008, Brazil
59. Aerolíneas Argentinas – Founded by the Argentine government in 1950, Argentina
60. Air Europa – Founded by Juan José Hidalgo in 1986, Spain
61. Norwegian Air Shuttle – Founded by Bjørn Kjos in 1993, Norway
62. EasyJet – Founded by Stelios Haji-Ioannou in 1995, UK
63. Ryanair – Founded by Tony Ryan in 1984, Ireland
64. Vueling – Founded by Carlos Muñoz and Lázaro Ros in 2004, Spain
65. Wizz Air – Founded by József Váradi in 2003, Hungary
66. JetBlue – Founded by David Neeleman in 1998, United States
67. Spirit Airlines – Founded in 1980, United States
68. Allegiant Air – Founded by Mitch Allee in 1997, United States
69. Frontier Airlines – Founded by Frederick W. “Rick” Brown in 1994, United States
70. Volaris – Founded by Enrique Beltranena in 2004, Mexico
71. Interjet – Founded by Miguel Alemán Magnani in 2005, Mexico
72. WestJet – Founded by Clive Beddoe, David Neeleman, Mark Hill, Tim Morgan, and Donald Bell in 1996, Canada
73. AirAsia – Founded by Tony Fernandes in 1993, Malaysia
74. Scoot – Founded by Singapore Airlines in 2011, Singapore
75. Jetstar Airways – Founded by Qantas in 2003, Australia
76. Tigerair – Founded by Singapore Airlines in 2003, Singapore
77. Flydubai – Founded by the Dubai government in 2008, UAE
78. Nok Air – Founded by Patee Sarasin in 2004, Thailand
79. VietJet Air – Founded by Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao in 2007, Vietnam
80. AirAsia X – Founded by Tony Fernandes in 2007, Malaysia
81. Peach Aviation – Founded by Shinichi Inoue in 2011, Japan
82. IndiGo – Founded by Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal in 2006, India
83. GoAir – Founded by Jeh Wadia in 2005, India
84. SpiceJet – Founded by Ajay Singh in 2004, India
85. Hong Kong Airlines – Founded by Robert Yip in 2001, Hong Kong
86. HK Express – Founded by CR Airways in 2004, Hong Kong
87. Philippines AirAsia – Founded by Tony Fernandes in 2010, Philippines
88. Cebu Pacific – Founded by John Gokongwei Jr. in 1988, Philippines
89. Lion Air – Founded by Rusdi Kirana and Kusnan Kirana in 1999, Indonesia
90. Sriwijaya Air – Founded by Chandra Lie in 2003, Indonesia
91. Jetstar Asia Airways – Founded by Tony Chew and the Choo family in 2004, Singapore
92. Virgin Australia – Founded by Richard Branson in 2000, Australia
93. Air Vanuatu – Founded by the Vanuatu government in 1981, Vanuatu
94. Air Seychelles – Founded by the Seychelles government in 1978, Seychelles
95. Solomon Airlines – Founded by the Solomon Islands government in 1962, Solomon Islands
96. Royal Brunei Airlines – Founded by the Brunei government in 1974, Brunei
97. PAL Express – Founded by Philippine Airlines in 1970, Philippines
98. Batik Air – Founded by Rusdi Kirana in 2013, Indonesia
99. SilkAir – Founded by Singapore Airlines in 1975, Singapore
100. FlySafair – Founded by Safair in 2013, South Africa

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