Defunct airlines of the world

Test your knowledge of the world's lost and banished airlines

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On Nov 3, 2016
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What caused Sabena to cease trading in 2001?

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Sabena was an acronym. What did the “E” stand for?

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What is the name of the airline which replaced Sabena as Belgian flag carrier?

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Major US airline Pan Am went out of business in 1991. Who or what was the final straw in its demise?

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Which airline bought the majority of Pan Am’s assets and European routes?

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An easy one. What was the name of the revolutionary British transatlantic airline launched in 1966?

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Which defunct airline does Paul McCartney sing about in the Beatles song Back In The USSR?

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What did this airline become?

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Switzerland's national airline was shut down in 2002? What was it called?

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What is the name of the phoenix airline which replaced it as Swiss flag-carrier?

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The world's first budget airline was founded as long ago as 1944. Where?

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What was the name of the low-cost airline with the annoying lower-case name which launched in 1999?

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13. And what was the name of the low-cost spin-off airline launched by British Airways in 1998?

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What was the name of the innovative British airline founded in 2004?

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What was its "unique selling point"?

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What caused it to disappear?

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One of the following was once a real Turkish airline. Which one?

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What was the implausible name of a real airline which flew in Norway in 2003?

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One of the following is the genuine name of a defunct Greek airline. Which?

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Which sadly missed icon of aviation is mentioned in the lyrics to Oasis track Supersonic?

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