American joins long list of airline bankruptcies
American Airlines on Tuesday joined a long list of airlines that have filed for bankruptcy protection. American was the only U.S. legacy airline that hadn't yet filed. Several airlines have filed multiple times; Delta and Northwest filed on the same day six years ago. There have been 189 total since 1990. Here's a look at some of the airlines which filed for bankruptcy protection or went out of business over the past two decades:
Nov. 29, 2011 -- American Airlines
Jan 5. 2010 -- Mesa Air
Oct. 6, 2008 -- Sun Country
April 11, 2008 -- Frontier Airlines
March 31, 2008 -- Aloha Airlines
Sept. 14, 2005 -- Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, Comair
Sept. 12, 2004 -- US Airways
Dec. 9, 2002 -- United Airlines
Aug. 11, 2002 -- US Airways
Jan. 10, 2001 -- Trans World Airlines (TWA)
Feb. 26, 1998 -- Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
June 30, 1995 -- Trans World Airlines
Sept. 21, 1993 -- Hawaiian Airlines
Jan. 31, 1992 -- Trans World Airlines
June 27, 1991 -- America West Airlines
Jan. 18, 1991 -- Eastern Air Lines
Jan. 8 1991 -- Pan Am World Airways
Dec. 3, 1990 -- Continental Airlines
