Travel
Travel: the closure stories and lessons of 49 startups.
49 startups
Sonder
The hospitality company that leased flats and ran them like hotels through an app
Closed2012 – 2020Hemen Kiralık
The Turkish rental site connecting hosts with people renting flats by the night or the day
Closed2012 – 2019Tink Labs
A start-up that put smartphones in hotel rooms and collapsed within weeks of a billion-dollar valuation
Closed2011 – 2019Utrip
A Seattle travel-planning start-up whose acquisition deal collapsed three days before signing
Closed2007 – 2017Stayzilla
A homestay and budget hotel marketplace that tried to become India's Airbnb
Closed2011 – 2014Desti
A super intelligence-driven travel planning app spun out of SRI, the birthplace of Siri
Closed2007 – 2013Dopplr
The network that matched your travel plans with your friends', bought and shut down by Nokia
Closed2016 – 2025Air Belgium
Belgian airline
Closed2007 – 2025Albatros Airlines
Venezuelan regional airline
Closed2019 – 2025PLAY
Icelandic low-cost airline
Closed2010 – 2025Ravn Alaska
American regional airline based in Alaska
Closed1993 – 2023Air Moldova
Moldovian airline
Closed2018 – 2022Air Leap
Virtual Swedish company
Closed2001 – 2022kulula.com
South African low-cost airline owned by Comair
Closed2013 – 2022TruJet
Indian low-cost regional airline based in Hyderabad
Closed1992 – 2022Ukraine International Airlines
Flag carrier of Ukraine
Closed1992 – 2021Onur Air
Turkish airline
Closed1994 – 2020Air Georgian
Canadian charter airline
Closed2018 – 2020Air Italy
Italian airline
Closed2006 – 2020Compass Airlines
American regional airline
Closed2008 – 2020FromAtoB.com
Multimodal journey planner and online booking platform
Closed2005 – 2020Interjet
Low-cost airline from Mexico
Closed1994 – 2020Montenegro Airlines
Flag carrier of Montenegro, headquartered in Podgorica
Closed2008 – 2020OpenSkies
Airline
Closed1992 – 2019Jet Airways
Airline based in India
Closed2007 – 2019Med-View Airline
Nigerian airline headquartered in Lagos
Closed2015 – 2019SW Italia
Italian airline
Closed2011 – 2019WOW air
Icelandic low-cost airline
Closed2010 – 2018TravelBird
Travel
Closed2013 – 2017Air Carnival
Indian airline based in Coimbatore
Closed2006 – 2017Safi Airways
2007-2017 airline in Afghanistan
Closed2000 – 2017VIM Airlines
Airline
Closed2014 – 2016Air Pegasus
Airline in India
Closed2004 – 2015Air Bagan
Airline from Myanmar
Closed1996 – 2015West Coast Air
Canadian airline
Closed1993 – 2014AirTran Airways
American low-cost airline
Closed2010 – 2014Small Planet Airlines s.r.l.
Travel
Closed1992 – 2013Australian air Express
Airline in Australia
Closed2003 – 2013Avantair
Airline of the United States
Closed2009 – 2013Pet Airways
American company specializing in the transportation of pets
Closed2007 – 2012Airship Ventures
US airline
Closed2005 – 2010MexicanaClick
Airline
Closed2009 – 2010MexicanaLink
Mexican regional airline
Closed2004 – 2008Skybus Airlines
Airline
Closed1994 – 2008Skyway Airlines
Airline code
Closed1999 – 2007BRA Transportes Aéreos
Brazilian airline
Closed2004 – 2005Valuair
Airline of Singapore
Closed1992 – 2004Impulse Airlines
Airline in Australia
Closed1990 – 1999Reno Air
Us-Airline from Reno, Nevada
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