List of airlines of Texas
| Company type | Various (passenger, cargo, charter airlines) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aviation |
| Headquarters | Texas (various cities including Dallas, Houston, Irving, Fort Worth) , United States |
Texas-Based Airline Companies Holding FAA and DOT Certificates
This compilation identifies passenger, charter, and cargo airlines certified by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and United States Department of Transportation (DOT), including their parent companys, consortiums, private equity firms, or other corporate entities functioning as airlines headquartered in Texas.
Passenger Carriers
- Southwest Airlines, Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas
- American Airlines, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Irving, Texas
- Avelo Airlines, Based in Houston, Texas; operates from Hollywood Burbank Airport, California
Cargo and Charter Operators
- Ameristar Air Cargo, Located at Addison Airport, Texas
- Ameristar Jet Charter, Dallas, Texas
- Berry Aviation, San Marcos Municipal Airport, San Marcos, Texas
- C&M Airways, El Paso International Airport, El Paso, Texas (cargo services)
- Flexjet (also known as Bombardier Flexjet), Dallas, Texas (fractional ownership model)
- Jet Solutions, L.L.C., Richardson, Texas; operates Flexjet 25 aircraft
- Martinaire, Addison Airport, Addison, Texas
Airline Operations via Investment Holdings in FAA/DOT Certified Carriers
American Airlines Group, Airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas
- American Airlines
- Envoy Air, Fort Worth, Texas
- Piedmont Airlines
- PSA Airlines
- US Airways
The American Airlines Group also oversees the AmericanConnection brand and formerly operated TWA Airlines LLC (previously known as Trans World Airlines).
Defunct or Merged Airline Entities Based in Texas
This section includes FAA/DOT certificated carriers or similarly structured firms once based and managed from Texas. These entities may have ceased to exist due to mergers, acquisitions, or buyouts by parent companies, holding firms, consortiums, private equity investors, or strategic stakeholders retaining FAA/DOT operating certificates linked to a Texas-based organization.
Previously Certified Air Transport Companies Headquartered in Texas
- Air Alaska Pan Am Air Bridge
- AirCal
- Air Texas (1968–1970) operating from Fort Worth Meacham International Airport to Austin and Houston
- Amistad Airlines based in Del Rio
- ATA Airlines
- Austin Express, (operated from Robert Mueller Municipal Airport then Austin Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas)
- Bar Harbor Airlines initially at Bar Harbor Airport, Trenton, Maine before relocating to Houston, Texas
- Braniff International Airways, originally Grapevine then Dallas, Texas
- Business Express Airlines
- Central Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas
- Conquest Airlines, Robert Mueller Municipal Airport, Austin, Texas
- Continental Airlines
- Continental Micronesia
- Dal Airways
- Dallas Express Airlines
- Davis Airlines
- Eagle Airlines
- Emerald Air, Austin-based airline acquired by Bia Cor Holdings Inc., renamed "Braniff III"
- Essair
- Fort Worth Airlines
- Hood Airways
- Kitty Hawk Airways
- Kitty Hawk Aircargo, operated out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
- Legend Airlines, Love Field in Dallas, Texas
- Lone Star Airlines (1960)
- Midway Aviation
- Muse Air, Houston-based carrier that became TranStar Airlines
- Pacific Air Holdings, Dallas-based airline holding company
- Pacific Wings, Dallas-based commuter carrier providing federally subsidized Essential Air Services in Hawaii and small communities
- GeorgiaSkies, commuter airline based in Dallas operating within Georgia
- KentuckySkies, Dallas-based commuter airline serving Kentucky
- New Mexico Airlines, Dallas-headquartered commuter airline covering New Mexico and West Texas
- TennesseeSkies, commuter airline from Dallas operating in Tennessee
- Permian Airlines served routes from Midland to San Antonio and Del Rio
- Reno Air
- Rio Airways, Killeen, Texas-based airline
- Tejas Airlines (1979–1980) operated from Fort Worth Meacham International Airport to Austin, Houston, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, and Laredo
- Texas Star Airlines
- TranStar Airlines, Houston-based carrier
- Trans-Texas Airways
- Trans World Airlines
- UltraAir
- Wise Airlines operated routes from Del Rio to San Antonio
- Valiant Airways, Houston-based; ceased operations before launch
Companies with certificated carrier assets, headquartered in Texas, now defunct
- Dalfort Corporation operating as
- Braniff Inc. Initially based in Dallas, Texas, later relocated to Orlando, Florida (partially established from Braniff International Airways' assets)
- Exec Express II Inc. operating under
- Aspen Mountain Air/Lone Star Airlines Originally located in Stillwater, Oklahoma, subsequently moved to Fort Worth, Texas
- ExpressJet Holdings
- ExpressJet Airlines (prior to its acquisition by SkyWest Inc.)
- Metro Airlines Headquartered first in Houston, Texas, then at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Grapevine, Texas; transformed into a holding company acquiring several airlines
- (SS) Air Northeast (Brockway Air), (OY) Aviation Associates (Sunaire), (FH) Chaparral Airlines, (FY) Metro Airlines, (FY) Metro Express II, (HY) Metroflight
- Texas Air Corporation