Primera Air

Primera was in the headlines for its spectacularly terrible failure and the stranding of thousands of passengers (and even its own crew) when it ceased operations in October 2018 without warning, but the airline has existed since 2003 and was a successful charter operation before it pivoted to ultra-low-cost scheduled flights primarily on European holiday routes.

Primera’s attempt to offer long-haul, transatlantic flights between the United States and Europe then literally got off the ground in April 2018, only to last a few months before the entire operation collapsed on October 2, 2018.