B&B Airlines

The Boni & Backner Aviation Consortium, LLC, doing business as B&B Airlines, among other trade names, is a multinational aviation and travel services company based in Boston, Massachusetts.

History
The B&B Corporation was founded in October, 2008, by Chase Boni & Jared Backner. B&B Originally operated two routes, Boston-Baltimore, and Boston-Cleveland, using Boeing 737-200 aircraft. By the end of the year, a Boston-Chicago route had been added using Boeing a Boeing 727. By spring of 2009, B&B's fleet had expanded to include Boeing 737-300s and 737-500s, and destinations as far as Orlando. By Fall of 2009, Boeing 737-800s and 767-400s had arrived, and B&B started two transatlantic services, from Baltimore and Boston to London. In February, 2010, the B&B fleet consisted of 11 Boeing 737-800s and 2 Boeing 767-400s.

2010 Bankruptcy
In October of 2010, due to high fuel prices and increased fees from aircraft lessors, B&B filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. During restructuring, B&B sold it's fleet back to the lessors, and was able to buy surplus A320 series aircraft from recently defunct Mexicana de Aviacion.