List of defunct airlines of Africa
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This is a list of defunct airlines of Africa.
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burundi
Cape Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Defunct airlines of Eritrea include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Eritrea | 2007 | 2007 | [3] | ||||
| Eritrean Airlines |  | 1991 | 1998 | Renamed to Red Sea Air[4] | |||
| Nasair |  | UE | NAS | NASAIRWAYS | 2006 | 2014 | |
| Red Sea Air | 7R | 1993 | 1995 | ||||
| Red Sea Air | _AN2002622.jpg) | 7R | ERS | ERITREAN REDSEA | 1998 | 2000 |
Eswatini
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Nigeria
Réunion
Defunct airlines of Réunion include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Bourbon |  | ZN | BUB | BOURBON | 2002 | 2004 | |
| Air Réunion | UU | REU | Réunion Air Svc | 1987 | 1990 | renamed/merged to Air Austral | |
| Air Outre Mer |  | QN | AOM | AOM | 1989 | 1991 | Merged with Minerve to form AOM French Airlines |
| Réunion Air Service | UU | REU | 1975 | 1987 | renamed/merged to Air Réunion |
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Defunct airlines of Seychelles include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligne Aérienne Seychelles |  | YP | 1986 | 1987 | |||
| Seychelles Airlines[5] | 1976 | 1979 | renamed/merged to: Seychelles International Airways | ||||
| Seychelles International Airways |  | CK | SISAL | 1979 | 1985 | renamed/merged to Air Seychelles |
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Defunct airlines of Somalia include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Services International | 2002 | 2004 | [6] | ||||
| Air Shabelle | 2016 | 2017 | |||||
| Air Somalia |  | RSM | AIR SOMALIA | 2001 | 2002 | ||
| Blue Sky Airlines | 2012 | 2016 | Merged with Ocean Airlines to form Blue Ocean[7] | ||||
| Damal Airlines | _SHJ_21NOV00_(6969458763).jpg) | DML | 1999 | 2005 | Operated Antonov An-24 | ||
| Gallad Air | 2003 | 2005 | [8] | ||||
| Mudan Airlines | MDN | 2005 | 2006 | Operated Antonov An-24[9] | |||
| Ocean Airlines | 2016 | 2016 | Merged with Blue Sky Airlines to form Blue Ocean[10] | ||||
| Osob Air | OSB | OSOB | 2009 | 2011 | Operated BAC One-Eleven, Boeing 737, Rombac One-Eleven[11] | ||
| SomAir | 2014 | 2015 | Operated Douglas DC-9[12] | ||||
| Star African Air | STU | 2000 | 2009 |
South Africa
South Sudan
Defunct airlines of South Sudan include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feeder Airlines | FDD | 2007 | 2013 | Rebranded as South Supreme Airlines | |||
| Southern Star Airlines | 4P | 2011 | 2011 | ||||
| South Supreme Airlines |  | 2013 | 2017 |
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Further reading
- Guttery B. R., Encyclopedia of African airlines, McFarland & Co. Inc., Jefferson (N.C.), 1998
See also
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