List of defunct airlines of Asia
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This is a list of defunct airlines of Asia.
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Defunct airlines of Bahrain include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain Air |  | BN | BNB | BAHRAIN AIR | 2008 | 2013 | |
| Gulf Aviation |  | 1950 | 1973 | to Gulf Air on 1 January 1974 | |||
| Gulf Traveller | ,_Gulf_Traveller_JP6581403.jpg) | GF | GFA | GULF AIR | 2003 | 2007 | |
| Swiftair Bahrain | _AN0988943.jpg) | SFL | 2008 | 2012 |
Bangladesh
Brunei
Defunct airlines of Brunei include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borneo Airways | BI | RBA | BRUNEI | 1997 | 1999 | Formed by Royal Brunei Airlines | |
| RB Link | BI | RBA | BRUNEI | 2019 | 2020 | Formed by Royal Brunei Airlines | |
| Transcorp | 1985 | 1985 | [3] |
Cambodia
China, People's Republic of
Hong Kong
Macau
Defunct airlines of Macau include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macau Asia Express | 2006 | 2008 | Failed project | ||||
| Metis TransPacific Airlines | 2006 | 2007 | Not launched | ||||
| Sky Shuttle | 1997 | 2008 | |||||
| Viva Macau |  | ZG | VVM | JACKPOT | 2005 | 2010 |
Manchukuo
Defunct airlines of Manchukuo include:
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchuria Aviation Company | RH | 1931 | 1945 |
Georgia
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Defunct airlines of North Korea include:[1][2]
Korea, South
Kuwait
Defunct airlines of Kuwait include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait National Airways |  | 1953 | 1957 | Renamed/merged to Kuwait Airways | |||
| Trans Arabia Airways | TAAK | 1955 | 1964 | ||||
| Wataniya Airways |  | Q9 | WAN | WATANIYA | 2005 | 2018 |
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Malaysia
Maldives
Mongolia
Defunct airlines of Mongolia include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinggis Airways | CW | CHS | 2011 | 2012 | Formed by BAZ International, Mongolia. Expected to start in March 2012. | ||
| Eastern Airlines | ERN | 1997 | 2000 | ||||
| Hangard Airlines | OM | HGD | HANGARD | 1993 | 2001 | ||
| Mongolian Airlines Group | MR | MML | 2011 | 2013 | Rebranded as Hunnu Air. Formed by Bodi Group. Started services on 2 December 2011. Renamed in April 2013 to Hunnu Air to avoid confusion with MIAT Mongolian Airlines. | ||
| Khangarid | 2004 | 2005 | |||||
| Air Cargo Mongolia | MGC | MONGOLIA CARGO | 2013 | 2013 |
Myanmar
Nepal
Pakistan
Palestine
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palestinian Airlines |  | PF | PNW | PALESTINIAN | 1995 | 2020 |
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Oman
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Syria
Defunct airlines of Syria include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damascene Airways | .jpg) | DAS;TYL | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| FlyDamas | 4J | FDK | 2014 | 2018 | Formed in 11/14. AOC granted on 19/2/15. Started services on 3/12/15. Ceased operations in 1/18. | ||
| Orient Air | OVV | - | 2006 | 2007 | |||
| Sham Wings Airlines | 6Q | SAW | 2007 | 2009 | Renamed/merged to Cham Wings Airlines | ||
| Cham Wings Airlines | .jpg) | 6Q | SAW | SHAMWING | 2009 | 2025 | Re-established as Fly Cham |
| Syrian Airways | 1946 | 1958 | Merged with Misrair to form United Arab Airlines. Syria's association with UAA ended in October 1961, when Syrian Arab Airways was established by the Syrian government in Damascus | ||||
| Syrian Arab Air Lines |  | RB | - | 1961 | 1977 | Renamed/merged to Syrian Air | |
| Syrian Pearl Airlines | PI | PSB | 2009 | 2010 |
Taiwan (officially Republic of China)
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Defunct airlines of Timor-Leste include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Timor | 6C | 2007 | 2023 | ||||
| Timor Air | BF | ETA | 2011 | 2012 | |||
| Transportes Aéreos de Timor |  | 1939 | 1975 | Operated in the former Portuguese Timor |
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Defunct airlines of Uzbekistan include:[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia Union Airlines | 7Q | AUV | ASIA UNION | 2022 | 2025 | rebranded to FlyOne Asia | |
| HumoAir | HJ | USW | AKSAR | 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Panorama Airways | 5P | UZP | 2021 | 2024 | |||
| Samarkand Airways | C7 | UZS | SOGDIANA | 2005 | |||
| Simurg Uzbekistan | JRP | 1987 | 2000 |
Vietnam
Yemen
Further reading
- Davies R.E.G., Airlines of Asia since 1920, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London, 1997
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