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List of largest airlines in Africa

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Even though Africa is the second largest continent by size and population, its airlines account for only about 6% of the world's air traffic, as most of it is being carried out by foreign air lines.[1]

This is a list of largest airlines in Africa. It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)

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RankCountryAirline '25 '24'23'22'21'20'19'18'17'16'15'14'13'12'11'10'09'08Source
1 Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines1 19.0 17.113.88.65.79.612.110.68.77.66.35.95.24.63.73.12.82.5 [2][3][4][5][6]
2 South Africa South African Airways2 9.79.99.29.38.88.18.08.08.28.9 [7][8][9]
3 Egypt Egyptair3 8.57.37.48.211.88.38.08.77.98.2 [7][10][11]
4 Morocco Royal Air Maroc4 5.63.42.27.47.37.36.86.16.35.85.65.86.1 [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
5 Kenya Kenya Airways5 5.235.03.72.21.84.44.87.94.24.23.73.73.63.12.9 [20][21]
6 Algeria Air Algérie 4.61.96.66.66.36.15.55.24.74.33.73.53.53.2 [22]
7 South Africa FlySafair 3.0 [23]
8 Nigeria Air Peace 2.802.30 [24]
9 Tunisia Tunisair9 2.5 2.63.83.53.02.83.53.73.83.23.7 [25]
10 Mauritius Air Mauritius10 1.7241.6951.6031.4991.3701.3301.2971.3251.2951.1331.1921.311 [26]
11 Libya Libyan Airlines 1.2 [27]
12 Rwanda RwandAir 1.171.140.890.590.600.500.410.360.201.13 [28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
13 Angola TAAG Angola Airlines 0.90.30.41.51.51.41.21.31.31.10.81.1 [50]
14 Libya Afriqiyah Airways 0.51.20.80.42.31.40.9[51][52][53][43][45][54]
15 Cote d'Ivoire Air Côte d'Ivoire 0.30.760.720.600.400.25 [55][56][57][58][59][60]
[61][62][63]
16 Tanzania Air Tanzania 0.0600.207 [64][65]
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By passenger fleet

More information Rank, Country ...
RankCountryAirlinePassenger
Fleet		Current
Destinations		Alliance /
Association
1 Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 170[66]161 passenger[67]Star Alliance
2 Egypt Egyptair 71102[68]Star Alliance
3 Morocco Royal Air Maroc 65108[69]Oneworld
4 Algeria Air Algérie 5878[70]
5 Egypt Air Cairo 3861[71]
6 Kenya Kenya Airways 3744[72]SkyTeam
7 South Africa FlySafair 36 (2026)[citation needed]15 (2026)[citation needed]
8 Tunisia Tunisair 3044[73]
9 Namibia Westair Aviation 3010
10 Nigeria Air Peace 2920
11 Angola TAAG Angola Airlines 2831
12 South Africa South African Airways 20 (2025)[citation needed]17 (2025)[citation needed]Star Alliance
13 Tanzania Air Tanzania 1531
14 Cote d'Ivoire Air Côte d'Ivoire 1427
15 Rwanda RwandAir 1425[74]
16 Mauritius Air Mauritius 1214[75]Vanilla Alliance
17 Libya Afriqiyah Airways 820
18 Egypt Petroleum Air Services 88
19 Egypt AlMasria Universal Airlines 85
20 Libya Libyan Airlines 722
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Notes
  • ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
  • ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango.
  • ^3 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
  • ^4 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
  • ^5 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
  • ^7 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.
  • ^10 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.

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