List of defunct airlines of Africa

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Africa.

Algeria[edit]

Angola[edit]

Benin[edit]

Botswana[edit]

Burundi[edit]

Cape Verde[edit]

Cameroon[edit]

Central African Republic[edit]

Comoros[edit]

Congo, Democratic Republic of the[edit]

Congo, Republic of[edit]

Djibouti[edit]

Egypt[edit]

Equatorial Guinea[edit]

Eritrea[edit]

Defunct airlines of Eritrea include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	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	7R	ERS	ERITREAN REDSEA	1998	2000

Eswatini[edit]

Gabon[edit]

Gambia[edit]

Ghana[edit]

Guinea[edit]

Guinea-Bissau[edit]

Ivory Coast[edit]

Kenya[edit]

Lesotho[edit]

Liberia[edit]

Libya[edit]

Madagascar[edit]

Malawi[edit]

Mali[edit]

Mauritania[edit]

Mauritius[edit]

Defunct airlines of Mauritius include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Catovair		MV	IBL		2005	2008

Morocco[edit]

Mozambique[edit]

Namibia[edit]

Nigeria[edit]

Réunion[edit]

Defunct airlines of Réunion include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	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[edit]

Senegal[edit]

Seychelles[edit]

Defunct airlines of Seychelles include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	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[edit]

Somalia[edit]

Defunct airlines of Somalia include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	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		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]
Somali Airlines	HH	SOM	SOMALAIR	1964	1991
Star African Air		STU		2000	2009

South Africa[edit]

South Sudan[edit]

Defunct airlines of South Sudan include;^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	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[edit]

Tanzania[edit]

Togo[edit]

Tunisia[edit]

Uganda[edit]

Zambia[edit]

Zimbabwe[edit]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ "Air Eritrea". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Eritrean Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Air Seychelles". Retrieved 2019-02-19.
^ "Air Services International". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Blue Sky Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Gallad Air". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Mudan Airlines". ATDB-aero. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Ocean Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "Osob Air". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
^ "SomAir". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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