List of defunct airlines of Africa

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This is a list of defunct airlines of Africa.

Algeria[]

Angola[]

Benin[]

Botswana[]

Burundi[]

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

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Burundi	BY	PBU	AIR-BURUNDI	1971	2009
			Burundi Charter & Cargo	1993
City Connexion Airlines	G3	CIX		Connexion	2000
Royal Air Burundi				1962	1963
				1971	1975	Renamed Air Burundi

Cape Verde[]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Halcyonair		7Z	HCV	CREOLE	February 25, 2005	2013

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	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations
Nasair	UE	NAS	NASAIRWAYS	2006	2014
Red Sea Air	7R			1993	1995
Red Sea Air	7R	ERS	Eritrean Redsea	1998	2000

Eswatini[]

Gabon[]

Gambia[]

Ghana[]

Guinea[]

Guinea-Bissau[]

Ivory Coast[]

Kenya[]

Lesotho[]

Liberia[]

Libya[]

Madagascar[]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Madagascar Flying Services	UE	NAS	NASAIRWAYS	2002	2006
Régie Malagache					1937	Merged with Lignes Aeriennes Nord Africaines (LANA) and Compagnie Transafricaine d'Aviation (CTA) to form Régie Air Afrique.
Transports et Travaux Aériens de Madagascar				1954	2002

Malawi[]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Malawi		UM	AIM	MALAWI	1964	2013

Mali[]

Mauritania[]

Mauritius[]

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

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

Morocco[]

Mozambique[]

Namibia[]

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

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Namibia	SW	NMB	NAMIBIA	1946	2021
				2003	2006
Kalahari Express Airlines	XY	KEA		1997	2000
Namib Air	SW	NBM		1978	1991	renamed/merged to Air Namibia
Namibia Commercial Aviation		MRE	NCA	1977	2010
Suidwes Lugdiens			South West Airways	1959	1989	renamed/merged to: Namib Air

Nigeria[]

Réunion[]

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

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Bourbon	ZN	BUB	BOURBON	2002	2004
	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
	UU	REU		1975	1987	renamed/merged to Air Réunion

São Tomé and Príncipe[]

Senegal[]

Seychelles[]

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

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Ligne Aérienne Seychelles	YP		1986	1987
Seychelles Airlines^[3]			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	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations
				2016	2017
Air Somalia		RSM	Air Somalia	2001	2019
				1999	2005
		OSB	Cosob Airline	2009	2011
Somali Airlines	HH	SOM	SOMALAIR	1964	1991
		STU		2000	2009

South Africa[]

South Sudan[]

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[]

Tanzania[]

Togo[]

Tunisia[]

Uganda[]

Zambia[]

Zimbabwe[]

References[]

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "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 Seychelles". Retrieved 2019-02-19.

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