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)[]

Ranks Country Airline / Holding '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 '05 Passenger
Fleet		 Current
Destinations		 Sources Alliance /
Association
1  Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 1 12.10 10.63 8.76 7.60 7.39 6.91 5.92 4.64 3.73 3.15 2.81 2.50 2.10 1.80 1.60 128 127 [2][3][4] Star Alliance
2  South Africa South African Airways 2 9.70 9.90 9.20 9.30 8.80 8.10 8.00 8.00 8.20 8.90 8.30 7.20 7.20 12 21 [5][6][7] Star Alliance
3  Egypt EgyptAir 3 8.50 7.30 7.40 8.20 11.80 8.30 8.00 8.70 7.90 8.20 7.80 - - 69 87 [8][9][10] Star Alliance
4  Morocco Royal Air Maroc 4 7.50 7.30 7.40 6.70 6.10 6.20 5.60 5.80 6.10 - 6.10 - - - 1.60 59 103 [11][12][13] OneWorld
5  Algeria Air Algérie 6.60 6.30 6.10 5.50 5.20 4.70 4.10 3.60 3.30 3.50 3.20 2.90 - - 56 75
6  Tunisia Tunisair 5 3.80 3.50 3.00 2.80 3.50 3.70 3.80 3.20 3.70 3.60 3.80 3.60 3.80 3.80 29 101 [14]
7  Nigeria Arik Air 2.80 2.30 - - - - - - - 21 16 [15]
8  Kenya Kenya Airways 6 1.80 4.40 4.80 3.40 4.50 4.20 4.20 3.70 3.70 3.60 3.10 2.90 2.80 2.70 38 53 [16] SkyTeam
9  Mauritius Air Mauritius 7 1.724 1.695 1.603 1.499 1.370 1.330 1.297 1.325 1.295 1.133 1.192 1.311 1.177 - - 13 22 [17]
10  Libya Libyan Airlines - 1.20 - - - - - - - 14 22 [18]
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 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.
  • ^6 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
  • ^7 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.

See also[]

References[]

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  9. ^ "Egyptair struggles to fully recover; launches four new destinations this week, including Manchester and Toronto". 5 June 2013.
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  13. ^ "Airline ratings. World Airline Ranking 2013". www.airlines-inform.com.
  14. ^ "Tunisair sees traffic rebound 20% in 2012; plans long-haul flights to America, Canada and South Africa". 17 April 2013.
  15. ^ "CAPA - Centre for Aviation". centreforaviation.com.
  16. ^ "africansens.com". www.africansens.com.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  18. ^ "Libyan Airlines targets half of all international flights for 2014 -". www.libyaherald.com.
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