List of defunct airlines of Africa

This is a list of defunct airlines of Africa.

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burundi

Cape Verde

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	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Eritrea					2007	2007	^[3]
Eritrean Airlines	File:Boeing 707-331B, Eritrean Airlines AN0487753.jpg				1991	1998	Renamed to Red Sea Air^[4]
Nasair	File:Nasair Eritrea Boeing 737-200 Iwelumo.jpg	UE	NAS	NASAIRWAYS	2006	2014
Red Sea Air		7R			1993	1995
Red Sea Air	File:BAC 111-528FL One-Eleven, Red Sea Air (Jaro International) AN2002622.jpg	7R	ERS	ERITREAN REDSEA	1998	2000

Eswatini

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

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

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Catovair	File:Beech 1900D, Catovair JP6302836.jpg	MV	IBL		2005	2008

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

Réunion

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

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Bourbon	File:Airbus A340-211, Air Bourbon AN0390116.jpg	ZN	BUB	BOURBON	2002	2004
Air Réunion		UU	REU	Réunion Air Svc	1987	1990	renamed/merged to Air Austral
Air Outre Mer	File:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, AOM - Air Outre Mer AN0649072.jpg	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

Senegal

Seychelles

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

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Ligne Aérienne Seychelles	File:Ligne Aerienne Seychelles Boeing 707 Wheatley-1.jpg	YP		1986	1987
Seychelles Airlines^[5]				1976	1979	renamed/merged to: Seychelles International Airways
Seychelles International Airways	File:Seychelles International Airways Douglas DC-8.jpg	CK	SISAL	1979	1985	renamed/merged to Air Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

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

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Air Services International					2002	2004	^[6]
Air Shabelle					2016	2017
Air Somalia	File:Air Somalia Tupolev Tu-154.jpg		RSM	AIR SOMALIA	2001	2002
Blue Sky Airlines					2012	2016	Merged with Ocean Airlines to form Blue Ocean^[7]
Damal Airlines	File:3C-KKH An-24RV Damal Al(Air Cess) SHJ 21NOV00 (6969458763).jpg		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	File:Somali Airlines A310-200 OO-SCB FCO 1989-1-5.png	HH	SOM	SOMALAIR	1964	1991
Star African Air			STU		2000	2009

South Africa

South Sudan

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

Airline	Image	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	File:5Y-DAD Let L.410 South Supreme Airlines.jpg			2013	2017

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

References

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↑ "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.

[ch-aviation-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-04.

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[4] "Eritrean Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[airlinefan.com-5] "Air Seychelles". Retrieved 2019-02-19.

[6] "Air Services International". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[7] "Blue Sky Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[8] "Gallad Air". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[9] "Mudan Airlines". ATDB-aero. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[10] "Ocean Airlines". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[11] "Osob Air". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

[12] "SomAir". Airline History. Retrieved 27 April 2022.

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