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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 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 4 12.14 10.63 8.76 7.6 6.35 6.0 5.22 4.6 3.7 3.2 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.8 1.6 125 125 [2][3][4] Star Alliance
2  Egypt EgyptAir 5 8.5 11.8 8.3 6.8 7.3 - - 5.7 - - 61 78 [5][6][7] Star Alliance
3  Morocco Royal Air Maroc 6 7.9 7.3 6,1 6,2 5,6 5.8 6,1 - - 6.1 - - - 61 105 [8][9][10] OneWorld
4  South Africa South African Airways 1 6.0 9.5 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.9 8.3 7.2 39 42 [11][12][13] Star Alliance
5  Kenya Kenya Airways 2 5.6 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.0 40 66 [14] SkyTeam
6  Tunisia Tunisair 7 - 3.8 3.2 3.7 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 29 66 [15]
7  Algeria Air Algérie - 4.4 - 3.3 3.5 3.2 2.9 - - 56
8  Nigeria Arik Air 2.8 2.3 - - - - - - - 22 30 [16]
9  Mauritius Air Mauritius 3 1.3 1.3 - - - - - - - 14 20 [17]
10  Libya Libyan Airlines - 1.2 - - - - - - - 14 22 [18]
Notes
  • ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango
  • ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
  • ^3 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.
  • ^4 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
  • ^5 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
  • ^6 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
  • ^7 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.

See also

References

  1. ^ "The biggest airlines in Africa".
  2. ^ https://reader.flightglobal.com/publications-dist/1264/81157/2220/21696/article.html
  3. ^ "Ethiopian Airlines becomes third African carrier after Egyptair and South African Airways to join Star Alliance". 14 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ https://reader.flightglobal.com/publications-dist/1264/81157/2220/21696/article.html
  6. ^ "Egyptair struggles to fully recover; launches four new destinations this week, including Manchester and Toronto". 5 June 2013.
  7. ^ http://www.staralliance.com/en/about/airlines/egyptair_airlines/# Archived 2015-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ https://reader.flightglobal.com/publications-dist/1264/81157/2220/21696/article.html
  9. ^ "Terms of Service Violation". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  10. ^ "Airline ratings. World Airline Ranking 2013". www.airlines-inform.com.
  11. ^ https://reader.flightglobal.com/publications-dist/1264/81157/2220/21696/article.html
  12. ^ "Financial Results - South African Airways" (PDF). Flysaa.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-27. Retrieved 2018-08-05.
  13. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ^ "africansens.com". www.africansens.com.
  15. ^ "Tunisair sees traffic rebound 20% in 2012; plans long-haul flights to America, Canada and South Africa". 17 April 2013.
  16. ^ "CAPA - Centre for Aviation". centreforaviation.com.
  17. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-09.{{cite web}}: 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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