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This is a list of defunct airlines of Australia.[1]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
Aboriginal Air Services I8 2000 2006
Ad Astral Aviation AT 1986 2016
Adelaide Airways 1935 1957 Formed by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Merged with the Orient Steam Navigation Company and the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited in 1936 to form Australian National Airways (ANA)
Advance Airlines 1974 1981
Aero-Tropics Air Services HC ATI 1999 2008
Aeropelican Air Services OT PEL,PE PELICAN 1994 2013
Air Australia VC AGC STRATEGIC 2008 2012 Formed as Strategic Airlines
Air Queensland QN AQN BUSHAIR 1981 1988 Absorbed into Australian Airlines
Airlines of Australia Limited 1935 1942? Controlling interest in 1937 by Australian National Airways
Airlines of New South Wales WX NEWSOUTH 1959 1993
Airlines of South Australia 1960 1986 Subsidiary of Ansett Australia
Airlines of South Australia RT LRT 1987 2006 Independent airline form by a merger of Lincoln Airlines and Augusta Airways
Airtex Aviation 1982 2010
Ansett Air Freight 1989 2000
Ansett Australia AN AAA ANSETT 1936 2002
Aus-Air NO AUS Aus-Air 1956 1999
Asian Express Airlines HJ AXF 1996 2008 Renamed from Premier Airlines in 1996 and rebranded as Tasman Cargo Airlines in 2008
Australia Asia Airlines IM AAU Austasia 1990 1996 Subsidiary of Qantas
Australian Airlines AO AUZ AUSTRALIAN 2002 2006 Subsidiary of Qantas
Australian National Airways 1930 1931
Australian National Airways (ANA) 1936 1957 Sold to Ansett Airways and they merged to form Ansett-ANA
BackpackersXpress Never commenced flights
Big Sky Express JT 2004 2006
Brindabella Airlines FQ BRI BRINDABELLA 1994 2013
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 1946 1954 Taken over by Qantas
Bush Pilots Airways 1951 1981 Became BPA then renamed Air Queensland in 1981
Butler Air Transport 1934 1959 Absorbed into Ansett as Airlines of New South Wales
Coastal Airways 1962 1984 Absorbed into Ansett
Compass Airlines YM CYM COMPAIR 1990 1993
Connellan Airways CX 1939 1980 Acquired by East-West-Airlines
East-West Airlines EW EWA EastWest 1947 1993
Eastland Air DK ILA
Emu Airways TL 1970 2005
Flight West Airlines YC FWQ UNITY 1987 2001 Sold to Queensland Aviation Holdings
Global Air GAG GLOBAL AIRGROUP 1997 2005
Golden Eagle Airlines
Great Western Aviation 1998 2006
Hart Aircraft Service 1929 1938 Sold to Victorian and Interstate Airways Ltd
Hazelton Airlines ZL HZL HAZELTON 1953 2001
Holyman's Airways 1934 1936 Became Australian National Airways
Horizon Airlines BN HZA Horiz Air 2004 Acquired by Macair Airlines
Impulse Airlines VQ IPU IMPULSE 1982 2004
Independent Air Freighters IDP 1993 2002
IndoJet Asia 2008 2009
IPEC Aviation IN IPA 1976 1993
JETGO Australia JG JGO JETGO 2011 2018
Lloyd Aviation QUEENSLAND 1969 1990
Kendell Airlines KD KDA KENDELL 1971 2002
MacAir Airlines CC MCK MACAIR 1996 2009
MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA) MV MILLER 1927 1981 In 1963 became a division of Ansett Transport Industries and was renamed MacRobertson Miller Airline Services. Renamed Airlines of Western Australia in 1981.
New England Airways 1931 1935 Floated as Airlines of Australia Limited in 1935
Norfolk Air N5 NFK NORFIK AIR 2006 2011
Norfolk Island Airlines UG NIA 1973 1992
Norfolk Island Airlines 2017 2018 Used Nauru Airlines aircraft
Norfolk Jet Express YE 1997 2005
North Queensland Airways 1936 1938
O'Connor Airlines UQ OCM OCONNOR 1973 2007
OzJet O7 OZJ AUSJET 2012
PACAV - Pacific Aviation Charters PCV
Queensland Pacific Airlines 1988 1991
Queensland Pacific Airways 1972 Absorbed by Bush Pilots Airways
Queensland Regional Airlines Q7 2003
Rebel Air 1956 1988 Ceased all scheduled operations
Regional Pacific Airlines QT 2001 2010
SA Air Taxis Ltd 1958 1963
SkyAirWorld S9 SYW SKY AIR 2006 2009
South Pacific Airways SOUTH PACIFIC 1974 1984
Sunshine Express Airlines CQ EXL 1998 2006 Ceased all scheduled operations. Charter only.
Tasair TA 1998 2012
Tasmanian Airways 1926 1935
Tigerair Australia TT TGG TIGOZ 2007 2020
Trans Australia Airlines TN TAA TRANSAIR 1946 1994
Transair JT 2002 2006
Vincent Aviation Australia BF VIN 2004 2014
West Australian Airways 1921 1936 Purchased by Adelaide Airways
Yanda Airlines YE 1988 2001

See also

References

  1. ^ ch-aviation.ch
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