List of defunct airlines of Australia
Appearance
This is a list of defunct airlines of Australia.[1]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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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 |