List of defunct airlines of South Africa

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This is a list of defunct airlines of South Africa.[1][2]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
1time Airline T6 RNX NEXTIME 2003 2012 Went into liquidation November 2, 2012
Aero Air Charter 1995 2001
African Airline Investments LGE 2010 2010
African International Airways AIN FLY CARGO 1985 2008
African Star Airways 4M ASG 1998 2000
Airlink Airline 5T LNK 1992 1994 renamed/merged to Airlink
Airquarius Aviation AQU;SSN QUARIUS 1999 2001 renamed/merged to: Airquarius Air Charter
Airquarius Air Charter SSN;AQU QUARIUS 2001 2007 renamed/merged to: Branson Air
AirWorld South Africa SPZ 1996 2005
Alliance Air Y2 AFJ JAMBO 1995 2000 Ran at a loss, last flight October 8, 2000. Joint venture between South African Airways, Tanzania and Uganda.
Avia Airlines GW Avia Air Charter 1995 1995
Bop Air SSN 1979 1994 Rebranded as Sun Air
Caprivi Airways 1968 1981 renamed/merged to African Air Carriers
Charlan Air Charter S8 CAH Charlan 2000 2006
Executive Aerospace EAS AEROSPACE 1984 2008
Executive Turbine Air Charter TEA 2001 2011
Flitestar GM TKE 1991 1994
Fly Blue Crane 7B FCO BLUE CRANE 2015 2017 Entered business rescue on February 3, 2017
Hydro Air Cargo HYC 2000 2003 Ceased operations after their only aircraft was destroyed in a landing accident at Lagos
Imperial Air Cargo 2006 2014 Airline acquired by BidAir Cargo
Intensive Air IM XRA 1993 2002
Interair South Africa D6 ILN INLINE 1993 2015
Interlink Airlines ID ITK INTERLINK 1997 2010 Went into liquidation March 2, 2010
Nationwide Airlines CE NTW NATIONWIDE 1991 2008
Naturelink Aviation NRK NATURELINK 1997 2011 Merged into NAC Charter
Pelican Air Services 7V PDF 2002 2011
Phoenix Airways PHOENIX 1994 1995
Qwila Air QWL 2002 2009
Rossair Executive Air Charter RSS ROSS CHARTER 1956 2005
Rovos Air 6P VOS ROVOS 2001 2014
Skywise C9 SWZ SKYWISE 2015 2015 Operations halted November 10, 2015
SA Airlink 5T;4Z LNK Airlink AL 1994 1998 renamed/merged to South African Airlink
South African Express XZ EXY EXPRESSWAYS 1994 2020
South African Historic Flight SYY 1991 2007 Rebranded as Skyclass
Stars Away Aviation STX 2005 2013
Sun Air BV SNN Southwestern Air Service 1994 1999 Absorbed by SAA and shut down
Sun Air AQ SJE 2001 2004 Rebranded as Millionair Aviation
Tramon Air TMX TRAMON 1995 2006
Trek Airways JW TKE TREKAIR 1953 1994
Union Airways 1929 1934
Valan International Cargo Charter VLA 2002 2007
Velvet Sky VZ VEL VELVET 2010 2012 Went into liquidation May 7, 2012

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References

  1. ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  2. ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
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