List of defunct airlines of Germany
This is a list of defunct airlines of Germany.[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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Aero Flight | GV | ARF | AEROFOX | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Aero Lloyd | YP | AEF | AERO LLOYD | 1981 | 2003 | ||
Aerotour | 1959 | ||||||
Air Berlin | AB | BER | AIR BERLIN | 1991 | 2017 | ||
Air Berlin USA | ZF | 1979 | 1991 | Renamed/merged to Air Berlin | |||
Air Bremen | HR | BRN | AIR BREMEN | 1988 | 1990 | ||
Air Cargo Germany | 6U | ACX | LOADMASTER | 2009 | 2013 | ||
Air Classic | 1974 | 1989 | Renamed/merged to Classic Wings | ||||
Air Commerz | DX | AIRCOMER | 1970 | 1972 | |||
Air de Cologne | 1987 | 1988 | Formed by Scandinavian Airlines. Acquired by TNT. | ||||
Air Lipsia | W2 | 2010 | |||||
Air Omega | OE | AOW | 2001 | 2004 | |||
All-Air | 1966 | 1968 | |||||
Amadeus | B5 | 1996 | 2004 | ||||
Antares Airtransport | ANM | ANTARES | 2001 | 2005 | |||
Atlantis | NO | ATLANTIS | 1968 | 1972 | |||
Augsburg Airways | IQ | AUB | AUGSBURG-AIR | 1986 | 2013 | ||
Augusta Air | AUF | AUGUSTA | 1985 | 2014 | |||
Aviaction | HC | AVIACTION | 1969 | 1973 | |||
Azur Air | UR | ARZ | BLUE EAGLE | 2017 | 2018 | ||
Baden Air | 1998 | 2000 | Merged into Cirrus Airlines | ||||
Badische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | 1923 | 1926 | |||||
Bavaria Fluggesellschaft | BV | BAVARIA | 1957 | 1977 | Merged with Germanair to form Bavaria Germanair | ||
Bavaria Germanair | BV | BAVARIA | 1977 | 1979 | Merged into Hapag-Lloyd Flug | ||
Bayerische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | 1925 | 1928 | |||||
Bayerischer Flugdienst | BT | 1954 | 1975 | ||||
Berline | BZ | TBL | BEROLINER | 1991 | 1994 | ||
Bin Air | BID | BINAIR | 1996 | 2018 | |||
Blue Wings | QW | BWG | BLUE WINGS | 2003 | 2010 | ||
Bonair Business Charter | BOB | TWISTER | 2002 | 2005 | |||
Bremenfly | 8B | BFY | BORGWARDT | 2009 | 2010 | ||
Britannia Airways Germany | BN | DBY | 1997 | 2001 | |||
Calair | DZ | CALAIR | 1970 | 1972 | |||
Cimber Air | EG;GW | 1992 | Formed by Denmark's Cimber Air. | ||||
Cirrus Airlines | C9 | RUS | CIRRUS | 1998 | 2012 | Cosmos Air (1997-1999) merged into Cirrus Airlines. Baden Air (1998-2000) merged into Cirrus Airlines | |
Cirrus Aviation | RUS | 2001 | 2008 | Formed by Cirrus Airlines (Cirrus Group). Acquired by ATON and merged into DC Aviation on 31 March 2008. | |||
City-Air | 6E | CIP | CITYWAYS | 1971 | 2004 | ||
Cologne Air Transport | 1991 | 1996 | |||||
Condor Berlin | DE | CIB | 1997 | 2009 | |||
Condor Luftreederei | 1955 | 1961 | Renamed/merged to Condor | ||||
Condor Syndikat | 1924 | 1927 | |||||
Contact Air | C3 | KIS | CONTACT AIR | 1974 | 2012 | Merged into OLT Express Germany | |
Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei | 1958 | 1962 | |||||
Cosmos Air | ZE | AZE | 1997 | 1999 | |||
Danziger Luftpost | 1921 | 1923 | |||||
Dauair | D5 | DAU | DAUAIR | 2005 | 2006 | ||
DBA | DI | BAG | SPEEDWAY | 2005 | 2008 | Rebranded as Air Berlin | |
DELAG | 1910 | 1935 | |||||
Delta Air | 1977 | 1992 | |||||
Deruluft | 1921 | 1937 | Joint German-Soviet airline | ||||
Deutsche Aero Lloyd | 1923 | 1926 | Merged with Junkers Luftverkehr to form Deutsche Luft Hansa | ||||
Deutsche BA | 1992 | 2005 | Rebranded as DBA | ||||
Deutsche Luft Hansa | 1926 | 1945 | |||||
Deutsche Luft-Reederei | 1917 | 1923 | Rebranded as Deutsche Aero Lloyd | ||||
Deutsche Lufthansa | 1955 | 1963 | Sued by the West German based Lufthansa and liquidated. Staff, fleet and route network transferred to Interflug | ||||
Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei | 1935 | 1939 | Successor to DELAG. Resurrected in 2001. | ||||
DLR Flugbetriebe | GPL | 1967 | |||||
DLT | DW | DLT | 1958 | 1992 | Renamed/merged to Lufthansa CityLine | ||
EastWest Airlines | 5D | EWT | E-WEST | 1994 | 1995 | ||
Elbe Air | LBR | MOTION | |||||
Euroberlin France | EE | EEB | EUROBER | 1988 | 1994 | Franco-German joint airline | |
Euro-hopper.com | 2003 | 2003 | Renamed/merged to Denim Airways | ||||
European Air Express | EA | EAL | STAR WING | 1999 | 2007 | ||
EuroCity Line | 1998 | 1998 | |||||
Eurowings Flug | EW | EWF;GWI | 1995 | 2002 | Renamed/merged to Germanwings | ||
Excellent Air | GZA | 1969 | 2007 | ||||
FLM Aviation | FKI | KIEL AIR | 1973 | 2013 | |||
Fly FTI | BZ | FTI | FROG-LINE | 1998 | 2001 | ||
Futura Germany | FUT | 2007 | 2008 | ||||
General Air | GQ | GENERAL AIR | 1962 | 1976 | |||
German Airways | HE | LGW | WALTER | 1980 | 2020 | Operated European routes on behalf of Eurowings, rebranded from Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) | |
German Cargo Services | FX | GEC | 1977 | 1993 | Renamed/merged to Lufthansa Cargo | ||
German European Airlines | 1994 | 1994 | |||||
German Sky Airlines | GHY | GERMAN SKY | 2004 | 2012 | A subsidiary of Sky Airlines | ||
German Wings | PW | KFK | GERMAN WINGS | 1989 | 1990 | Went bankrupt | |
Germanair | DV | GERMANAIR | 1968 | 1977 | Merged with Bavaria Fluggesellschaft to form Bavaria Germanair | ||
Germania | ST | GMI | GERMANIA | 1978 | 2019 | Berlin European UK (1986-1991) merged into Germania | |
Germania Express | L3 | GMQ | CORGI | 2012 | 2013 | ||
Germanwings | 4U | GWI | GERMANWINGS | 2002 | 2020 | Integrated into Eurowings | |
Hamburg Airlines | HX | HAS | HAMBURG AIR | 1988 | 1997 | ||
Hamburg Airways | HK | HAY | HAMBURG AIRWAYS | 2011 | 2014 | ||
Hamburg International | 4R | HHI | HAMBURG JET | 1998 | 2010 | ||
Hanseflug | HFL | HANSEFLUG | 1992 | 2013 | |||
Hapag-Lloyd Express | X3 | HLX | YELLOW CAB | 2002 | 2006 | Merged with Hapag-Lloyd Flug to form TUIfly | |
Hapag-Lloyd Flug | HF | HLF | HAPAG LLOYD | 1979 | 2006 | Merged with Hapag-Lloyd Express to form TUIfly | |
Holiday Express | HL (HX) | HLE | HOLYDAY EXPRESS | 1983 | 1987 | ||
Interflug | IF | IFL | INTERFLUG | 1959 | 1991 | Originally formed in 1958 in East Germany. Obtained assets of Deutsche Lufthansa in 1963. Reorganized 3 October 1990 after German reunification. Assets put under control of Treuhandanstalt (public trust managing the privatization of East German enterprises). Decided on 7 February 1991 to be liquidated as uneconomical to operate after attempted take-overs by Lufthansa and British Airways. Operated its last services on 30 April 1991. | |
Interot Airways | IQ | IRT | 1990 | 1995 | Renamed/merged to Augsburg Airways | ||
Interregional (IFG) | IP | 1967 | 1974 | ||||
Jetair | JA | JETAIR | 1982 | 1984 | |||
Jetisfaction | 2011 | ||||||
Junkers Luftverkehr | 1924 | 1926 | Merged with Deutsche Aero Lloyd to form Deutsche Luft Hansa | ||||
Karl Herfurtner Düsseldorf (KHD) | 1955 | 1957 | |||||
Lloyd-Luftdienst | |||||||
LowFare Jet | 2002 | 2003 | |||||
LTU International | LT | LTU | LTU | 1955 | 2011 | Merged into Air Berlin | |
LTU-Süd International Airways | LU | LTS | 1988 | 1997 | |||
Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) | HE | LGW | WALTER | 1980 | 2020 | Rebranded to German Airways | |
Lufttransport Süd (LTS) | BV | 1983 | 1988 | Renamed/merged to LTU-Süd International Airways | |||
Luftverkehr Friesland-Harle | 1983 | 2011 | Merged with FLN Frisia Luftverkehr | ||||
Modern Air Transport | KV | MODERN | 1961 | 1975 | |||
Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) | NS | NFD | FLAMINGO | 1974 | 1992 | Merged with RFG Regionalflug to form Eurowings | |
Nightexpress | EXT | EXECUTIVE | 1984 | 2017 | |||
Nordseeflug Sylter Lufttransport | 1966 | 1968 | Renamed/merged to Atlantis | ||||
Oberschlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | 1925 | 1937 | |||||
OLT Express Germany | OL | OLT | OLTRA | 2011 | 2013 | Went bankrupt | |
Paninternational | DR | - | DELTA ROMEO | 1968 | 1971 | ||
PrivatAir Deutschland | PTG | 2003 | 2018 | ||||
RAS - Rheinland Air Service | RW | RLD | 1971 | 2002 | |||
Ratioflug | RAT | BATMAN | 1982 | 1997 | |||
Regio-Air | RAG | GERMAN LINK | 1993 | 2009 | |||
Regional Air Express | REW | REGIONAL WINGS | 2004 | 2010 | |||
RFG Regionalflug | VG | RFG | RFG | 1976 | 1993 | Merged with Nürnberger Flugdienst to form Eurowings | |
Saarland Airlines | QW | SLL | SAARLAND | 1992 | 1993 | ||
Sächsische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | 1924 | 1926 | |||||
Special Air Transport (SAT) | JO | DST | 1978 | 1986 | Rebranded as Germania | ||
Schlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | |||||||
SkyTeam Luftfahrtunternehmen | |||||||
Small Planet Airlines | 5P | LLX | GERMANJET | 2015 | 2018 | A subsidiary of the now defunct Small Planet Airlines | |
Star XL German Airlines | GXL | 2006 | 2006 | Rebranded as XL Airways Germany | |||
Südavia | FV | VXY | SUDAVIA | 1984 | 1990 | ||
Südflug International | SZ | SUEDFLUG | 1952 | 1968 | Acquired by Lufthansa | ||
Südwestflug | 1964 | 1968 | Acquired by Germanair | ||||
SunExpress Deutschland | XG | SXD | SUNRISE | 2011 | 2020 | ||
Tempelhof Airways | CL | TEH | TEMPELHOF | 1981 | 1991 | ||
Tempelhof Express Airlines | FC | SBY | 1998 | 2001 | |||
Thuringia Airways | FC | SBY | 1997 | 1998 | Renamed/merged to Tempelhof Express Airlines | ||
Trans-Avia Düsseldorf | TAD | 1957 | 1959 | ||||
TransAer Cologne | 1998 | 2000 | |||||
Transportflug | 1966 | 1970 | Merged into Calair | ||||
Triple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft | 1995 | 2011 | |||||
Vibro Air Flugservice | VIB | 1994 | 2013 | ||||
WDL Flugdienst | WE | 1955 | 1991 | Renamed/merged to WDL Aviation | |||
Westflug | WFA | ||||||
Wirtschaftsflug | WS | 1972 | 1982 | ||||
XL Airways Germany | X4 | GXL | STARDUST | 2006 | 2013 | Went bankrupt |
References
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- "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 2019-01-28.
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