List of defunct airlines of South Africa

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
Command Airways		CT	CAH	COMMAND	1977
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	2013	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

See also

• List of airlines of South Africa
• List of airports in South Africa

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.