List of government-owned airlines

The following is a list of government-owned airlines. The practice of government ownership of airlines, particularly flag carrier airlines, occurs in many countries. The following is a list of both airlines currently owned by a government, and former government-owned airlines.

Current government-owned airlines

Airline	Country	Stake
Aeroflot	Russian Federation	As of March 2020: 51%[1]
Aerogaviota	Cuba	100%
Aerolíneas Argentinas	Argentina	As of December 2014: 100%[2]
Afriqiyah Airways	Libya	100%[3]
Air Algérie	Algeria	As of December 2013: 100%[4]
Air Botswana	Botswana	100%
Air Calédonie	New Caledonia (France)	52.45%
Air China	China	53.46%[5]
Air Côte d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast	As of April 2017: 58%[6]
Air Djibouti	Djibouti	Djibouti Government minor shareholder[7]
Air Greenland (Greenlandair)	Greenland	100%[8]
Air India	India	100% (owned by government-owned enterprise Air India Limited)
Air Kiribati	Kiribati	100%[9]
Air Koryo	North Korea	100%
Air Macau	Macau	66.9% Air China (majority shareholder - Chinese government) 5% (minority shareholder - government of Macau)[10]
Air Madagascar	Madagascar
Air Malta	Malta
Air Mauritius	Mauritius
Air Namibia	Namibia	100%[11]
Air New Zealand	New Zealand	As of March 2020: 52%[12]
Air Niugini	Papua New Guinea	60%[10]
Air Serbia	Serbia	51%[13]
Air Seychelles	Seychelles	60%
Air Tanzania	Tanzania	100%
Air Vanuatu	Vanuatu	100%
Air Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	100%[14]
AirBaltic	Latvia	80%
Aircalin	New Caledonia	100%
Alitalia	Italy	100%
Ariana Afghan Airlines	Afghanistan	100%
Arkaim	Russia
Aurigny	Guernsey	100%
Azerbaijan Airlines	Azerbaijan	100%
Bahamasair	Bahamas	100%
Belavia	Belarus	100%
Biman Bangladesh Airlines	Bangladesh	At least 51%
Boliviana de Aviación	Bolivia	100%
Cambodia Angkor Air	Cambodia	51%
Caribbean Airlines	Trinidad and Tobago	100%
Cayman Airways	Cayman Islands	100%
China Airlines	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Conviasa	Venezuela	100%
Croatia Airlines	Croatia	100%
Cubana de Aviación	Cuba	100%
Druk Air	Bhutan	100%
Dubai Royal Air Wing	Government of Dubai (UAE)	100%
EgyptAir	Egypt	100%
Emirates	Government of Dubai (UAE)	100%
Eritrean Airlines	Eritrea	80% Eritrean government 20% Ethiopia Airlines (Ethiopian government)
Ethiopian Airlines	Ethiopia	100%
Etihad Airways	Government of Abu Dhabi (UAE)	100%
Fiji Airways	Fiji	52%
Finnair	Finland	55.8%
Flydubai	Government of Dubai (UAE)	100%
Garuda Indonesia	Indonesia	60.51%
Heli Air Monaco	Monaco	100%[15]
Iran Air	Iran	60%
Iraqi Airways	Iraq	100%
Kenya Airways	Kenya	48.9%
Kuwait Airways	Kuwait	100%
LADE	Argentina	100%
LAM Mozambique Airlines	Mozambique	100%
Lao Airlines	Laos	100%
Libyan Airlines	Libya	100%
LOT Polish Airlines	Poland	99.82%
Malaysia Airlines	Malaysia	100%
Mandarin Airlines	Republic of China (Taiwan)
MIAT Mongolian Airlines	Mongolia
Middle East Airlines	Lebanon	100%
Myanmar National Airlines	Myanmar	100%
Myanmar Airways International	Myanmar
Nauru Airlines	Nauru
Nepal Airlines	Nepal
Nigeria Airways	Nigeria
Oman Air	Oman
Pakistan International Airlines	Pakistan
Presidential Flight (formerly Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight)[16]	United Arab Emirates	100%
Qatar Airways	Qatar
Qatar Amiri Flight	Qatar
Qatar Executive	Qatar
RAM Cargo	Morocco
Régie Malagache	Madagascar
Rossiya	Russia
Royal Air Lao	Laos
Royal Air Maroc	Morocco
Royal Brunei Airlines	Brunei
Royal Jordanian	Jordan
Royal Swazi National Airways	Eswatini
Royal Tongan Airlines	Tonga
RwandAir	Rwanda
Satena	Colombia
Saudia	Saudi Arabia
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)	Denmark Sweden	14.24 (Danish government) 14.82 (Swedish government)[17]
Singapore Airlines	Singapore	55.53%[18]
Solomon Airlines	Solomon Islands	100%[19]
South African Airways	South Africa	100%[20]
SriLankan Airlines	Sri Lanka	99.11%[21]
Sudan Airways	Sudan	79.00%[22]
Surinam Airways	Suriname	100%[23]
TAAG Angola Airlines	Angola	90.00%[24]
TAP Portugal	Portugal	50.00%[25]
TAROM	Romania	97.22%[26]
Thai Airways International	Thailand	51.00%[27]
Tunisair	Tunisia	[28][29]
Turkmenistan Airlines	Turkmenistan
Uganda Airlines	Uganda	100%[30]
Uzbekistan Airways	Uzbekistan
Vietnam Airlines	Vietnam	86.10%[31]
Yemenia	Yemen	51.00%[32]

List of former government-owned airlines

This is a list of airlines which were formerly government owned. They have since been privatized or have ceased operations.

Airline	Country	End of government ownership	Fate
Aero Caribbean	Cuba	2015	Merged into Cubana[33]
Aeroflot-Cargo	Russian Federation	2010	Merged with Aeroflot
Aeroméxico	Mexico	2007	Privatized
Aerotaxi	Cuba	2009	Ceased operations
Air Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	1998	Liquidated[34]
Air Burundi	Burundi	2009	Ceased operations[35]
Air Canada	Canada	1989	Privatized[36]
Air France	France	2004	Privatized[37] (refer to tab 5 2000–2010 in the given reference)
Air Gabon	Gabon	2006	Bankrupt
Air Guinée	Guinea	1992	Privatised 1992, dissolved 2002
Air Ivoire	Côte-d'Ivoire	2011	Ceased operations
Air Jamaica	Jamaica	2011	Sold to Caribbean Airlines 2011, ceased operations 2015
Air Liberia	Liberia	1990	Ceased trading
Air Malawi	Malawi	2013	Voluntary liquidation
Air Mali (1960-89)	Mali	1989	Shut down[38]
Air Niger	Niger	1993	Ceased operations[39]
Air Rwanda	Rwanda	2002	Taken over by and rebranded to RwandAir
Air Sénégal International	Senegal	2009	Operations suspended[40]
Air Zaïre	Zaire	1995	Bankrupt[41]
Berkut Air	Kazakhstan	2011	Rebranded
British Airways	United Kingdom	1987	Privatized[42]
Cabo Verde Airlines	Cabo Verde	2019	Privatized[43]
Cameroon Airlines	Cameroon	2008	Ceased operations
Donavia	Russia	2016	Merged with Rossiya Airlines
Ecuato Guineana	Equatorial Guinea	~ 2007	Unknown
Eurocypria Airlines	Cyprus	2010	Bankruptcy[44]
Gambia International Airlines	Gambia	2007	Shut down
Ghana Airways	Ghana	2004	Ceased operations
Guine Bissau Airlines	Guinea Bissau	2003
Japan Airlines	Japan	1987	Privatized
Lina Congo	Republic of Congo	2002	Dissolved
Lufthansa	Germany	1994	Privatized[45]
Merpati Nusantara Airlines	Indonesia	2014	Ceased operations
Norfolk Air	/ Norfolk Island, Australia	2011	Ceased operations[46]
NorOntair	/ Ontario, Canada	1996	Ceased operations[47]
Qantas	Australia	1992	Privatized[48]
Sierra National Airlines	Sierra Leone	2004	Ceased operations[49]
South Africa Express	South Africa	2020	Liquidated[50]
TAME	Ecuador	2020	Liquidated[51][52]
TANS Perú	Peru	2006	Shut down[53]
Toumaï Air Tchad	Chad	2012	Ceased operations[54]
Turkish Airlines	Turkey		Privatized[55]
Uganda Airlines (1976-2001)	Uganda	2001	Liquidated[56]
Ukrainian Cargo Airways	Ukraine	2009	Shut down[57]
Zambia Airways	Zambia	1994	Ceased operations[58]

See also

• Flag carrier
• Government-owned corporation
• List of airlines
• List of government-owned companies

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