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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A | ||||||||
Advance Air | AXX | 2012 | 2017 | Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II[3] | ||||
Aero Express | 1949 | 1956 | Founded by Herr Russell. Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[4] | |||||
Aero Flight | ![]() |
GV | ARF | AERO FOX | 2004 | 2005 | ||
Aero Lloyd | ![]() |
YP | AEF | AERO LLOYD | 1981 | 2003 | Re-established as Aero Flight a year later | |
Aero Transport Flugbetriebsgesellschaft | 1958 | 1963 | Operated Lockheed Constellation, Vickers VC.1 Viking[5] | |||||
Aeroline | 7E | AWU | 2012 | 2017 | Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II[6] | |||
Aerotec Airways | 1989 | 1998 | Operated Beech King Air, Piper Seneca[7] | |||||
Aerotour | 1958 | 1959 | Operated Douglas DC-4[8] and Vickers Viking | |||||
Air Berlin | ![]() |
AB | BER | AIR BERLIN | 1991 | 2017 | ||
Air Berlin Aviation | H3 | TCN | 2018 | 2018 | Acquired by Thomas Cook Aviation. Operated Airbus A321-200[9] | |||
Air Berlin USA | ![]() |
ZF | 1979 | 1991 | Renamed 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.[clarification needed] | |||||
Air Evex | EVE | 1975 | 2005 | Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Hawker 800, Learjet 45[10] | ||||
Air Germanica | 1995 | 1996 | [11] | |||||
Air Lipsia | W2 | 2010 | ||||||
Air Lloyd | 1961 | 1964 | Formed by the merger of Deutsche Nahluftverkehr and Deutsche Taxiflug[12] | |||||
Air Omega | ![]() |
OE | AOW | 2001 | 2004 | |||
Air Service Wildgruber | 2003 | 2009 | [13] | |||||
All-Air | DZ | 1965 | 1966 | Merged with Transportflug. Operated Douglas DC-4[14] | ||||
Amadeus | ![]() |
B5 | 1996 | 2004 | ||||
Antares Airtransport | ANM | ANTARES | 2001 | 2005 | Operated Let Turbolet | |||
Atlantis | ![]() |
NO | NOU | ATLANTIS | 1968 | 1972 | ||
Augsburg Airways | ![]() |
IQ | AUB | AUGSBURG-AIR | 1986 | 2013 | ||
Augusta Air | AUF | AUGUSTA | 1985 | 2014 | Operated Cessna 560XL | |||
Aviaction | ![]() |
HC | AVIACTION | 1969 | 1973 | Operated Fokker F28 | ||
Azur Air | ![]() |
UR | ARZ | BLUE EAGLE | 2017 | 2018 | ||
B | ||||||||
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 | |||
C | ||||||||
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[clarification needed] 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 | |||
D | ||||||||
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 | ||
E | ||||||||
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 | ||||
F | ||||||||
FLM Aviation | ![]() |
FKI | KIEL AIR | 1973 | 2013 | |||
Fly FTI | ![]() |
BZ | FTI | FROG-LINE | 1998 | 2001 | ||
Futura Germany | FUT | 2007 | 2008 | |||||
G | ||||||||
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 | |
Green Airlines | 2020 | 2022 | ||||||
H | ||||||||
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 | ||
I | ||||||||
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 | ||||
J | ||||||||
Jetair | ![]() |
JA | JETAIR | 1982 | 1984 | |||
Jetisfaction | 2011 | 2012 | ||||||
Junkers Luftverkehr | 1924 | 1926 | Merged with Deutsche Aero Lloyd to form Deutsche Luft Hansa | |||||
K | ||||||||
Karl Herfurtner Düsseldorf (KHD) | 1955 | 1957 | ||||||
L | ||||||||
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 | ||||
M | ||||||||
Modern Air Transport | ![]() |
KV | MODERN | 1961 | 1975 | |||
N | ||||||||
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 | |||||
O | ||||||||
Oberschlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft | 1925 | 1937 | ||||||
OLT Express Germany | ![]() |
OL | OLT | OLTRA | 2011 | 2013 | Went bankrupt | |
P | ||||||||
Paninternational | ![]() |
DR | - | DELTA ROMEO | 1968 | 1971 | ||
PrivatAir Deutschland | ![]() |
PTG | 2003 | 2018 | ||||
R | ||||||||
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 | |
S | ||||||||
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 | ||
T | ||||||||
Tel Aviv Air | U8 | CYF | TUS AIR | 2021 | 2022 | |||
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 | ||||||
V | ||||||||
Vibro Air Flugservice | ![]() |
VIB | 1994 | 2013 | ||||
W | ||||||||
WDL Flugdienst | ![]() |
WE | 1955 | 1991 | Renamed/merged to WDL Aviation | |||
Westflug | ![]() |
WFA | ||||||
Wirtschaftsflug | ![]() |
WS | 1972 | 1982 | ||||
X | ||||||||
XL Airways Germany | ![]() |
X4 | GXL | STARDUST | 2006 | 2013 | Went bankrupt |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Advance Air". Airline History. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Aero Express". rzjets. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Aero Transport Flugbetriebsgesellschaft". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Aeroline". Airline History. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Aerotec Airways". Airline History. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Aerotour". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Air Berlin Aviation". Airline History. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
- ^ "Air Evex". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Air Germanica". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Air Lloyd". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "Air Service Wildgruber". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
- ^ "All-Air". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.