List of defunct airlines of Asia

Last updated December 16, 2024

Afghanistan

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Defunct airlines of Bahrain include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Bahrain Air	BN	BNB	BAHRAIN AIR	2008	2013
Gulf Aviation				1950	1973	to Gulf Air on 1 January 1974
Gulf Traveller	GF	GFA	GULF AIR	2003	2007
Swiftair Bahrain		SFL		2008	2012

Bangladesh

Brunei

Defunct airlines of Brunei include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Borneo Airways	BI	RBA	BRUNEI	1997	1999	Formed by Royal Brunei Airlines
RB Link	BI	RBA	BRUNEI	2019	2020	Formed by Royal Brunei Airlines
Transcorp				1985	1985	^[3]

Cambodia

China, People's Republic of

Hong Kong

Macau

Defunct airlines of Macau include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
East Asia Helicopters						Renamed Sky Shuttle
Heli-Express				1997	2008	Renamed Sky Shuttle
Macau Asia Express				2006	2008	Failed project
Metis TransPacific Airlines				2006	2007	Not launched
Viva Macau	ZG	VVM	JACKPOT	2005	2010

Manchukuo

Defunct airlines of Manchukuo include:

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Manchuria Aviation Company	RH				1931	1945

East Timor

Defunct airlines of East Timor include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Timor Air		BF	ETA		2011	2012
Transportes Aéreos de Timor					1939	1975	Operated in the former Portuguese Timor

Georgia

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Korea, North

Defunct airlines of North Korea include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Civil Aviation Administration of Korea (CAAK)		KB;JS	KCA		1955	1992	Rebranded as Air Koryo
SOKAO		KB;JS	KCA	UKAMPS	1950	1954	Rebranded as CAAK

Korea, South

Kuwait

Defunct airlines of Kuwait include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Kuwait National Airways				1953	1957	Renamed/merged to Kuwait Airways
Trans Arabia Airways			TAAK	1955	1964
Wataniya Airways	Q9	WAN	WATANIYA	2005	2018

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

Defunct airlines of Mongolia include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Chinggis Airways	CW	CHS		2011	2012	Formed by BAZ International, Mongolia. Expected to start in March 2012.
Eastern Airlines		ERN		1997	2000
Hangard Airlines	OM	HGD	HANGARD	1993	2001
Mongolian Airlines Group	MR	MML		2011	2013	Rebranded as Hunnu Air. Formed by Bodi Group. Started services on 2 December 2011. Renamed in April 2013 to Hunnu Air to avoid confusion with MIAT Mongolian Airlines.
Khangarid				2004	2005
Air Cargo Mongolia		MGC	MONGOLIA CARGO	2013	2013

Myanmar

Nepal

Pakistan

Palestine

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Palestinian Airlines		PF	PNW	PALESTINIAN	1995	2020

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Philippines

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Sri Lanka

Syria

Defunct airlines of Syria include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
Damascene Airways		DAS;TYL		2006	2007
FlyDamas	4J	FDK		2014	2018	Formed in 11/14. AOC granted on 19/2/15. Started services on 3/12/15. Ceased operations in 1/18.
Orient Air		OVV	-	2006	2007
Sham Wings Airlines	6Q	SAW		2007	2009	Renamed/merged to Cham Wings Airlines
Syrian Airways				1946	1958	Merged with Misrair to form United Arab Airlines. Syria's association with UAA ended in October 1961, when Syrian Arab Airways was established by the Syrian government in Damascus
Syrian Arab Air Lines	RB		-	1961	1977	Renamed/merged to Syrian Air
Syrian Pearl Airlines	PI	PSB		2009	2010

Taiwan (officially Republic of China)

Tajikistan

Thailand

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Defunct airlines of Uzbekistan include:^[1]^[2]

Airline	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations
HumoAir	HJ	USW	AKSAR	2023	2024
Samarkand Airways	C7	UZS	SOGDIANA	2005
Simurg Uzbekistan		JRP		1987	2000

Vietnam

Yemen

References

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