List of defunct airlines of Germany

This is a list of defunct airlines of Germany . ^{[1] [2]}

List: 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• References

Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Commenced operations	Ceased operations	Notes
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	1995	2008
Elbeflug					1969	1972	Never launched [15]
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
HADAG Air		GP			1974	1983
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	HOLIDAY 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
Nora Air Services					1970	1972	Never launched
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
Rheingau Air Service			KG		1974	1983 (or 1979)
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
Yourways			PWY	YOURWAYS	2017	2019	[16]

See also

• List of airlines of Germany
• List of airports in Germany

References

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