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 |
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