This is a list of defunct airlines of Hungary . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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ABC Air Hungary | AHU | ABC HUNGARY | 1998 | 2015 | |||
Aeroexpress | AXR | 1922 | 1926 | ||||
Aero Rt. | 1910 | 1920 | |||||
Air Budapest | BUD | 1991 | 1992 | ||||
Air Hungaria | AHN | 1993 | 2002 | ||||
Air Service Hungary | RSZ | 1993 | 1999 | ||||
Arc Air | 2003 | 2003 | Failed project | ||||
ASL Airlines Hungary | ![]() | FAH | BLUE STRIP | 1990 | 2021 | ||
Atlant-Aerobatics | ![]() | ATU | 1992 | 2000 | Renamed/merged to Atlant-Hungary Airlines | ||
Atlant-Hungary Airlines | ![]() | ATU | 2000 | 2007 | |||
Aviaexpress | ![]() | RX | AEH | Avex | 1988 | 2003 | |
Carpathian Air Transport | KC | CPP | 1999 | 2002 | |||
CityLine Hungary | ![]() | ZM | CNB | CITYHUN | 2003 | 2015 | |
Civis Air | 2006 | 2006 | Never launched | ||||
Danube Air | 1991 | 1993 | |||||
Farnair Hungary | ![]() | FAH | BLUE STRIP | 1997 | 2015 | Renamed/merged to ASL Airlines Hungary | |
Farner Air Transport Hungary | FAH | 1990 | 1997 | Renamed/merged to Farnair Hungary | |||
Fleet Air International | FRF | FLEETAIR | 2007 | 2008 | |||
G1 Company | 1999 | 2000 | |||||
HunAir | HUV | 1994 | 2004 | ||||
Hungarian Aviation Joint Stock Company | 1922 | 1928 | |||||
Hungarian Charter Airlines | 2013 | 2014 | Never launched | ||||
Hungarian-Ukrainian Airlines (HUK) | HUK | 1992 | 2002 | ||||
Hungarian Ukrainian Heavy Lift | HUC;HUK | 1991 | 1994 | Renamed/merged to Hungarian-Ukrainian Airlines | |||
Hungarian World Airways | 2012 | 2014 | Never launched | ||||
Indicator Aviation | IDR | 1991 | 2009 | ||||
Linair Hungarian Regional Airlines | LF | LIN | 1994 | 2002 | |||
Maefort | 1920 | 1921 | |||||
Malert | ![]() | MLR | 1922 | 1944 | Shut down following the German occupation of Hungary; merged in 1946 with Maefort and Aeroflot/Hungary to form Maszovlet | ||
Malév Hungarian Airlines | ![]() | MA | MAH | 1954 | 2012 | Liquidated | |
Malev Express | ![]() | MEH | MALEV | 2002 | 2005 | Merged into Malév Hungarian Airlines | |
Maszovlet | ![]() | MSU | 1946 | 1954 | Joint Hungarian-Soviet airline; rebranded as Malév Hungarian Airlines | ||
NAWA Air Transport | 1990 | 1993 | Acquired by Farnair and rebranded as Farnair Hungary | ||||
Pannon Airlines | ![]() | PU | PHU | 1999 | 2002 | ||
Quick Air Trans | ![]() | 1995 | 1996 | ||||
Repulogepes Szolgalat Allami Vallat | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
SkyEurope Airlines Hungary | ![]() | 5P | HSK | 2003 | 2007 | ||
Sólyom Hungarian Airways | ![]() | HUN | HUNGARIAN | 2013 | 2013 | Never started | |
Sunrise Airlines | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
Transeuropa Union | 1923 | 1925 | Hungarian-Austrian-German joint airline | ||||
Travel Service | ![]() | 7O | TVL | TRAVEL SERVICE | 2001 | 2018 | Rebranded as Smartwings Hungary |
Uniker AirCharter Co-op | 1995 | 1996 | |||||
Union Airlines | 2005 | 2006 |
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