This is a list of defunct airlines of Lesotho . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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Air Lesotho | QL | LAI | LESOTOAIR | 1988 | 1999 | Became Lesotho Airways | |
Antonair International | ANP | ANTONAIR | 1996 | 2001 | Operated Antonov An-8, Antonov An-12 [3] | ||
Basutair | 1961 | 1969 | Operated Piper Tripacer, Dornier Do 27, Piper Super Cub, Taylorcraft LBT [4] | ||||
Highland Air | 1983 | 1984 | Operated Cessna 206 [5] | ||||
Lesotho Airways | QL | LAI | LESOTOAIR | 1970 | 1988 | Renamed to Air Lesotho | |
Maluti Airservices | 1954 | 1955 | |||||
Maluti Sky | 7D | MSU | MALUTI SKY | 2009 | 2017 | ||
MGC Airline | 7D | MSU | 2009 | 2015 | Renamed to Maluti Sky |
Maluti Sky was an airline based at Moshoeshoe I International Airport in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. It offered scheduled and charter flights. The airline was founded in 2009 as MGC Airlines, becoming the first privately owned airline in Lesotho. Maluti Sky began passenger flights to Johannesburg in March 2016; it was at that time the only airline based in the country since Lesotho Airways ceased operations in 1996. However, the airline terminated all flights in 2017 as a result of financial issues.