List of largest airlines in Africa

Even though Africa is the second largest continent by size and population, its airlines account for only about 6% of the world's air traffic, as most of it is being carried out by foreign air lines. ^[1]

This is a list of largest airlines in Africa . It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)

Rank	Country	Airline	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Source
1	South Africa	South African Airways 1						9.7	9.9	9.2	9.3	8.8	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.9	8.3	7.2	[2] [3] [4]
2	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines 2	8.68	5.78	9.66	12.10		10.63	8.76	7.60	7.39	6.91	5.92	4.64	3.73	3.15	2.81	2.50		[2] [5] [6]
3	Egypt	Egyptair 3						8.5	7.3	7.4	8.2	11.8	8.3	8.0	8.7	7.9	8.2	7.8		[2] [7] [8]
4	Tunisia	Tunisair 4					3.8	3.5	3.0	2.8	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.7					[9]
5	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc 5		3.4	2.2	7.4	7.3	7.3	6.8	6.1	6.3	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.1					[2] [10] [11]
6	South Africa	FlySafair			3.0															[12]
7	Nigeria	Air Peace										2.80	2.30							[13]
8	Kenya	Kenya Airways 8		2.2	1.8	4.4	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.9					[14]
9	Algeria	Air Algérie		1.9		6.6	6.6	6.3	6.1	5.5	5.2	4.7	4.3	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.2	2.9		[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
10	Mauritius	Air Mauritius 10				1.724	1.695	1.603	1.499	1.370	1.330	1.297	1.325	1.295	1.133	1.192	1.311	1.177		[27]
11	Tanzania	Air Tanzania	10.5	8.8	1.1	5.2	9.9	15.6	18.9	20.5	15.7	13.6	10.6	6.8	3.3
12	Libya	Libyan Airlines											1.2							[28]

By passenger fleet

Rank	Country	Airline	Passenger Fleet	Current Destinations	Alliance / Association
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines	156 [29]	161 passenger [30]	Star Alliance
2	South Africa	Airlink	70[ citation needed ]	48 [31]
3	Egypt	Egyptair	65	102 [32]	Star Alliance
4	Algeria	Air Algérie	56	78 [33]
5	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc	46	89 [34]	Oneworld
6	Kenya	Kenya Airways	34	44 [35]	SkyTeam
7	South Africa	FlySafair	34	14
8	Tunisia	Tunisair	30	44 [36]
9	Nigeria	Air Peace	29	20
10	South Africa	South African Airways	20	15	Star Alliance
11	Tanzania	Air Tanzania	15	26
12	Libya	Libyan Airlines	14	22
13	Mauritius	Air Mauritius	12	14 [37]	Vanilla Alliance

Notes

• ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango.
• ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
• ^3 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
• ^4 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.
• ^5 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
• ^6 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
• ^7 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.

See also

• List of airlines of Africa
• List of defunct airlines of Africa
• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic
• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania

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