List of defunct airlines of Germany explained

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

AirlineImageIATAICAOCallsignCommenced
operations		Ceased
operations		Notes
AXX 2012 2017 Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II[3]
1949 1956 Founded by Herr Russell. Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking[4]
Aero FlightGVARFAERO FOX20042005
Aero LloydYPAEFAERO LLOYD19812003Re-established as Aero Flight a year later
1958 1963 Operated Lockheed Constellation, Vickers VC.1 Viking[5]
7E AWU 2012 2017 Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II[6]
1989 1998 Operated Beech King Air, Piper Seneca[7]
1958 1959 Operated Douglas DC-4[8] and Vickers Viking
Air BerlinABBERAIR BERLIN19912017
H3 TCN 2018 2018 Acquired by Thomas Cook Aviation. Operated Airbus A321-200[9]
Air Berlin USAZF19791991Renamed to Air Berlin
Air BremenHRBRNAIR BREMEN19881990
Air Cargo Germany6UACXLOADMASTER20092013
Air Classic19741989Renamed/merged to Classic Wings
Air CommerzDXAIRCOMER19701972
Air de Cologne19871988Formed by Scandinavian Airlines. Acquired by TNT.
EVE 1975 2005 Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Hawker 800, Learjet 45[10]
1995 1996 [11]
Air LipsiaW22010
1961 1964 Formed by the merger of Deutsche Nahluftverkehr and Deutsche Taxiflug[12]
Air OmegaOEAOW20012004
2003 2009 [13]
DZ 1965 1966 Merged with Transportflug. Operated Douglas DC-4[14]
AmadeusB519962004
Antares AirtransportANMANTARES20012005Operated Let Turbolet
AtlantisNONOUATLANTIS19681972
Augsburg AirwaysIQAUBAUGSBURG-AIR19862013
Augusta AirAUFAUGUSTA19852014Operated Cessna 560XL
AviactionHCAVIACTION19691973Operated Fokker F28
Azur AirURARZBLUE EAGLE20172018
Baden Air19982000Merged into Cirrus Airlines
Badische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft19231926
Bavaria FluggesellschaftBVBAVARIA19571977Merged with Germanair to form Bavaria Germanair
Bavaria GermanairBVBAVARIA19771979Merged into Hapag-Lloyd Flug
Bayerische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft19251928
Bayerischer FlugdienstBT19541975
BerlineBZTBLBEROLINER19911994
Bin AirBIDBINAIR19962018
Blue WingsQWBWGBLUE WINGS20032010
Bonair Business CharterBOBTWISTER20022005
Bremenfly8BBFYBORGWARDT20092010
Britannia Airways GermanyBNDBY19972001
CalairDZCALAIR19701972
Cimber AirEG;GW1992Formed by Denmark's Cimber Air.
Cirrus AirlinesC9RUSCIRRUS19982012Cosmos Air (1997-1999) merged into Cirrus Airlines. Baden Air (1998-2000) merged into Cirrus Airlines
Cirrus AviationRUS20012008Formed by Cirrus Airlines (Cirrus Group). Acquired by ATON and merged into DC Aviation on 31 March 2008.
City-Air6ECIPCITYWAYS19712004
Cologne Air Transport19911996
Condor BerlinDECIB19972009
Condor Luftreederei19551961Renamed/merged to Condor
Condor Syndikat19241927
Contact AirC3KISCONTACT AIR19742012Merged into OLT Express Germany
Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei19581962
Cosmos AirZEAZE19971999
Danziger Luftpost19211923
DauairD5DAUDAUAIR20052006
DBADIBAGSPEEDWAY20052008Rebranded as Air Berlin
DELAG19101935
Delta Air19771992
Deruluft19211937Joint German-Soviet airline
Deutsche Aero Lloyd19231926Merged with Junkers Luftverkehr to form Deutsche Luft Hansa
Deutsche BA19922005Rebranded as DBA
Deutsche Luft Hansa19261945
Deutsche Luft-Reederei19171923Rebranded as Deutsche Aero Lloyd
Deutsche Lufthansa19551963Sued by the West German based Lufthansa and liquidated. Staff, fleet and route network transferred to Interflug
Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei19351939Successor to DELAG. Resurrected in 2001.
DLR FlugbetriebeGPL1967
DLTDWDLT19581992Renamed/merged to Lufthansa CityLine
EastWest Airlines5DEWTE-WEST19941995
Elbe AirLBRMOTION
Euroberlin FranceEEEEBEUROBER19881994Franco-German joint airline
Euro-hopper.com20032003Renamed/merged to Denim Airways
European Air ExpressEAEALSTAR WING19992007
EuroCity Line19981998
Eurowings FlugEWEWF;GWI19952002Renamed/merged to Germanwings
Excellent AirGZA19692007
FLM AviationFKIKIEL AIR19732013
Fly FTIBZFTIFROG-LINE19982001
Futura GermanyFUT20072008
General AirGQGENERAL AIR19621976
German AirwaysHELGWWALTER19802020Operated European routes on behalf of Eurowings, rebranded from Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW)
German Cargo ServicesFXGEC19771993Renamed/merged to Lufthansa Cargo
German European Airlines19941994
German Sky AirlinesGHYGERMAN SKY20042012A subsidiary of Sky Airlines
German WingsPWKFKGERMAN WINGS19891990Went bankrupt
GermanairDVGERMANAIR19681977Merged with Bavaria Fluggesellschaft to form Bavaria Germanair
GermaniaSTGMIGERMANIA19782019Berlin European UK (1986-1991) merged into Germania
Germania ExpressL3GMQCORGI20122013
Germanwings4UGWIGERMANWINGS20022020Integrated into Eurowings
Green Airlines20202022
Hamburg AirlinesHXHASHAMBURG AIR19881997
Hamburg AirwaysHKHAYHAMBURG AIRWAYS20112014
Hamburg International4RHHIHAMBURG JET19982010
HanseflugHFLHANSEFLUG19922013
Hapag-Lloyd ExpressX3HLXYELLOW CAB20022006Merged with Hapag-Lloyd Flug to form TUIfly
Hapag-Lloyd FlugHFHLFHAPAG LLOYD19792006Merged with Hapag-Lloyd Express to form TUIfly
Holiday ExpressHL (HX)HLEHOLYDAY EXPRESS19831987
InterflugIFIFLINTERFLUG19591991Originally 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 AirwaysIQIRT19901995Renamed/merged to Augsburg Airways
Interregional (IFG)IP19671974
JetairJAJETAIR19821984
Jetisfaction20112012
Junkers Luftverkehr19241926Merged with Deutsche Aero Lloyd to form Deutsche Luft Hansa
Karl Herfurtner Düsseldorf (KHD)19551957
Lloyd-Luftdienst
LowFare Jet20022003
LTU InternationalLTLTULTU19552011Merged into Air Berlin
LULTS19881997
Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW)HELGWWALTER19802020Rebranded to German Airways
Lufttransport Süd (LTS)BV19831988Renamed/merged to LTU-Süd International Airways
Luftverkehr Friesland-Harle19832011Merged with FLN Frisia Luftverkehr
Modern Air TransportKVMODERN19611975
Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD)NSNFDFLAMINGO19741992Merged with RFG Regionalflug to form Eurowings
NightexpressEXTEXECUTIVE19842017
Nordseeflug Sylter Lufttransport19661968Renamed/merged to Atlantis
Oberschlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft19251937
OLT Express GermanyOLOLTOLTRA20112013Went bankrupt
PaninternationalDR-DELTA ROMEO19681971
PrivatAir DeutschlandPTG20032018
RAS - Rheinland Air ServiceRWRLD19712002
RatioflugRATBATMAN19821997
Regio-AirRAGGERMAN LINK19932009
Regional Air ExpressREWREGIONAL WINGS20042010
RFG RegionalflugVGRFGRFG19761993Merged with Nürnberger Flugdienst to form Eurowings
Saarland AirlinesQWSLLSAARLAND19921993
Sächsische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft19241926
Special Air Transport (SAT)JODST19781986Rebranded as Germania
Schlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft
SkyTeam Luftfahrtunternehmen
Small Planet Airlines5PLLXGERMANJET20152018A subsidiary of the now defunct Small Planet Airlines
Star XL German AirlinesGXL20062006Rebranded as XL Airways Germany
SüdaviaFVVXYSUDAVIA19841990
Südflug InternationalSZSUEDFLUG19521968Acquired by Lufthansa
Südwestflug19641968Acquired by Germanair
SunExpress DeutschlandXGSXDSUNRISE20112020
Tel Aviv AirU8CYFTUS AIR20212022
Tempelhof AirwaysCLTEHTEMPELHOF19811991
Tempelhof Express AirlinesFCSBY19982001
Thuringia AirwaysFCSBY19971998Renamed/merged to Tempelhof Express Airlines
Trans-Avia DüsseldorfTAD19571959
TransAer Cologne19982000
Transportflug19661970Merged into Calair
Triple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft19952011
Vibro Air FlugserviceVIB19942013
WE19551991Renamed/merged to WDL Aviation
WestflugWFA
WirtschaftsflugWS19721982
X4GXLSTARDUST20062013Went bankrupt

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998. ch-aviation.com. 2019-01-28.
  2. Web site: Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies.. aerotransport.org. 2019-01-28.
  3. Web site: Advance Air . Airline History . 20 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Aero Express . rzjets . 20 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Aero Transport Flugbetriebsgesellschaft . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Aeroline . Airline History . 20 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Aerotec Airways . Airline History . 20 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Aerotour . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  9. Web site: Air Berlin Aviation . Airline History . 20 October 2021.
  10. Web site: Air Evex . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  11. Web site: Air Germanica . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  12. Web site: Air Lloyd . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  13. Web site: Air Service Wildgruber . Airline History . 21 October 2021.
  14. Web site: All-Air . Airline History . 21 October 2021.

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