List of defunct airlines of Germany

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


Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Ceased
operations 		Notes
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

See also

References

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  6. ^ "Aeroline". Airline History. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
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  8. ^ "Aerotour". Airline History. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
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