Airlines
484 airlines, flying and gone: their codes, radio callsigns, founding years and what became of them.
- Countries
- 144
- Still flying
- 344
- Oldest still flying
- KLMsince 1919
Well-known airlines
- Aegean AirlinesCallsign AEGEAN AEE
- Aer LingusCallsign SHAMROCK EIN
- AeroflotCallsign AEROFLOT AFL
- Air BerlinCallsign AIR BERLIN BER
- Air CanadaCallsign AIR CANADA ACA
- Air ChinaCallsign AIR CHINA CCA
- Air FranceCallsign AIRFRANS AFR
- Air IndiaCallsign AIRINDIA AIC
- Air New ZealandCallsign NEW ZEALAND ANZ
- AirBalticCallsign AIR BALTIC BTI
- AlitaliaCallsign ALITALIA AZA
- All Nippon AirwaysCallsign ALL NIPPON ANA
- American AirlinesCallsign AMERICAN AAL
- Asiana AirlinesCallsign ASIANA AAR
- Austrian AirlinesCallsign AUSTRIAN AUA
- Azerbaijan AirlinesCallsign AZAL AHY
- Bamboo AirwaysCallsign BAMBOO BAV
- British AirwaysCallsign SPEEDBIRD BAW
- Brussels AirlinesCallsign BEELINE BEL
- Cathay PacificCallsign CATHAY CPA
- China AirlinesCallsign DYNASTY CAL
- China Eastern AirlinesCallsign CHINA EASTERN CES
- China Southern AirlinesCallsign CHINA SOUTHERN CSN
- Czech AirlinesCallsign CSA-LINES CSA
- Delta Air LinesCallsign DELTA DAL
- EasyJetCallsign EASY EZY
- EgyptAirCallsign EGYPTAIR MSR
- EmiratesCallsign EMIRATES UAE
- Ethiopian AirlinesCallsign ETHIOPIAN ETH
- Etihad AirwaysCallsign ETIHAD ETD
- FinnairCallsign FINNAIR FIN
- GermanwingsCallsign GERMANWINGS GWI
- IberiaCallsign IBERIA IBE
- Japan AirlinesCallsign JAPAN AIR JAL
- JetBlueCallsign JETBLUE JBU
- KLMCallsign KLM KLM
- Korean AirCallsign KOREAN AIR KAL
- LOT Polish AirlinesCallsign POLLOT LOT
- LufthansaCallsign LUFTHANSA DLH
- Malaysia AirlinesCallsign MALAYSIAN MAS
- Norwegian Air ShuttleCallsign NOR SHUTTLE NOZ
- Pan AmCallsign CLIPPER PAA
- QantasCallsign QANTAS QFA
- Qatar AirwaysCallsign QATARI QTR
- RyanairCallsign RYANAIR RYR
- Scandinavian AirlinesCallsign SCANDINAVIAN SAS
- Singapore AirlinesCallsign SINGAPORE SIA
- South African AirwaysCallsign SPRINGBOK SAA
- Southwest AirlinesCallsign SOUTHWEST SWA
- Swiss International Air LinesCallsign SWISS SWR
- TAP Air PortugalCallsign AIR PORTUGAL TAP
- Thai Airways InternationalCallsign THAI THA
- Turkish AirlinesCallsign TURKISH THY
- United AirlinesCallsign UNITED UAL
- VietJet AirCallsign VIETJET VJC
- Vietnam AirlinesCallsign VIET NAM AIRLINES HVN
- Virgin AtlanticCallsign VIRGIN VIR
- Wizz AirCallsign WIZZ AIR WZZ
All airlines, A to Z
- KIAdam AirIndonesia · until 2008
- JPAdria AirwaysSlovenia · until 2019
- A3Aegean AirlinesGreece
- REAer ArannIreland
- EIAer LingusIreland
- M0Aero MongoliaMongolia
- SUAeroflotRussia
- –AerogaviotaCuba
- ARAerolíneas ArgentinasArgentina
- 3SAeroLogicGermany
- AMAeroméxicoMexico
- VVAerosvit Ukrainian AirlinesUkraine · until 2013
- 8UAfriqiyah AirwaysLibya
- ZIAigle AzurFrance · until 2019
- –Air ÅlandFinland · until 2012
- ZBAir AlbaniaAlbania · until 2025
- AHAir AlgérieAlgeria
- G9Air ArabiaUnited Arab Emirates
- 3OAir Arabia MarocMorocco
- KCAir AstanaKazakhstan
- CCAir Atlanta IcelandicIceland
- UUAir AustralFrance
- ABAir BerlinGermany · until 2017
- BPAir BotswanaBotswana
- 2JAir BurkinaBurkina Faso
- BXAir BusanSouth Korea
- SMAir CairoEgypt
- TYAir CalédonieFrance
- K6Air CambodiaCambodia
- ACAir CanadaCanada
- TXAir CaraïbesFrance
- CAAir ChinaChina
- CAAir China CargoChina
- A7Air CometSpain · until 2009
- XKAir CorsicaFrance
- HFAir Côte d'IvoireIvory Coast
- HDAir DoJapan
- ENAir DolomitiItaly
- UXAir EuropaSpain
- OFAir FinlandFinland · until 2012
- AFAir FranceFrance
- A5Air France HopFrance
- GLAir GreenlandGreenland
- LDAir Hong KongHong Kong
- NYAir Iceland ConnectIceland
- AIAir IndiaIndia
- IXAir India ExpressIndia
- 3HAir InuitCanada
- IGAir ItalyItaly · until 2020
- JMAir JamaicaJamaica · until 2015
- IKAir KiribatiKiribati
- JSAir KoryoNorth Korea
- QHAir KyrgyzstanKyrgyzstan · until 2018
- NXAir MacauMacau
- QMAir MalawiMalawi · until 2013
- KMAir MaltaMalta · until 2024
- MKAir MauritiusMauritius
- P8Air MekongVietnam · until 2013
- 9UAir MoldovaMoldova · until 2023
- SWAir NamibiaNamibia · until 2021
- NZAir New ZealandNew Zealand
- VKAir NigeriaNigeria · until 2012
- PXAir NiuginiPapua New Guinea
- YWAir NostrumSpain
- APAir OneItaly · until 2014
- GZAir RarotongaCook Islands
- JUAir SerbiaSerbia
- HMAir SeychellesSeychelles
- 4DAir SinaiEgypt · until 2021
- VTAir TahitiFrance
- TNAir Tahiti NuiFrance
- TCAir TanzaniaTanzania
- TSAir TransatCanada
- NFAir VanuatuVanuatu
- UMAir ZimbabweZimbabwe
- AKAirAsiaMalaysia
- D7AirAsia XMalaysia
- BTAirBalticLatvia
- PAAirbluePakistan
- MYAirBorneoMalaysia
- RUAirBridgeCargoRussia
- SBAircalinNew Caledonia
- ANAirlinairFrance · until 2013
- FLAirTran AirwaysUnited States · until 2014
- I5AIX ConnectIndia · until 2024
- VFAJetTurkey
- ASAlaska AirlinesUnited States
- LVAlbanian AirlinesAlbania · until 2011
- AZAlitaliaItaly · until 2021
- CTAlitalia CityLinerItaly · until 2021
- NHAll Nippon AirwaysJapan
- G4Allegiant AirUnited States
- 9IAlliance AirIndia
- 6RAlrosaRussia
- YJAMC AirlinesEgypt
- AAAmerican AirlinesUnited States
- –American EagleUnited States
- 2GAngara AirlinesRussia · until 2025
- ANAnsett AustraliaAustralia · until 2002
- –Antonov AirlinesUkraine
- FGAriana Afghan AirlinesAfghanistan
- W3Arik AirNigeria
- IZArkiaIsrael
- U8ArmaviaArmenia · until 2013
- OZAsiana AirlinesSouth Korea
- 3VASL Airlines BelgiumBelgium
- 5OASL Airlines FranceFrance
- RCAtlantic AirwaysFaroe Islands
- 5YAtlas AirUnited States
- KKAtlasGlobalTurkey · until 2020
- IQAugsburg AirwaysGermany · until 2013
- GRAurignyUnited Kingdom
- OSAustrian AirlinesAustria
- AVAviancaColombia
- 2KAvianca EcuadorEcuador
- X9Avion ExpressLithuania
- J2Azerbaijan AirlinesAzerbaijan
- A4AzimuthRussia
- S4Azores AirlinesPortugal
- ADAzul Brazilian AirlinesBrazil
- ZFAzur AirRussia
- JAB&H AirlinesBosnia and Herzegovina · until 2015
- CJBA CityFlyerUnited Kingdom
- UPBahamasairThe Bahamas
- V9BAL Bashkirian AirlinesRussia · until 2007
- QHBamboo AirwaysVietnam
- PGBangkok AirwaysThailand
- IDBatik AirIndonesia
- ODBatik Air MalaysiaMalaysia
- JDBeijing Capital AirlinesChina
- B2BelaviaBelarus
- LZBelle AirAlbania · until 2013
- 8HBH AirBulgaria
- B3Bhutan AirlinesBhutan
- BGBiman Bangladesh AirlinesBangladesh
- NTBinter CanariasSpain
- 0BBlue AirRomania · until 2022
- BVBlue Panorama AirlinesItaly · until 2021
- KFBlue1Finland · until 2016
- WWBmibabyUnited Kingdom · until 2012
- OBBoliviana de AviaciónBolivia
- DBBrit AirFrance · until 2017
- BABritish AirwaysUnited Kingdom
- BEBritish European AirwaysUnited Kingdom · until 1974
- BDBritish Midland InternationalUnited Kingdom · until 2012
- BABritish Overseas Airways CorporationUnited Kingdom · until 1974
- SNBrussels AirlinesBelgium
- U4Buddha AirNepal
- FBBulgaria AirBulgaria
- XMC.A.I. FirstItaly · until 2015
- VRCabo Verde AirlinesCape Verde
- CPCanadian AirlinesCanada · until 2001
- CVCargoluxLuxembourg
- BWCaribbean AirlinesTrinidad and Tobago
- V3CarpatairRomania
- RVCaspian AirlinesIran
- KACathay DragonHong Kong · until 2020
- CXCathay PacificHong Kong
- KXCayman AirwaysUnited Kingdom
- 5JCebu PacificPhilippines
- 5CChallenge AirlinesIsrael
- EUChengdu AirlinesChina
- CIChina AirlinesTaiwan
- MUChina Eastern AirlinesChina
- CZChina Southern AirlinesChina
- KNChina United AirlinesChina
- QICimber SterlingDenmark · until 2012
- QGCitilinkIndonesia
- WXCityJetIreland
- XGClickairSpain · until 2009
- DECondorGermany
- COContinental AirlinesUnited States · until 2012
- V0ConviasaVenezuela
- CMCopa AirlinesPanama
- XCCorendon AirlinesTurkey
- SSCorsair InternationalFrance
- OUCroatia AirlinesCroatia
- CUCubana de AviaciónCuba
- CYCyprus AirwaysCyprus · until 2015
- CYCyprus AirwaysCyprus
- OKCzech AirlinesCzech Republic · until 2024
- D3Daallo AirlinesDjibouti
- 9JDana AirNigeria · until 2024
- F7Darwin AirlineSwitzerland · until 2017
- DXDATDenmark
- DLDelta Air LinesUnited States
- SFDomestic AirlinesAlgeria
- D9DonaviaRussia · until 2016
- KBDrukairBhutan
- 2DDubrovnik AirlineCroatia · until 2011
- EAEastern Air LinesUnited States · until 1991
- U2EasyJetUnited Kingdom
- DSEasyJet SwitzerlandSwitzerland
- WKEdelweiss AirSwitzerland
- MSEgyptAirEgypt
- –EgyptAir ExpressEgypt · until 2019
- LYEl AlIsrael
- EKEmiratesUnited Arab Emirates
- EKEmirates SkyCargoUnited Arab Emirates
- E4Enter AirPoland
- MQEnvoy AirUnited States
- B8Eritrean AirlinesEritrea
- OVEstonian AirEstonia · until 2015
- ETEthiopian AirlinesEthiopia
- EYEtihad AirwaysUnited Arab Emirates
- YUEuroAtlantic AirwaysPortugal
- K2EurolotPoland · until 2015
- H6European Air CharterBulgaria
- EWEurowingsGermany
- BREVA AirTaiwan
- FXFedEx ExpressUnited States
- FJFiji AirwaysFiji
- AYFinnairFinland
- FYFireflyMalaysia
- BEFlybeUnited Kingdom · until 2020
- BMFlybmiUnited Kingdom · until 2019
- FZFlydubaiUnited Arab Emirates
- TEFlyLAL-Lithuanian AirlinesLithuania · until 2009
- XYFlynasSaudi Arabia
- FHFreebird AirlinesTurkey
- F9Frontier AirlinesUnited States
- GAGaruda IndonesiaIndonesia
- 4GGazpromaviaRussia
- A9Georgian AirwaysGeorgia
- STGermaniaGermany · until 2019
- 4UGermanwingsGermany · until 2020
- G8Go FirstIndia · until 2023
- G3Gol Linhas AéreasBrazil
- GFGulf AirBahrain
- HUHainan AirlinesChina
- 4RHamburg InternationalGermany · until 2010
- –Hawaiian AirlinesUnited States
- ZUHelios AirwaysCyprus · until 2006
- 2LHelvetic AirwaysSwitzerland
- 5KHi FlyPortugal
- UOHK ExpressHong Kong
- HXHong Kong AirlinesHong Kong
- QXHorizon AirUnited States
- IBIberiaSpain
- I2Iberia ExpressSpain
- HCIceland ExpressIceland · until 2012
- FIIcelandairIceland
- –Imperial AirwaysUnited Kingdom · until 1939
- ICIndian AirlinesIndia · until 2011
- 6EIndiGoIndia
- QZIndonesia AirAsiaIndonesia
- IFInterflugEast Germany · until 1991
- 4OInterjetMexico · until 2020
- IRIran AirIran
- EPIran Aseman AirlinesIran
- IAIraqi AirwaysIraq
- 6HIsrairIsrael
- AZITA AirwaysItaly
- XMJ-AirJapan
- JLJapan AirlinesJapan
- NUJapan Transocean AirJapan
- J9Jazeera AirwaysKuwait
- QKJazz AviationCanada
- 7CJeju AirSouth Korea
- 9WJet AirwaysIndia · until 2019
- LSJet2.comUnited Kingdom
- B6JetBlueUnited States
- S2JetLiteIndia · until 2012
- JQJetstarAustralia
- 3KJetstar AsiaSingapore · until 2025
- JPJettimeDenmark
- JNJoonFrance · until 2019
- R5Jordan AviationJordan
- 3JJubba AirwaysSomalia
- HOJuneyao AirChina
- RQKam AirAfghanistan
- KQKenya AirwaysKenya
- ITKingfisher AirlinesIndia · until 2012
- KLKLMNetherlands
- WAKLM CityhopperNetherlands
- KEKorean AirSouth Korea
- GWKuban AirlinesRussia · until 2012
- MNKulula.comSouth Africa · until 2022
- KUKuwait AirwaysKuwait
- TMLAM Mozambique AirlinesMozambique
- QVLao AirlinesLaos
- LALATAM AirlinesChile
- 4MLATAM Airlines ArgentinaArgentina · until 2020
- JJLATAM Airlines BrasilBrazil
- 4CLATAM Airlines ColombiaColombia
- XLLATAM Airlines EcuadorEcuador
- PZLATAM Airlines ParaguayParaguay
- LPLATAM Airlines PerúPeru
- NGLauda AirAustria · until 2012
- LLLevelSpain
- LNLibyan AirlinesLibya
- JTLion AirIndonesia
- LMLoganairUnited Kingdom
- LOLOT Polish AirlinesPoland
- 8LLucky AirChina
- LHLufthansaGermany
- LHLufthansa CargoGermany
- CLLufthansa CityLineGermany · until 2026
- LHLufthansa RegionalGermany
- LGLuxairLuxembourg
- MDMadagascar AirlinesMadagascar
- W5Mahan AirIran
- MHMalaysia AirlinesMalaysia
- Q2MaldivianMaldives
- MAMalév Hungarian AirlinesHungary · until 2012
- AEMandarin AirlinesTaiwan
- JEMangoSouth Africa · until 2021
- MPMartinairNetherlands
- 7KMetrojetRussia · until 2015
- MXMexicana de AviaciónMexico · until 2010
- OMMIAT Mongolian AirlinesMongolia
- MEMiddle East AirlinesLebanon
- ZBMonarch AirlinesUnited Kingdom · until 2017
- YMMontenegro AirlinesMontenegro · until 2020
- ONNauru AirlinesNauru
- NONeosItaly
- RANepal AirlinesNepal
- HGNikiAustria · until 2017
- DDNok AirThailand
- N7Nordic Regional AirlinesFinland
- NDNordicaEstonia · until 2024
- Y7NordStarRussia
- N4Nordwind AirlinesRussia
- N0Norse Atlantic AirwaysNorway
- NWNorthwest AirlinesUnited States · until 2010
- DNNorwegian Air ArgentinaArgentina
- D8Norwegian Air InternationalIreland · until 2021
- DHNorwegian Air NorwayNorway · until 2023
- DYNorwegian Air ShuttleNorway
- D8Norwegian Air SwedenSweden
- DINorwegian Air UKUnited Kingdom · until 2021
- DUNorwegian Long HaulNorway · until 2021
- BJNouvelairTunisia
- BKOkay AirwaysChina
- OAOlympic AirGreece
- OAOlympic AirlinesGreece · until 2009
- WYOman AirOman
- 8QOnur AirTurkey · until 2021
- LVOpenSkiesFrance · until 2020
- OXOrient Thai AirlinesThailand · until 2018
- BLPacific AirlinesVietnam
- PKPakistan International AirlinesPakistan
- PFPalestinian AirlinesEgypt · until 2020
- PAPan AmUnited States · until 1991
- MMPeach AviationJapan
- PCPegasus AirlinesTurkey
- PRPhilippine AirlinesPhilippines
- Z2Philippines AirAsiaPhilippines
- DPPobedaRussia
- NIPortugália AirlinesPortugal
- PFPrimera Air ScandinaviaDenmark · until 2018
- PVPrivatAirSwitzerland · until 2018
- QFQantasAustralia
- QFQantasLinkAustralia
- QRQatar AirwaysQatar
- WZRed Wings AirlinesRussia
- YSRégionalFrance · until 2017
- ZLRex AirlinesAustralia
- FVRossiya AirlinesRussia
- ATRoyal Air MarocMorocco
- BIRoyal Brunei AirlinesBrunei
- RJRoyal JordanianJordan
- WBRwandAirRwanda
- FRRyanairIreland
- S7S7 AirlinesRussia
- SNSabenaBelgium · until 2001
- 4QSafi AirwaysAfghanistan · until 2016
- –Saha AirlinesIran
- OVSalamAirOman
- OLSamoa AirwaysSamoa
- 6WSaratov AirlinesRussia · until 2018
- SPSATA Air AçoresPortugal
- SVSaudiaSaudi Arabia
- SKScandinavian AirlinesDenmark
- DVSCAT AirlinesKazakhstan
- TRScootSingapore
- NLShaheen AirPakistan · until 2018
- SCShandong AirlinesChina
- FMShanghai AirlinesChina
- ZHShenzhen AirlinesChina
- 3USichuan AirlinesChina
- ZPSilk Way AirlinesAzerbaijan
- MISilkAirSingapore · until 2021
- SQSingapore AirlinesSingapore
- H2Sky AirlineChile
- ZYSky AirlinesTurkey · until 2013
- NESkyEuropeSlovakia · until 2009
- BCSkymark AirlinesJapan
- OOSkyWest AirlinesUnited States
- S5Small Planet AirlinesLithuania · until 2018
- 5NSmartaviaRussia
- 6YSmartLynx AirlinesLatvia · until 2025
- QSSmartwingsCzech Republic
- 6JSolaseed AirJapan
- SZSomon AirTajikistan
- SASouth African AirwaysSouth Africa
- WNSouthwest AirlinesUnited States
- JKSpanairSpain · until 2012
- SGSpiceJetIndia
- NKSpirit AirlinesUnited States · until 2026
- 9CSpring AirlinesChina
- ULSriLankan AirlinesSri Lanka
- SJSriwijaya AirIndonesia
- NBSterling AirlinesDenmark · until 2008
- SDSudan AirwaysSudan
- SYSun Country AirlinesUnited States
- DKSunclass AirlinesDenmark
- LYSundorIsrael
- XQSunExpressTurkey
- WGSunwing AirlinesCanada · until 2025
- PYSurinam AirwaysSuriname
- WTSwiftairSpain
- LXSwiss International Air LinesSwitzerland
- SRSwissairSwitzerland · until 2002
- RBSyrian AirlinesSyria
- DTTAAG Angola AirlinesAngola
- 7JTajik AirTajikistan
- TPTAP Air PortugalPortugal
- ROTAROMRomania
- U9Tatarstan AirlinesRussia · until 2014
- FDThai AirAsiaThailand
- TGThai Airways InternationalThailand
- WEThai SmileThailand · until 2023
- MTThomas Cook AirlinesUnited Kingdom · until 2019
- GSTianjin AirlinesChina
- TRTigerairSingapore · until 2017
- TTTigerair AustraliaAustralia · until 2020
- TWTrans World AirlinesUnited States · until 2001
- UNTransaeroRussia · until 2015
- GETransAsia AirwaysTaiwan · until 2016
- HVTransaviaNetherlands
- TOTransavia FranceFrance
- ILTrigana AirIndonesia
- TWTrinity AirwaysSouth Korea
- BYTUI AirwaysUnited Kingdom
- TBTUI fly BelgiumBelgium
- X3TUI fly DeutschlandGermany
- ORTUI fly NetherlandsNetherlands
- 6BTUI fly NordicDenmark
- TUTunisairTunisia
- UGTunisair ExpressTunisia
- TKTurkish AirlinesTurkey
- T5Turkmenistan AirlinesTurkmenistan
- U8TUS AirwaysCyprus
- VOTyrolean AirwaysAustria · until 2015
- PSUkraine International AirlinesUkraine · until 2022
- UAUnited AirlinesUnited States
- 5XUPS AirlinesUnited States
- U6Ural AirlinesRussia
- UQUrumqi AirChina
- USUS AirwaysUnited States · until 2015
- BSUS-Bangla AirlinesBangladesh
- UTUtairRussia
- HYUzbekistan AirwaysUzbekistan
- RGVarigBrazil · until 2006
- VJVietJet AirVietnam
- 0VVietnam Air Services CompanyVietnam
- VNVietnam AirlinesVietnam
- VXVirgin AmericaUnited States · until 2018
- VSVirgin AtlanticUnited Kingdom
- VAVirgin AustraliaAustralia
- UKVistaraIndia · until 2024
- VBVivaMexico
- XFVladivostok AirRussia · until 2013
- VGVLM AirlinesUnited Kingdom · until 2018
- Y4VolarisMexico
- VIVolga-Dnepr AirlinesRussia
- V7VoloteaSpain
- VYVuelingSpain
- EBWamos AirSpain
- 2WWelcome AirAustria · until 2017
- WSWestJetCanada
- WFWiderøeNorway
- IVWind JetItaly · until 2012
- 7WWindrose AirlinesUkraine
- W6Wizz AirHungary
- WWWow AirIceland · until 2019
- MFXiamenAirChina
- TVXizang AirlinesChina
- SEXL Airways FranceFrance · until 2019
- R3Yakutia AirlinesRussia
- YCYamal AirlinesRussia
- IYYemeniaYemen
- YTYeti AirlinesNepal
Facts are used only when Wikidata and Wikipedia agree, or a third source settles them. Founding years are those of today’s company: Lufthansa 1953, not 1926.
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