Airline
|
Image
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IATA
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ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Commenced operations
|
Ceased operations
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Notes
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1
|
1time |
|
T6 |
RNX |
NEXTTIME |
2004 |
2012 |
Placed under provisional liquidation. Operated 11
McDonnell Douglas MD-80.
|
A
|
ACE Express |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1997 |
Merged into
Express Air Services
[3]
|
ACORN Air |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
1990 |
Operated
BAe 146-200
[4]
|
Advanced Aviation Logistics |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
1990 |
Rebranded as
Aerios Global Aviation
[5]
|
Aero Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
2001 |
Eyethu Air Cargo merged in 1999
[6]
|
Aerolift |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
2009 |
[7]
|
Aerospace Express |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2004 |
Operated
HS 748
[8]
|
Africa Cargo Air |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2001 |
Operated
Douglas C-54
[9]
|
Africa Charter Airlines |
|
|
FSK |
AFRICAN SKY |
1997 |
2000 |
[10]
|
Africair |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1977 |
Formed by the merger of
Anglo Vaal Air Services and
Africair Servicing. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Douglas DC-4
[11]
|
Africair Servicing |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Merged with
Anglo Vaal Air Services to form
Africair. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[12]
|
African Air Carriers |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1984 |
[13]
|
African Airline Investments |
|
|
LGE |
|
2010 |
2010 |
|
African Cargo Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
1999 |
Operated
Antonov An-32
[14]
|
African International Airways |
|
|
AIN |
FLY CARGO |
1985 |
2008 |
|
African Star Airways |
|
4M |
ASG |
AFRICAN STAR |
1998 |
2000 |
Operated
Boeing 747
|
Africargo Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1998 |
1998 |
Established as
Transoceanic Airways
[15]
|
Afro Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1986 |
1987 |
Operated
Sud Aviation Caravelle
[16]
|
Air Cape |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1988 |
Acquired by
Safair
[17]
|
Air Lowveld |
|
LE |
|
|
1971 |
1978 |
Merged with
Avna Airlines and
Mafeking Aviation Services to form
Magnum Airlines
[18]
|
Air Midlands |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1978 |
Merged into
Airlink Airlines. Operated
Cessna 402
[19]
|
Aircraft Operating Company of Africa |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
1980 |
Operated
Lockheed Lodestar,
Douglas DC-3
[20]
|
Airlink Airline |
|
5T |
LNK |
|
1992 |
1994 |
Renamed to
Airlink
|
AirQuarius Air Charter |
|
|
AQU |
QUARIUS |
2001 |
2007 |
Established as
AirQuarius Aviation. Renamed to
Branson Air
[21]
|
AirQuarius Aviation |
|
|
AQU SSN |
QUARIUS |
1999 |
2001 |
Renamed to
AirQuarius Air Charter
[22]
|
AirWorld |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
2003 |
Operated
Boeing 727,
Douglas DC-3
[23]
|
Alliance Air |
|
Y2 |
AFJ |
JAMBO |
1995 |
2000 |
Ran at a loss, last flight October 8, 2000. Joint venture between
South African Airways, Tanzania and Uganda.
|
Alpha Airways |
|
|
|
|
1947 |
1947 |
[24]
|
Alpine Aviation |
|
|
LPC |
|
1996 |
2010 |
Operated
Bell 206,
Bell 407,
AS350,
Robinson R22,
Robinson R44
[25]
|
Anglo Vaal Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1946 |
Became
Africair after merging with
Africair Servicing. Operated
Douglas DC-3
[26]
|
ATAIR Executive Jet Charters |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1998 |
Operated
Beech Super King Air,
Cessna Citation V
[27]
|
Avia Air |
|
|
|
|
1994 |
1995 |
Went bankrupt. Operated
Boeing 747SP,
Douglas DC-3,
Douglas DC-6
[28]
|
Avia Airlines |
|
GW |
AGW |
AVIAN |
1995 |
1996 |
[29]
|
Avna Airlines |
|
WU |
|
|
1976 |
1978 |
Merged with
Air Lowveld and
Mafeking Aviation Services to form
Magnum Airlines
[30]
|
Avna Airways |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
1968 |
Renamed to
Avna
[31]
|
B
|
Bazaruto Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1990 |
1992 |
Operated
Douglas C-47
[32]
|
Bop Air |
|
BV |
MAW |
|
1979 |
1994 |
Rebranded as
Sun Air. Operatede
Embraer Bandeirante,
Embraer Brasilia
|
Border Air |
|
|
|
|
1966 |
1980 |
To
Link Airways. Operated
Beech Baron,
Cessna 402
[33]
|
Branson Air |
|
|
AQU |
|
2007 |
2012 |
Established as
AirQuarius Aviation in 1999.
[34]
|
C
|
Cape Atlantic Air |
|
|
CAO |
|
1995 |
1996 |
[35]
|
Caprivi Airways |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1981 |
Renamed to
African Air Carriers
|
Care Airlines |
|
CE |
|
|
1992 |
1996 |
Air ambulance services. Renamed to
Nationwide Airlines. Operated
Hawker Siddeley 748
[36]
|
Carpenter's Charter |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
2000 |
[37]
|
Charlan Air Charter |
|
S8 |
CAH |
CHARLAN |
2000 |
2006 |
Operated
Swearingen Merlin IV,
Embraer Brasilia
[38]
|
CHC Air |
|
|
|
|
2002 |
2008 |
Operated
Convair 580
[39]
|
Ciskei International Airways |
|
CC |
|
|
1988 |
1989 |
Operated
Convair 880,
Convair 990
[40]
|
Citi Air |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
1987 |
To
Link Airways. Operated
Cessna 310,
Cessna 402,
Piper Chieftain,
Piper Cherokee Six
[41]
|
Civair Airways |
|
|
CIW |
CIVFLIGHT |
2004 |
2004 |
Operated
Boeing 747
[42]
|
Collondale Air Service |
|
|
|
|
1959 |
1968 |
Founded by Kenneth Brown. Operated
Cessna 175,
Cessna 206,
Piper Colt,
Piper Cherokee Six
[43]
|
Comair (South Africa) |
|
MN |
CAW |
COMMERCIAL |
1943 |
2022 |
Was placed under liquidation. Operated 12
Boeing 737.
|
Comair Charters (Natal) |
|
|
|
|
1989 |
1993 |
Rebranded
Federal Air
[44]
|
Command Airways |
|
CT |
CAH |
COMMAND |
1977 1980 |
1979 1981 |
Rebranded as
Magnum Airlines Helicopters in 1979 and back Command Airways in 1980
|
Commercial Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1967 |
Rebranded
Comair. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Fairchild 24
[45]
|
Compion Aviation |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2014 |
Operated
Beech 1900,
Cessna Citation I
[46]
|
Court Air |
|
|
CUT |
COURT AIR |
1990s |
1990s |
Operated
Convair 580
[47]
|
D
|
Debon-Air |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
2002 |
[48]
|
Durban Flying Service |
|
|
|
|
1940s |
1940s |
[49]
|
E
|
Eastern Air |
|
KV |
TAK |
|
1995 |
1997 |
Operated
Let Turbolet
[50]
|
Eastern Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1982 |
Rebranded as
Eastern Airlines. Operated
BAC 1-11,
Beech Baron,
Beech King Air
[51]
|
Eastern Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1994 |
Established as
Eastern Air Services. Operated
Beech Baron
[52]
|
ELB Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
2000 |
Operated
Aero Commander 695,
Cessna 525
[53]
|
Emric Air Services |
|
MC |
|
|
1969 |
1979 |
Merged into
Magnum Airlines. Operated
BN-2 Islander
[54]
|
Exclusive Air |
|
|
|
|
1986 |
1994 |
[55]
|
Executive Aerospace |
|
|
EAS |
AEROSPACE |
1984 |
2008 |
|
Executive Turbine Air Charter |
|
|
TEA |
|
2001 |
2011 |
|
Express Air Services |
|
|
FLN |
|
1996 |
2001 |
To
BidAir Cargo
[56]
|
Eyethu Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
1999 |
Acquired by
Aero Air Charter. Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Douglas DC-4
[57]
|
F
|
Flitestar |
|
GM |
TKE |
|
1991 |
1994 |
Operated
Airbus A320,
ATR 72
[58]
|
Fly Blue Crane |
|
7B |
FCO |
BLUE CRANE |
2015 |
2017 |
Entered business rescue on 3 February 2017
|
Fly Titan |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
2019 |
Operated
BAe Jetstream,
Beech King Air,
Beech 1900,
Cessna Grand Caravan,
Embraer Brasilia,
Embraer Bandeirante,
Pilatus PC-12
[59]
|
Forest Airlines |
|
|
FOL |
FORESTAIR |
1993 |
1994 |
Operated
Piper Seneca,
Piper Chieftain,
Cessna 401
[60]
|
Foster Webb Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1982 |
1998 |
Operated
Piper Chieftain
[61]
|
G
|
Gauteng Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1996 |
1998 |
Operated
Boeing 707-320C
[62]
|
George Air |
|
|
|
|
1965 |
1966 |
Founded by J. E. J. Coetzer & Pat McClure
[63]
|
Giyani Airways |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1994 |
Merged with
Letaba Airways to form
Phoenix Airways. Operated
Fairchild Metro
[64]
|
Griekwalug |
|
|
|
|
1960s |
1960s |
Charter operator based in
Kimberley Airport
[65]
|
Grinair |
|
|
|
|
1971 |
1976 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[66]
|
H
|
Haller Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1947 |
Merged with
Sharwoods Flying Services to form
Southern Aviation. Operated
Aeronca Sedan
[67]
|
Hawkair |
|
|
|
|
1960s |
1960s |
Acquired by
Interstate Air Services. Operated
Beech Baron,
Beech Bonanza,
Beech Debonair,
Auster Autocar
[68]
|
Hydro Air Cargo |
|
|
HYC |
|
2000 |
2003 |
Ceased operations after their only
Boeing 747 was destroyed in a landing accident at
Lagos
|
I
|
Impala Air Cargo |
|
PH |
IPL |
|
1992 |
1995 |
[69]
|
Imperial Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
2006 |
2014 |
Airline acquired by
BidAir Cargo
|
Intensive Air |
|
IM |
XRA |
|
1993 |
2002 |
Operated
HS 748,
Fokker F28
[70]
|
Inter Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1994 |
Renamed to
Interair South Africa
[71]
|
Interair South Africa |
|
D6 |
ILN |
INLINE |
1993 |
2015 |
|
Interlink Airlines |
|
ID |
ITK |
INTERLINK |
1997 |
2010 |
Went into liquidation on 2 March 2010
|
International Air |
|
|
|
|
1960s |
1960s |
Operated
Bristol Britannia
[72]
|
Interstate Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1979 |
Formed by the merger of
Vaal Air Service and
MS Air. Renamed to
Interair. Operated
Beech Bonanza,
Cessna 402,
de Havilland Dove
[73]
|
K
|
Kulula.com |
|
MN |
CAW |
COMMERCIAL |
2001 |
2022 |
Part of
Comair. Operated 10
Boeing 737.
|
L
|
Ladysmith Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
1960s |
1960s |
Renamed to
Tugela Air Services
[74]
|
Letaba Airways |
|
LK |
|
|
1974 |
1979 |
Merged with
Giyani Airways to form
Phoenix Airways
[75]
|
Lima-Kilo (Edms) |
|
|
|
|
1983 |
1985 |
Renamed to
Metavia Airlines. Operated
Aero Commander 690
[76]
|
Loex Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1993 |
1995 |
Taken-over by
Romoco Cargo. Operated
Antonov An-12
[77]
|
Lowveld Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
1980 |
Merged with
Citi Air,
Border Air,
Magnum Airlines to form
Link Airways (South Africa)
[78]
|
Luft Afrique |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
2000 |
Established as
Valitrade. Renamed to
Luft Cargo
[79]
|
Luft Cargo |
|
|
LUT |
LUGO |
2000 |
2002 |
Renamed from
Luft Afrique. Operated
Fokker F27
[80]
|
M
|
Madiba Air |
|
|
|
|
1999 |
1999 |
Operated
Grumman Gulfstream
[81]
|
Mafeking Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1976 |
1978 |
Merged with
Air Lowveld and
Avna Airlines to form
Magnum Airlines
[82]
|
Mafiking Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1979 |
Established by the government of
Bophuthatswana. Renamed to
Mmabatho Air Service. Operated
Cessna aircraft
[83]
|
Magnum Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1979 |
Merged with
Citi Air,
Border Air,
Lowveld Aviation Services to form
Link Airways
[84]
|
Magnum Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
1990 |
Formed by the merger of
Air Lowveld,
Avna Airlines,
Mafeking Aviation Services. Operated
Beech Baron,
Beech Queen Air,
BN-2 Islander,
Trislander,
Cessna 402,
Piper Cherokee Six,
Swearingen Metroliner
[85]
|
Magnum Airlines Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1980 |
Established as
Command Airways in 1977. Renamed to
Command Airways
[86]
|
Majuba Aviation |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2012 |
Operated
Pilatus PC-12
[87]
|
Malherbe and Kiesewetter |
|
|
|
|
1940s |
1940s |
[88]
|
Mallel Airline Services |
|
|
|
|
1995 |
1995 |
Operated
Lockheed L-188
[89]
|
Mango |
|
JE |
MNO |
TULCA |
2003 |
2021 |
Part of
South African Airways. Operated 14
Boeing 737.
|
Margate Air Services |
|
OJ |
|
|
1978 |
1985 |
Renamed to
Citi Air. Operated
BN-2 Islander
[90]
|
Mercury Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1948 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[91]
|
Metavia Airlines |
|
OW |
MNK |
VIAMET |
1985 |
1998 |
Established as
Lima-Kilo (Edms). Acquired by
SA Airlink. Operated
Let Turbolet
[92]
|
Midlands Aviation |
|
5T |
|
|
1967 |
1995 |
Acquired by
Airlink
[93]
|
Million Air Aviation |
|
|
|
|
1986 |
1994 |
Renamed to
Million Air Charter
[94]
|
Million Air Charter |
|
|
ZSM |
|
1994 |
2004 |
Rebranded as
Egoli Air. Operated
Antonov An-32,
Boeing 727,
Douglas DC-9,
Learjet 23
[95]
|
Mmabatho Air Service |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
1986 |
Established as
Mafiking Air Services. Renamed to
Bop Air
[96]
|
N
|
Namakwaland Lugdiens |
|
NJ |
NLD |
NOVEMBER JULIETT |
1961 |
1989 |
National Airlines merged in. Operated
Beech Bonanza,
Douglas DC-3,
Piper Aztec
[97]
|
Natal (National Airlines) |
|
NF |
|
|
1946 |
1979 |
[98]
|
Natal Aviation Company |
|
|
|
|
1920 |
1924 |
[99]
|
National Air Cargo |
|
|
|
|
2005 |
2008 |
[100]
|
National Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1963 |
Renamed to
National Airways Corporation
[101]
|
Nationwide Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1991 |
1995 |
Renamed to
Nationwide Airlines
[102]
|
Nationwide Airlines |
|
CE |
NTW |
NATIONWIDE |
1991 |
2008 |
|
Naturelink Aviation |
|
|
NRK |
NATURELINK |
1997 |
2011 |
Merged into
National Airways Corporation
|
Nelair Charters |
|
|
NLC |
NELAIR |
1980 |
1986 |
Operated
Douglas DC-3
[103]
|
NN Charters |
|
|
|
|
1981 |
1998 |
Founded by J.A. Smith. Operated
Piper Seneca,
Piper Navajo
[104]
|
Noord Weste Lugdiens |
|
|
|
|
1963 |
1965 |
Operated
Cessna 172,
Piper Super Cub
[105]
|
North Atlantic Airways |
|
|
NAA |
|
1998 |
1999 |
Operated
Boeing 747-200
[106]
|
O
|
O.F.S. Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1953 |
1969 |
Operated
Tiger Moth,
de Havilland Dragon Rapide
[107]
|
Oribi Air |
|
|
|
|
1975 |
1975 |
To
Avna Rennies Airlines
[108]
|
Oriole Express |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1996 |
Operated
Douglas C-47
[109]
|
P
|
Pacair |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
1970 |
To National. Operated
Cessnas aircraft
[110]
|
Pan African Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
1946 |
1953 |
Owned by the Keyser and Cowan families. Operated
Douglas C-47
[111]
|
Pelican Air Services |
|
7V |
PDF |
|
2002 |
2011 |
|
Pesloed Flights |
|
|
|
|
1989 |
1990 |
Operated
Douglas C-47
[112]
|
Phalaborwa Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1970s |
1970s |
To
Comair (South Africa)
[113]
|
Phoenix Airlines |
|
|
|
|
1950s |
1950s |
Operated
Douglas DC-2
[114]
|
Phoenix Airways |
|
|
|
PHOENIX |
1994 |
1995 |
|
Pretoria Air Services |
|
|
|
|
1997 |
2000 |
Operated
Douglas C-47,
Pilatus PC-6
[115]
|
Progress Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
2003 |
2009 |
Operated
Swearingen Metroliner
[116]
|
Protea Airways |
|
|
|
|
1961 |
1977 |
Established as
Volkslugdiens. Operated
Dornier Do 27,
Dornier Do 28,
Vickers VC.1 Viking
[117]
|
Q
|
Qwila Air |
|
|
QWL |
|
2002 |
2009 |
Operated
Beech 1900
|
R
|
Rennies Air |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
1975 |
Merged with
Avna and
Oribi Air to form
Avna Rennies Airlines. Operated
BN-2 Islander,
Piper Navajo,
Cessna 402
[118]
|
Romoco Cargo |
|
|
|
|
1994 |
1997 |
Operated
Ilyushin Il-76
[119]
|
Ross-Thompson Aircraft Company |
|
|
|
|
1921 |
1924 |
Founded by C. G. Ross and C. R. Thompson. Operated
Avro 504K
[120]
|
Rossair Executive Air Charter |
|
|
RSS |
ROSS CHARTER |
1956 |
2005 |
|
Rovos Air |
|
6P |
VOS |
ROVOS |
2001 |
2014 |
|
Ryan Blake Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
2006 |
Operated
Fairchild Metro III,
Swearingen Metro II
[121]
|
S
|
SA Airlink |
|
5T;4Z |
LNK |
Airlink AL |
1994 |
1998 |
renamed/merged to South African Airlink
|
Skywise |
|
C9 |
SWZ |
SKYWISE |
2013 |
2015 |
Operations halted November 10, 2015
|
South African Express |
|
XZ |
EXY |
EXPRESSWAYS |
1994 |
2020 |
|
South African Historic Flight |
|
|
SYY |
|
1991 |
2007 |
Rebranded as Skyclass
|
Stars Away Aviation |
|
|
STX |
|
2005 |
2013 |
|
Sun Air |
|
BV |
SNN |
Southwestern Air Service |
1994 |
1999 |
Absorbed by SAA and shut down
|
Sun Air |
|
AQ |
SJE |
|
2001 |
2004 |
Rebranded as
Millionair Aviation
|
T
|
Tramon Air |
|
|
TMX |
TRAMON |
1995 |
2006 |
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Trek Airways |
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JW |
TKE |
TREKAIR |
1953 |
1994 |
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U
|
Union Airways |
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1929 |
1934 |
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V
|
Valan International Cargo Charter |
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VLA |
|
2002 |
2007 |
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Velvet Sky |
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VZ |
VEL |
VELVET |
2010 |
2012 |
Went into liquidation May 7, 2012
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