This is a list of defunct airlines of Germany.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commencedoperations Ceasedoperations Notes A Abacus Air 1977 1985 Operated Swearingen Metroliner Advance Air AXX 2012 2017 Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II Aero Express 1956 1957 Operated Vickers VC.1 Viking Merged into KHD Aero FlightGVARFAERO FOX20042005 Aero Lloyd YP AEF AERO LLOYD 1981 2003 Aeroline 7E AWU 2012 2017 Operated Cessna 550, Piper Cheyenne II. Renamed Sylt Air Aerotec Airways 1989 1998 Operated Beech King Air, Piper Seneca Aerotour Deutsche Luftreederei 1958 1959 Operated Douglas DC-4 and Vickers Viking Air Berlin AB BER AIR BERLIN 1991 2017 Previously a U.S.A. airline Air Berlin Aviation H3 TCN 2018 2018 Operated Airbus A321-200 Renamed Thomas Cook Aviation Air Berlin USA ZF 1979 1991 Renamed Air Berlin Air Bremen HR BRN AIR BREMEN 1989 1990 Air Cargo Germany 6U ACX LOADMASTER 2009 2013 Air Commerz DX AIRCOMER 1970 1972 Air de Cologne 1987 1988 Scandinavian Airlines subsidiary. Merged into TNT Air Evex EVE 1975 2005 Operated Beech King Air, Cessna Citation, Hawker 800, Learjet 45 Air Germanica 1995 1996 Arcus-Air Logistics charter operations branch. Never operational Air LipsiaW22010 Air Lloyd 1961 1964 Formed by the merger of Deutsche Nahluftverkehr and Deutsche Taxiflug Air Omega OE AOW 2002 2004 Air Service Wildgruber 2003 2009 Air Traffic 1980s 1980s Operated leased Swearingen Metroliners All-Air DZ 1966 1968 Operated Douglas DC-4 Assets sold to Transportflug Amadeus B5 1996 2004 Antares Airtransport ANM ANTARES 2001 2005 Operated Let Turbolet Aquair Luftfahrt 1982 1984 Operated Beechcraft 90 “King Air” Arcus-Air Luftfahrtunternehmen 1980 1997 Previously Arcus-Air Logistics. Operated Dornier 228, Dornier 328. Transferred scheduled operations to Cosmos Air Atlantis NO NOU ATLANTIS 1968 1972 Previously Nordseeflug Sylter Lufttransport Augsburg Airways IQ AUB AUGSBURG-AIR 1996 2013 Previously Interot Airways Augusta Air AUF AUGUSTA 1985 2014 Operated Cessna 560XL Aviaction HC AVIACTION 1971 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 to form Bavaria Germanair Bavaria Germanair BV BAVARIA 1977 1979 Merged into Hapag-Lloyd Flug Bayerische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft 1925 1928 Bayerische Flugdienst (BFD) BT 1954 1975 Operated Cessna 402 and DHC 6 Berlin Regional UK 1987 1990 Renamed Berlin European UK in 1988. Merged into Germania in 1991 Berline BZ TBL BEROLINER 1991 1994 Previously Il 18 Air Cargo Berliner Spezialflug (BSF) 1991 1996 Merged into Thuringia Airways Blue Wings QW BWG BLUE WINGS 2003 2010 Bremenfly 8B BFY BORGWARDT 2009 2010 Britannia Airways Germany BN DBY 1997 2001 C Calair DZ CALAIR 1970 1972 CargoLogic Germany GCL SAXONIA 2019 2022 Cimber Air EG;GW 1953 1992 Cimber Air of Denmark subsidiary Cirrus Airlines C9 RUS CIRRUS 1995 2012 City-Air 6E CIP CITYWAYS 1971 2004 Previously Teuto Airways and TAG City-Air Cologne Air Transport 1991 1996 Operated Dornier 228 Condor Berlin DE CIB 1998 2013 Merged into Condor of which it was a subsidiary Condor Luftreederei 1958 1961 Merged operations into Deutsche Flugdienst Condor-Flugdienst GmbH 1961 2013 Previously Deutsche Flugdienst. Merged into Condor Condor Syndikat19241927 Contact Air C3 KIS CONTACT AIR 1974 2013 Merged assets and some operations into OLT Express Germany Conti-Flug 1992 1994 Previously European Private Charter. Operated BAe.146 Continentale Deutsche Luftreederei 1959 1962 Cosmos Air ZE AZE 1997 1999 Merged operations into Cirrus Airlines D Danziger Luftpost19211923 Dauair D5 DAU DAUAIR 2005 2006 Debonair Deutscheland 1996 1999 British Debonair German branch. Operated leased aircraft DELAG19101935 Delta Air Regionalflugverkehr 1978 1992 Merged into Deutsche BA Deruluft 1921 1937 Joint German-Soviet airline Deutsche Aero Lloyd 1923 1926 Merged with Junkers Luftverkehr to form Deutsche Luft Hansa Deutsche BA 1992 2008 Rebranded flydba.com 2002-2003 and dba 2003-2008. Air Berlin subsidiary 2006-2008 Deutsche Flugdienst 1956 1961 Renamed Condor-Flugdienst Deutsche Ferienflugdienst (DFD) 1989 1982 Condor brand Deutsche Luft Hansa 1926 1945 Deutsche Luft-Reederei 1917 1923 Rebranded as Deutsche Aero Lloyd Deutsche Lufthansa 1955 1963 Staff, fleet and route network transferred to InterflugDeutsche Zeppelin-Reederei 1935 1939 Successor to DELAG. Reformed in 2001. DLR Flugbetriebe GPL 1967 DLT-Deutsche Luftverkehrs GmbH DW DLT 1974 1992 Merged into Lufthansa CityLine E EastWest Airlines 5D EWT E-WEST 1994 1995 Elbe AirLBRMOTION19952008Elbeflug 1970 1971 Never operational Euro City Line 1995 1997 EuroBerlin EE EEB EUROBER 1988 1994 Franco-German joint airline registered in France. Go to Euroberlin France Euro-hopper.com 2003 2003 Renamed/merged to Denim Airways Europa-Union 1926 Did not start European Air Express EA EAL STAR WING 1999 2007 EuroCity Line 1998 1998 Eurowings Discover 2021 2023 Renamed Discover Airlines Eurowings Flug 1997 2002 Eurowings sister airline Excellent Air GZA 1969 2007 Express Airways 1999 2003 Traded as Farnair Germany. Farnair Europe Aviation Group subsidiary from February 1999 Express Flug Service 1973 1976 F Filder Air Service 1999 2000 Merged into European Air Express Flight Travel Service (FTS) 1980 1990 Operated schedules with Cessna 404, Cessna 441, Swearingen Metroliner on behalf of City-Flug and Paderborn Airport Co. FLM Aviation FKI KIEL AIR 1973 2013 FTI Flugggesellschaft/Fly FTI BZ FTI FROG-LINE 1999 2001 Flynext 2011 2013 Operated leased Airbus A319 as Germania Express 2012-2013 G General Air + General Air Nord + General Air Luftverkehrs GQ GENERAL AIR 1962 1976 German Airways HE LGW WALTER 2019 2020 Trading name of Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter and WDL Flugdienst leasing operations. Operated European routes on behalf of Eurowings German Cargo Services FX GEC 1977 1995 Merged into Lufthansa Cargo German Sky Airlines GHY GERMAN SKY 20010 2012 Sky Airlines subsidiary German Wings PW KFK GERMAN WINGS 1989 1990 Germanair GmbH DV GERMANAIR 1968 1977 Previously Südwestflug. Merged to form Bavaria Germanair Germania/Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH ST GMI GERMANIA 1986 2019 Germania Express L3 GMQ CORGI 2003 2005 Germania subsidiary. Merged operations into Deutsche BA Germanwings 4U GWI GERMANWINGS 2002 2020 Merged into Eurowings Green Airlines20202022 H HADAG Air GP 1974 1983 Renamed Holiday Express Hamburg Airlines HX HAS HAMBURG AIR 1988 1997 Reformed in 1993 Hamburg AirwaysHKHAYHAMBURG AIRWAYS20112014 Hamburg International 4R HHI HAMBURG JET 1999 2010 Hanseflug HFL HANSEFLUG 1992 2013 Hapag-Lloyd Express X3 HLX YELLOW CAB 2002 2010 Merged into TUIfly Hapag-Lloyd Flug HF HLF HAPAG LLOYD 1973 2010 Branded Hapagfly 2005-2010. Merged into TUIfly K.G. Hellinger GmbH & Co. 1955 1985 Operated local routes as Westküstenflug with Cessna 172, Partenavia P.68, Piper PA-23 Holiday Express HL (HX) HLE HOLIDAY EXPRESS 1983 1988 Previously HADAG Air. Traded as Hanse Express 1986-1988 Hössl & Winkler Fluggesellschaft 1976 1982 Operated local routes with Cessna 404, Cessna 441, Swearingen Metroliner branded HW Air I Interflug IF IFL INTERFLUG 1959 1991 Inherited assets of Deutsche Lufthansa in 1963. Interot Airways 1981 1996 Previously Interot Air Service. Renamed Augsburg Airways Interregional (IFG) IP 1968 1974 J Jetair JA JETAIR 1984 1985 Jetisfaction 2011 2012 Junkers Luftverkehr19241926Merged with Deutsche Aero Lloyd to form Deutsche Luft Hansa K KHD-Karl Herfurtner Düsseldorf 1956 1957 Charter airline which operated Douglas DC 4, Vickers “Viking” L Lloyd-Luftdienst Louisair 2020s 2020s LowFare Jet 2002 2003 LTU International/Lufttransport Unternehmen LT LTU LTU 1955 2011 Previously Lufttransport Union. Merged into Air Berlin LTU-Süd International Airways LU LTS 1987 1997 Previously LTS-Lufttransport-Süd. Merged into LTU International Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter (LGW) HE LGW WALTER 1980 2020 Lufthansa CityLine CL CLH HANSALINE 1992 2026 Previously DLT. Integrated into Lufthansa Luftverkehr Friesland-Harle (LFH) 1983 2014 Merged into FLN Frisia Luftverkehr Luftverkher Wilhelmshaven-Friesland (Erich Passon) 1956 1983 Operated local routes with BN.2, Cessna 402, Cessna 310, Cessna 206 in early 1980s M Merkur Luft/Luftmerkur Bedarsflug 1972 1973 Operated local routes with DH.114 Heron N Naske Air 1992 2000 Previously Braunschweig-Flug. Operated local routes with Swearingen Metroliner Nürnberger Flugdienst (NFD) NS NFD FLAMINGO 1975 1992 Merged to form Eurowings Nightexpress EXT EXECUTIVE 1984 2017 Nora Air Services 1970 1972 Never operationalNord-Europa-Union 1923 1926 Merged into Europa Union Nordseeflug Sylter Lufttransport 1966 1968 Operated Douglas DC 3 and Douglas DC 7. Renamed Atlantis O Oberschlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft 1925 1937 (1st) OFD Ostfriesischer-Flug-Dienst 1959 1974 Assets split between DLT Luftverkehrs GmbH, and OLT-Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT Express Germany) (2nd) OFD-Ostfriesischer-Flug-Dienst 2011 2013 OLT Express Germany OL OLT OLTRA 2011 2013 Previously OLT-Ostfriesische Lufttransport (1974) OLT Express Regional 2011 2012 Pooled with OLT Express Germany P Paninternational DR DELTA ROMEO 1969 1971 Previously Panair Pleuger Flugdienst 1976 1978 Operated local routes with Piper PA-31 PrivatAir GmbH PTG 2003 2018 PrivatAir subsidiary R Ratioflug RAT BATMAN 1982 1998 Regional Air Express REW REGIONAL WINGS 2004 2010 RFG Regionalflug VG RFG RFG 1976 1992 Merged to form Eurowings Rhein-Neckar Air 2014 2024 Rheingau Air Service KG 1974 1983 (or 1979) Rheinland Air Service RW RLD 1973 2002 Renamed RAS Fluggesellschaft Roland Air 1980 1990 Operated BN.2, BN.2 Mk.III, Cessna “Skyhawk”, Swearingen Metroliner. Merged operations into OLT-Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT Express Germany) S Saarland Airlines QW SLL AARLAND 1992 1993 Sächsische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft 1924 1926 Saxonia Airlines (SAL) 1991 1996 Merged into Thuringia Airlines Senator Aviation Charter 1985 ? Special Air Transport/SAT Flug (SAT) JO DST 1978 1986 Merged operations into Germania Schlesische Luftverkehrsgesellschaft SkyTeam Luftfahrtunternehmen 1998 2002 Small Planet Airlines GmbH 5P LLX GERMANJET 2015 2018 Lithuanian Small Planet Airlines subsidiary Star XL German Airlines GXL 2006 2006 Renamed XL Airways GermanyStuttgarter FlugdienstFFDFIRST FLIGHT19592019 Südavia FV VXY SUDAVIA 1984 1990 Südflug-Süddeutsche Fluggesellschaft SZ SUEDFLUG 1955 1969 Bought by Lufthansa and merged into Condor Südwestflug 1965 1968 Renamed Germanair SunExpress Deutschland XG SXD SUNRISE 2011 2020 T Tel Aviv AirU8CYFTUS AIR20212022 Tempelhof Express Airlines FC SBY 1998 2001 Previously Thuringia Airways. Merged into OLT-Ostfriesische Lufttransport (OLT Express Germany) Thomas Cook Aviation H3 TCN 2018 2020 Previously Air Berlin Aviation Thuringia Airlines (TAL) FC SBY 1996 1998 Renamed Tempelhof Express Airlines Trans-Avia Flug TAD 1957 1959 Operated Douglas DC 4, Vickers Viking TransAer Cologne 1999 2000 Translift Airways (IRELAND) subsidiaryTrans-Europa-Union 1923 1926 Merged to form Europa Union Transportflug 1965 1970 Renamed CalairTriple Alpha Luftfahrtgesellschaft 1995 2011 V Vibro Air Flugservice VIB 1994 2013 W WDL Aviation (Koln) 1991 Renamed German Airways WDL Flugdienst WE 1955 1991 Operations transferred to WDL Aviation (Koln). Renamed WDL Luftschiff WestflugWFA Wirtschaftsflug WS 1979 1982 X XL Airways Germany X4 GXL STARDUST 2006 2012 Previously Star XL German Airlines Y Yourways PWY 2017 2019

See also List of airlines of Germany List of airports in Germany

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