List of defunct airlines of Greece

This is a list of defunct airlines of Greece.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commencedoperations CeasedoperationsNotes Aegean AviationA3AEE AEGEAN 19881999Renamed to Aegean Airlines Aerogenesis Air Services 19992022 Aeolian AirlinesAOLAEOLIAN20112012 Aeroland Airways3SAENAEROLAND20052012 Aerospace One IW OAN HELLAS CARGO 20132014 Afrek 19761983 Operated Bristol Britannia Agapitos Airlines 1997 1998 Renamed to Kara Air Air go 4AAGSAIRGO CARGO20082011 Operated British Aerospace ATP Air GreeceJGAGJAIR GREECE19941999 Merged into Aegean Airlines Air Manos 19992000 Air Miles 2002 2004 Air Transport of Greece 19471951Merged with Hellenic Airlines and Technical and Aeronautical Holdings to form TAE Greek National Airlines AirSea LinesPEV20042009 AlexandairAXNALEXANDROS20042007 Apollo AirwaysPJK6AOA APOLLO AIR1994 1997 Operated Airbus A300 ArGo Airways AGW ARGONAUT 2009 2010 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter Astra AirlinesA2AZIGREEK STAR20082019 Athens AirwaysZFATWATHENSAIR20082011 Axon AirlinesXNAXO AXONAIR 19982001 Established as Cosmos Airlines. Operated Airbus A300, Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-700, Embraer ERJ 145 CAL Aviation CLV CALAVIA ? ? Cosmos Airlines 1998 1998 Renamed to Axon Airlines. Operated Boeing 737NG, Boeing 717-200 Cretan AirlinesC5KRTCRETAN19931995 Cronus AirlinesX5CUSCRONUS19952001Merged into Aegean Airlines Daedalus Airlines19471950Went bankrupt Delphic Airlines 20212023Never got AOC - went bankrupt Electra AirlinesELD ELECTRA 20002003 EllinairELELBELLINAIR HELLAS20132021 Elite Airlines 20072010 EuroAir6M EUPEUROSTAR 19952009AOC suspended First Airways 20102012Rebranded as Minoan Air Fly Ellas ELF 2018 2019 Renamed to FlyGR8 Fly HellasVQVKHDELPHI20112011 Galaxy Airways9GGLX19992001 Gee Bee Air GEB GOLF-BRAVO AIR 20022006 Greece AirwaysIXGREGREECE AIRWAYS20032006Formed by Greek, Spanish and UK (Air Scotland) interests using assets from Electra Airlines, dba Air-Scotland. GreenJet Airlines GRN;GRJ20112013 Hellas Air Service HRS HELLAS AIR ? ? Hellas JetHJHEJHELLAS JET20032010 Hellas Wings LJR HELLAS WINGS 19982006 Hellenic Airlines (GAT)HELLENIC19471951Merged with Air Transport of Greece and Technical and Aeronautical Holdings to form TAE Greek National Airlines Hellenic Imperial AirwaysHTIMP IMPERIAL20072012 Hellenic Star Airways HJHST19992003 Helliniki Etairia Enaerion Sygkoinonion 1931 1940 Known under the French name of Société Hellénique des Communications Aériennes Hermes AirlinesH3HRMHERMES20112016 Icarus Airlines 1930 1930 Known as Greece's first airline. Went bankrupt InterJetINJINJET19922011 Jonian Airways 19711972 K2 SmartJetsKSJ20072013 KAL Aviation CLV CALAVIA 1990 2001 Became Ver-Avia. Operated Swearingen Merlin IV Lumiwings L9 LWI LUMI 2018 2025 Macedonian AirlinesMC MCS MACAIR 19922003Rebranded as Olympic Airlines Meelad Air Greece MEL 2008 2014 Established in Jordan, but applied in May 2009 to the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority for an AOC Minoan AirMAVMINOAN20122015 Olympic AirlinesOAOALOLYMPIC20032009Sold name and logo to Olympic Air Olympic AirwaysOAOALOLYMPIC19562003Merged with several internal companies within Olympic Airways to form Olympic Airways Services Olympic AviationMLOLYOLAVIA19712003Flight academy became part of Olympic Airways Services and airliner fleet transferred to Olympic Airlines. Still operates as a helicopter charter service Olympus Airways OLY OLYAIR 2014 2024 Orange2Fly O4 OTF ORANGE2FLY 20152021 Pantheon Airways OAOAL20082008Rebranded as Olympic Air Princess Airlines IGPER19982000 Operated Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300 South East European Airlines 6J GRE SEEA AIR 1992 1995 Flew under Virgin Atlantic brand. Operated Airbus A320, Boeing 737-400, Fokker 50, Swearingen Merlin IV Sky Wings AirlinesNDGSW ARROW JET 20062012 SkyGreece AirlinesGWSGR SKYGREECE20122015 Summer ExpressEUH 19971998 TAE Greek National AirlinesGKTAEGREEK19461957Rebranded as Olympic Airways TEA Trans European Airlines TEG EUROLINES 1998 1998 Operated Embraer BandeiranteTechnical and Aeronautical HoldingsGKTAEGREEK19351951Merged with Hellenic Airlines and Air Transport of Greece to form TAE Greek National Airlines Venus AirlinesV4VERVENUS 19921996Operated Boeing 727-200, Boeing 767-200, MD-83, MD-87 Ver-Avia GRV NIGHT RIDER 2001 2009 Operated Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III Viking Hellas AviationVQVKH 20092011Rebranded as Fly Hellas

See also

List of airlines of Greece List of airports in Greece

References