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List of largest airlines in Africa

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Even though Africa is the second largest continent by size and population, its airlines account for only about 6% of the world's air traffic, as most of it is being carried out by foreign air lines.[1]

This is a list of largest airlines in Africa. It is ranked by number of transported passengers.

By passengers carried (millions)

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Rank Country Airline '22 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 Source
1  South Africa South African Airways1 9.7 9.9 9.2 9.3 8.8 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.2 8.9 8.3 7.2 [2][3][4]
2  Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines2 8.68 5.78 9.66 12.10 10.63 8.76 7.60 7.39 6.91 5.92 4.64 3.73 3.15 2.81 2.50 [2][5][6]
3  Egypt Egyptair3 8.5 7.3 7.4 8.2 11.8 8.3 8.0 8.7 7.9 8.2 7.8 [2][7][8]
4  Tunisia Tunisair4 3.8 3.5 3.0 2.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.2 3.7 [9]
5  Morocco Royal Air Maroc5 3.4 2.2 7.4 7.3 7.3 6.8 6.1 6.3 5.8 5.6 5.8 6.1 [2][10][11]
6  South Africa FlySafair 3.0 [12]
7  Nigeria Air Peace 2.80 2.30 [13]
8  Kenya Kenya Airways8 2.2 1.8 4.4 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.9 [14]
9  Algeria Air Algérie 1.9 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 5.5 5.2 4.7 4.3 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.2 2.9 [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26]
10  Mauritius Air Mauritius10 1.724 1.695 1.603 1.499 1.370 1.330 1.297 1.325 1.295 1.133 1.192 1.311 1.177 [27]
11  Tanzania Air Tanzania 10.5 8.8 1.1 5.2 9.9 15.6 18.9 20.5 15.7 13.6 10.6 6.8 3.3
12  Libya Libyan Airlines 1.2 [28]

By passenger fleet

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Rank Country Airline Passenger
Fleet		 Current
Destinations		 Alliance /
Association
1  Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 2 146[29] 155 Star Alliance
2  Egypt Egyptair 3 78 102[30] Star Alliance
3  Algeria Air Algérie 56 78[31]
4  Morocco Royal Air Maroc 5 52 89[32] Oneworld
5  South Africa FlySafair 34 15[33]
6  Kenya Kenya Airways 8 34 44[34] SkyTeam
7  Tunisia Tunisair 4 30 44[35]
8  Nigeria Air Peace 29 20
9  South Africa South African Airways 1 20 15 Star Alliance
10  Tanzania Air Tanzania 16 26
11  Libya Libyan Airlines 14 22
12  Mauritius Air Mauritius 10 12 14[36] Vanilla Alliance
Notes
  • ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango.
  • ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
  • ^3 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
  • ^4 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.
  • ^5 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
  • ^6 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
  • ^7 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.

See also

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References

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