The World's Airlines. Past, Present & Future

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Active Airlines        (1572) (+4)   Last update - February 2010   Africa - 1942 (+12)
Defunct Airlines        (3148) (+26)   Total number of airlines - 16,204 (+39)   Americas - 7060 (+17)
New Airlines         (46)     Europe - 4726 (+6)
Updated Airlines         (217)     Rest of World - 2209 (+6)
      Unknown Countries (all regions) - 231 (-38)

  IATA (2 letter airline identification code) and the 3 letter ICAO codes are included where known. The former came into being in the early 1950s and the latter in 1987.

  At present the site contains 266 countries (past and present) and regions. As before, please select any region to access it's  countries. To search within a country, please use CTL+F

 This month's special thanks goes to DENIS DIONNE for his invaluable work on  "Unknowns"

Please take time to check out the wonderful collection of Airline Tickets provided by Gklavas Athanasios and the additional ones by Ian Warren.

A further thank you goes to AirlineLogos.net.

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  Over 25,000 links on the 'AirNet' Web Site, http://www.aviation-links.co.uk/          

Maintained and updated by David Lyall. Thanks to the people who have responded and I would appreciate any further feedback (positive or negative) on The World's Airlines

 Although every effort is made to ensure that the information on this web site is correct, the usual waivers apply

Appreciation goes to .AirlineLogos.net for the logos and Flags courtesy of ITA's Flags of All Countries

Fields Description
2006* The asterisk denotes that the start and/or end date are earliest/latest proven dates
Ada Air* Asterisk on the airline denotes not totally sure of the airline's country
Unproven This shows companies that have not been confirmed as actual airlines
Began? The airline may not have started or even been renamed before commencement of operations. So called "Paper Airlines"
2008 - - 2009 Double hyphen within aircraft dates denotes split dates of operations