List of largest airlines in Africa

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)

Ranks	Country	Airline / Holding	19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	'05	Passenger Fleet	Current Destinations	Sources	Alliance / Association
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines ^4	12.14	10.63	8.76	7.6	6.35	6.0	5.22	4.6	3.7	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.1	1.8	1.6	125	125	[2][3][4]	Star Alliance
2	Egypt	EgyptAir ^5			8.5				11.8	8.3	6.8	7.3	-	-	5.7	-	-	61	78	[5][6][7]	Star Alliance
3	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc ^6		7.9	7.3		6,1	6,2	5,6	5.8	6,1	-	-	6.1	-	-	-	61	105	[8][9][10]	OneWorld
4	South Africa	South African Airways ^1			6.0				9.5	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.9	8.3	7.2	28	42	[11][12][13]	Star Alliance
5	Kenya	Kenya Airways ^2							5.6	4.6	4.1	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.6	3.4	3.0	40	66	[14]	SkyTeam
6	Tunisia	Tunisair ^7							-	3.8	3.2	3.7	3.6	3.8	3.6	3.8	3.8	29	66	[15]
7	Algeria	Air Algérie							-	4.4	-	3.3	3.5	3.2	2.9	-	-	56
8	Nigeria	Arik Air							2.8	2.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	30	[16]
9	Mauritius	Air Mauritius ^3							1.3	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	20	[17]
10	Libya	Libyan Airlines							-	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	22	[18]

Notes

• ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango
• ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
• ^3 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun.
• ^4 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
• ^5 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
• ^6 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
• ^7 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.

See also

• List of airlines of Africa
• List of defunct airlines of Africa
• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania
• List of largest airlines in South America

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