List of All Airlines in the World

List of All Airlines in the World. An airline is a company that provides a regular service of air transportation for passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services. Many passenger airlines also carry cargo in the belly of their aircraft, while dedicated cargo airlines focus solely on freight transport. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body. Airlines may be scheduled or charter operators.

Table of Contents

Airline ownership has seen a shift from mostly personal ownership until the 1930s to government-ownership of major airlines from the 1940s to 1980s and back to large-scale privatization following the mid-1980s. Since the 1980s, there has been a trend of major airline mergers and the formation of partnerships or alliances for codeshare agreements, in which they both offer and operate the same flight. The largest alliances are Star Alliance, SkyTeam and Oneworld. Airline alliances coordinate their passenger service programs (such as lounges and frequent-flyer programs), offer special interline tickets and often engage in extensive codesharing (sometimes systemwide).

DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, was the world’s first commercial passenger airline.^[2][3] It was founded on November 16, 1909,^[3] and began services in June 1910, providing a regular service until 1935.^[3] DELAG operated airships manufactured by the Zeppelin Company.

The Compagnie générale transaérienne (CGT) was founded on October 10, 1909, making it the oldest airline company, which began cargo operations in April 1911 and began regular passenger operations in March 1913—weekly return fixed-wing flights.^[5] CGT was the first of the companies that would eventually merge to become Air France.^[6]

A fixed-wing scheduled airline was started in the United States in January 1914. The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line was piloted by Tony Jannus and flew from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Tampa, Florida.

Lists of passenger airlines cover existing and defunct airlines. Complete lists are given in alphabetical sequence by the name of the COUNTRY from which they operate. Lists are also given by size, by business model and by other characteristics. There are over 5,000 airlines with IATA codes.

List of All Airlines in the World

(AE) 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

(AF) 🇦🇫 Afghanistan

(AG) 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda

(AI) 🇦🇮 Anguilla

(AL) 🇦🇱 Albania

(AM) 🇦🇲 Armenia

(AN) Netherlands Antilles

(AO) 🇦🇴 Angola

(AR) 🇦🇷 Argentina

(AT) 🇦🇹 Austria

(AU) 🇦🇺 Australia

(AW) 🇦🇼 Aruba

(AZ) 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan

(BA) 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

(BB) 🇧🇧 Barbados

(BD) 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

(BE) 🇧🇪 Belgium

(BF) 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

(BG) 🇧🇬 Bulgaria

(BH) 🇧🇭 Bahrain

(BI) 🇧🇮 Burundi

(BJ) 🇧🇯 Benin

(BM) 🇧🇲 Bermuda

(BN) 🇧🇳 Brunei

(BO) 🇧🇴 Bolivia

(BR) 🇧🇷 Brazil

(BS) 🇧🇸 Bahamas

(BT) 🇧🇹 Bhutan

(BW) 🇧🇼 Botswana

(BY) 🇧🇾 Belarus

(BZ) 🇧🇿 Belize

(CA) 🇨🇦 Canada

(CD) 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo

(CF) 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

(CG) 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo

(CH) 🇨🇭 Switzerland

(CI) 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast

(CK) 🇨🇰 Cook Islands

(CL) 🇨🇱 Chile

(CM) 🇨🇲 Cameroon

(CN) 🇨🇳 China

(CO) 🇨🇴 Colombia

(CR) 🇨🇷 Costa Rica

(CS) Serbia and Montenegro

(CU) 🇨🇺 Cuba

(CV) 🇨🇻 Cape Verde

(CW) 🇨🇼 Curacao

(CY) 🇨🇾 Cyprus

(CZ) 🇨🇿 Czechia

(DE) 🇩🇪 Germany

(DJ) 🇩🇯 Djibouti

(DK) 🇩🇰 Denmark

(DM) 🇩🇲 Dominica

(DO) 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

(DZ) 🇩🇿 Algeria

(EC) 🇪🇨 Ecuador

(EE) 🇪🇪 Estonia

(EG) 🇪🇬 Egypt

(ER) 🇪🇷 Eritrea

(ES) 🇪🇸 Spain

(ET) 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

(FI) 🇫🇮 Finland

(FJ) 🇫🇯 Fiji

(FO) 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands

(FR) 🇫🇷 France

(GA) 🇬🇦 Gabon

(GB) 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(GD) 🇬🇩 Grenada

(GE) 🇬🇪 Georgia

(GG) 🇬🇬 Guernsey

(GH) 🇬🇭 Ghana

(GL) 🇬🇱 Greenland

(GM) 🇬🇲 Gambia

(GN) 🇬🇳 Guinea

(GP) 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe

(GQ) 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea

(GR) 🇬🇷 Greece

(GT) 🇬🇹 Guatemala

(GU) 🇬🇺 Guam