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	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	'07	'06	Passenger Fleet	Current Destinations	Sources	Alliance / Association
1	South Africa	South African Airways 1						9.7	9.9	9.2	9.3	8.8	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.9	8.3	7.2	13	15	[2][3][4]	Star Alliance
2	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines 2	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		146[5]	155	[2][6][7]	Star Alliance
3	Egypt	Egyptair 3						8.5	7.3	7.4	8.2	11.8	8.3	8.0	8.7	7.9	8.2	7.8		78	102[8]	[2][9][10]	Star Alliance
4	Tunisia	Tunisair 4					3.8	3.5	3.0	2.8	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.7					30	44[11]	[12]
5	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc 5		3.4	2.2	7.4	7.3	7.3	6.8	6.1	6.3	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.1					52	89[13]	[2][14][15]	OneWorld
6	South Africa	FlySafair			3.0															34	15[16]	[17]
7	Nigeria	Air Peace										2.80	2.30							29	20	[18]
8	Kenya	Kenya Airways 8		2.2	1.8	4.4	4.8	4.5	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.9					34	44[19]	[20]	SkyTeam
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		56	78[21]	[22][23] [24][25][23][26][27][28][29] [30][31][32][33]
10	Mauritius	Air Mauritius 10				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		12	14[34]	[35]	Vanilla Alliance
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					16	26
12	Libya	Libyan Airlines											1.2							14	22	[36]

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

• List of airlines of Africa
• List of defunct airlines of Africa
• List of the busiest airports in Africa by passenger traffic
• World's largest airlines
• List of largest airlines in Europe
• List of largest airlines in Central America & the Caribbean
• List of largest airlines in North America
• List of largest airlines in Asia
• List of largest airlines in South America
• List of largest airlines in Oceania