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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]

Contents

• By passengers carried (millions)
• By passenger fleet
• See also
• References

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

By passengers carried (millions)

Rank	Country	Airline	'24	'23	'22	'21	'20	'19	'18	'17	'16	'15	'14	'13	'12	'11	'10	'09	'08	Source
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines 1	17.1	13.8	8.6	5.7	9.6	12.1	10.6	8.7	7.6	6.3	5.9	5.2	4.6	3.7	3.1	2.8	2.5	[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
2	South Africa	South African Airways 2								9.7	9.9	9.2	9.3	8.8	8.1	8.0	8.0	8.2	8.9	[7] [8] [9]
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] [10] [11]
4	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc 4			5.6	3.4	2.2	7.4	7.3	7.3	6.8	6.1	6.3	5.8	5.6	5.8	6.1			[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20]
5	Kenya	Kenya Airways 5	5.23	5.0	3.7	2.2	1.8	4.4	4.8	7.9	4.2	4.2	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.1	2.9			[21] [22]
6	Algeria	Air Algérie			4.6	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	[23]
7	Tunisia	Tunisair 7							3.8	3.5	3.0	2.8	3.5	3.7	3.8	3.2	3.7			[24]
8	South Africa	FlySafair					3.0													[25]
9	Nigeria	Air Peace												2.80	2.30					[26]
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	[27]
11	Libya	Libyan Airlines													1.2					[28]
12	Rwanda	RwandAir						1.17	1.14	0.89	0.59	0.60	0.50	0.41	0.36	0.20	1.13			[29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [12] [48] [49]
13	Angola	TAAG Angola Airlines			0.9	0.3	0.4	1.5	1.5	1.4	1.2	1.3		1.3	1.1	0.8	1.1			[50]
14	Libya	Afriqiyah Airways							0.5					1.2	0.8	0.4	2.3	1.4	0.9	[51] [52] [53] [44] [46] [12]
15	Cote d'Ivoire	Air Côte d'Ivoire					0.3	0.76			0.72	0.60	0.40	0.25						[54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63]
16	Tanzania	Air Tanzania																0.060	0.207	[64] [65]

By passenger fleet

Rank	Country	Airline	Passenger Fleet	Current Destinations	Alliance / Association
1	Ethiopia	Ethiopian Airlines	168 [66]	161 passenger [67]	Star Alliance
2	South Africa	Airlink	70[ citation needed ]	51 [68]
3	Egypt	Egyptair	68	102 [69]	Star Alliance
4	Algeria	Air Algérie	56	78 [70]
5	Morocco	Royal Air Maroc	50	89 [71]	Oneworld
6	Kenya	Kenya Airways	37	44 [72]	SkyTeam
7	Egypt	Air Cairo	36	61 [73]
8	South Africa	FlySafair	36 (2026) [74]	15
9	Tunisia	Tunisair	30	44 [75]
10	Namibia	Westair Aviation	30	10
11	Nigeria	Air Peace	29	20
12	Angola	TAAG Angola Airlines	28	31
13	South Africa	South African Airways	19 (2025) [76]	17 (2025) [76]	Star Alliance
14	Tanzania	Air Tanzania	15	31
15	Cote d'Ivoire	Air Côte d'Ivoire	14	27
16	Rwanda	RwandAir	14	25 [77]
17	Mauritius	Air Mauritius	12	14 [78]	Vanilla Alliance
18	Libya	Afriqiyah Airways	8	20
18	Egypt	Petroleum Air Services	8	8
19	Egypt	AlMasria Universal Airlines	8	5
20	Libya	Libyan Airlines	7	22

Notes

• ^1 Based on Fiscal Year ending 7 Jul.
• ^2 Based on Fiscal Year ending 31 Mar. Includes figures for Mango.
• ^3 Includes figures for Air Sinai and EgyptAir Express.
• ^4 Includes figures for Royal Air Maroc Express.
• ^5 Based on Fiscal Year ending 30 Jun. Includes figures for Jambojet.
• ^7 Includes figures for Tunisair Express.
• ^10 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

References