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)
RanksCountryAirline / Holding 19'18'17'16 !98768pijmok,3'12'11'10'09'08'07'06'05Passenger
Fleet		Current
Destinations		SourcesAlliance /
Association
1  Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 4 12.1410.638.767.66.356.05.224.63.73.22.82.52.11.81.6125125 [2][3][4]Star Alliance
2  Egypt EgyptAir 5 8.511.88.36.87.3--5.7--6178 [5][6][7]Star Alliance
3  Morocco Royal Air Maroc 6 7.97.36,16,25,65.86,1--6.1---61105 [8][9][10]OneWorld
4  South Africa South African Airways 1 6.09.58.18.08.08.08.28.98.37.23942 [11][12][13]Star Alliance
5  Kenya Kenya Airways 2 5.64.64.13.93.83.73.63.43.04066 [14]SkyTeam
6  Tunisia Tunisair 7 -3.83.23.73.63.83.63.83.82966 [15]
7  Algeria Air Algérie -4.4-3.33.53.22.9--56
8  Nigeria Arik Air 2.82.3-------2230 [16]
9  Mauritius Air Mauritius 3 1.31.3-------1420 [17]
10  Libya Libyan Airlines -1.2-------1422 [18]
Notes

See also

References
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