List of defunct airlines of Australia

This is a list of defunct airlines of Australia.[1]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced operations Ceased operations Notes
Aboriginal Air ServicesI820002006
Ad Astral Aviation AT 1986 2016
Adelaide Airways19351957Formed by the Adelaide Steamship Company. Merged with the Orient Steam Navigation Company and the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited in 1936 to form Australian National Airways (ANA)
Advance Airlines19741981
Aero-Tropics Air ServicesHCATI19992008
Aeropelican Air ServicesOTPEL,PEPELICAN19942013
Air AustraliaVCAGCSTRATEGIC20082012Formed as Strategic Airlines
Air QueenslandQNAQNBUSHAIR19811988Absorbed into Australian Airlines
Airlines of Australia Limited 1935 1942? Controlling interest in 1937 by Australian National Airways
Airlines of New South WalesWXNEWSOUTH19591993Absorbed into Ansett
Airlines of South Australia19601986Subsidiary of Ansett Australia
Airlines of South AustraliaRTLRT19872006Independent airline form by a merger of Lincoln Airlines and Augusta Airways
Airtex Aviation19822010
Ansett Air Freight19892000
Ansett AustraliaANAAAANSETT19362002
Aus-AirNOAUSAus-Air19561999
Asian Express AirlinesHJAXF19962008Renamed from Premier Airlines in 1996 and rebranded as Tasman Cargo Airlines in 2008
Australia Asia AirlinesIMAAUAustasia19901996Subsidiary of Qantas
Australian AirlinesAOAUZAUSTRALIAN20022006Subsidiary of Qantas
Australian National Airways19301931
Australian National Airways (ANA)19361957Sold to Ansett Airways and they merged to form Ansett-ANA
BackpackersXpressNever commenced flights
Big Sky ExpressJT20042006
Brindabella AirlinesFQBRIBRINDABELLA19942013
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines19461954Taken over by Qantas
Bush Pilots Airways19511981Became BPA then renamed Air Queensland in 1981
Butler Air Transport19341959Absorbed into Ansett as Airlines of New South Wales
Coastal Airways 1962 1984 Absorbed into Ansett
Compass AirlinesYMCYMCOMPAIR19901993
Connellan AirwaysCX19391980Acquired by East-West-Airlines
East-West AirlinesEWEWAEastWest19471993Absorbed into Ansett
Eastland AirDKILA
Emu AirwaysTL19702005
Flight West AirlinesYCFWQUNITY19872001Sold to Queensland Aviation Holdings
Global AirGAGGLOBAL AIRGROUP19972005
Golden Eagle Airlines
Great Western Aviation19982006
Hart Aircraft Service19291938Sold to Victorian and Interstate Airways Ltd
Hazelton AirlinesZLHZLHAZELTON19532001Acquired by Australiawide Airlines and merged with Kendell Airlines to form Regional Express Airlines
Holyman's Airways19341936Became Australian National Airways
Horizon AirlinesBNHZAHoriz Air2004Acquired by Macair Airlines
Impulse AirlinesVQIPUIMPULSE19822004Absorbed into QantasLink
Independent Air FreightersIDP19932002
IndoJet Asia20082009
IPEC AviationINIPA19761993
JETGO AustraliaJGJGOJETGO20112018
Lloyd Aviation QUEENSLAND 1969 1990
Kendell AirlinesKDKDAKENDELL19712002Acquired by Australiawide Airlines and merged with Hazelton Airlines to form Regional Express Airlines
MacAir AirlinesCCMCKMACAIR19962009
MacRobertson Miller Airlines (MMA)MVMILLER19271981In 1963 became a division of Ansett Transport Industries and was renamed MacRobertson Miller Airline Services. Renamed Airlines of Western Australia in 1981.
New England Airways 1931 1935 Floated as Airlines of Australia Limited in 1935
Norfolk AirN5NFKNORFIK AIR20062011
Norfolk Island AirlinesUGNIA19731992
Norfolk Island Airlines20172018Used Nauru Airlines aircraft
Norfolk Jet ExpressYE19972005
North Queensland Airways19361938
O'Connor AirlinesUQOCMOCONNOR19732007
OzJetO7OZJAUSJET2012
PACAV - Pacific Aviation ChartersPCV
Queensland Pacific Airlines19881991
Queensland Pacific Airways1972Absorbed by Bush Pilots Airways
Queensland Regional AirlinesQ72003
Rebel Air 1956 1988 Ceased all scheduled operations
Regional Pacific AirlinesQT20012010
SA Air Taxis Ltd 1958 1963
SkyAirWorldS9SYWSKY AIR20062009
South Pacific Airways SOUTH PACIFIC 1974 1984
Sunshine Express AirlinesCQEXL19982006Ceased all scheduled operations. Charter only.
TasairTA19982012
Tasmanian Airways19261935
Tigerair AustraliaTTTGGTIGOZ20072020Acquired in stages by Virgin Australia Holdings between 2012 and 2014. Brand retired in 2020.
Trans Australia AirlinesTNTAATRANSAIR19461994Rebranded as Australian Airlines in 1986. Acquired by Qantas in 1992. Brand retired.
TransairJT20022006
Vincent Aviation AustraliaBFVIN20042014
West Australian Airways19211936Purchased by Adelaide Airways
Yanda AirlinesYE19882001

See also

References
  1. ch-aviation.ch
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