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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]

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 '21 '20 '19 '18 '17 '16 '15 '14 '13 '12 '11 '10 '09 '08 '07 '06 '05 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 7.2 2 16 [2][3][4] Star Alliance
2  Ethiopia Ethiopian Airlines 2 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 2.10 1.80 1.60 145[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 - - 77 102[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 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.8 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 6.1 - - - 1.6 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 2.90 2.80 2.70 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]
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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 - - 10 12[34] [35] Vanilla Alliance
11  Libya Libyan Airlines - 1.2 - - - - - - - 14 22 [36]
Notes

See also

References

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_Africa