Our active airlines, this page shows our list of active airlines that are still operating globally today. Taken from our growing database of 21824 airlines, this list contains 3278 active airlines that’s updated frequently.
Some of the oldest active airlines in this list include:
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines – Founded in 1919, KLM is the oldest active airline in the world still using its original name.
- Avianca – Originally founded as SCADTA in 1919, Avianca is the second oldest active airline.
- Qantas – Originally founded as a charter company in 1920, Qantas is currently the third oldest active airline.
Our list of active airlines
To view more details about any of our listed active airlines, click on an airlines name. Clicking on a country name will show you more airlines from that selected country.
![[Air Canada Express] logo](https://airlinehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Air-Canada-Express-55x52.png "{Air Canada Express}")
{Air Canada Express}
___ Air Canada Express is a brand name under which two regional airlines operate feeder flights for Air Canada. At present Jazz...
Canada
{American Eagle}
___ American Eagle is an American brand name for the regional branch of American Airlines, under which six individual regional airlines operate...
USA
{Delta Connection}
___ Delta Connection was founded in 1984. It is a regional airline brand name for Delta Air Lines, under which a number...
USA![[QantasLink] logo](https://airlinehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/QantasLink-55x55.png "{QantasLink}")
{QantasLink}
___ QantasLink’s origins as a single brand for Qantas’ regional airline subsidiaries go back to Oct1993, when Qantas acquired Australian Airlink and...
Australia
{United Express}
___ United Express is the brand name for the regional branch of United Airlines, under which seven individually owned regional airlines operate...
USA
21 Air
♦ 21 Air was formed on 25Feb2014 in Greensboro, NC. The airline previously operated as a virtual cargo carrier, operating under Dynamic...
USA
2Excel Aviation
2Excel Aviation was founded in 2005 by two Royal Air Force pilots, Andy Offer and Chris Norton ~ Business and charter carrier...
United Kingdom
2Go
2Go was formed by Aboitiz and A Soriano and started operations on 28Jan1988 as Aboitiz Air Transport. Renamed to 2Go in 2004...
Philippines
2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division
… 2nd Arkhangelsk United Aviation Division was formed in 1935 as an Aeroflot subdivision (name unknown at present). The “2nd Arkhangelsk United...
Russia40 Mile Airways was founded by Charles Warbelows in 1959 specialising in Alaskan wilderness trips out of Fairbanks, Alaska
USA748 Air Services was formed in 1994 by a small group of individuals committed to meeting the needs of non-governmental organizations operating...
Kenya
9 Air
9 Air started operations on 02Dec2014 after being renamed from Jiu Yuan Airlines (2013-2014) < scheduled carrier based out of Guangzhou Baiyun...
China
A.R.T Taxi Aereo
♦ Nothing is known about A.R.T Taxi Aereo at present except it suffered a fatal crash with a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan...
Brazil
AB airlines
♦ Nothing at is known at present about AB airlines except they are part of AB Business Travel, a travel and Air...
DR Congo
AbaBeel Aviation
AbaBeel Aviation was founded in 2004 as an international charter cargo carrier based out of Khartoum –:–
SudanAberdair Aviation is a Addis Ababa Bole International Airport based passenger charter carrier
EthiopiaAberdair Aviation is a Nairobi Wilson Airport based passenger charter carrier
KenyaAberdeen Flying Service was formed in 1946 by James L. Caven. Aberdeen Flying Service is a full service FBO, providing services ranging...
USA
Abu Dhabi Aviation
♦ Abu Dhabi Aviation was established and began as a helicopter operator on 15/Mar/1976 as Emirates Air Services (1976-1994). The carrier started...
UAE
ABX Air
… ABX AIR was formed in 1968 when Airborne of California and Pacific Air Freight of Seattle merged to form Airbourne Freight...
USAAbyssinia Flight Services was formally launched as the first certified air charter aompany in Ethiopia in Apr1999. Based out of Addis Ababa...
Ethiopia
ACASS Ireland
SONAS Aviation was a planned passenger charter carrier to be based out of Shannon International (SNN). Was close to acquiring an Irish...
IrelandAce Air Cargo was formed as Yutana Airlines in 1987 & operations started on 30Jun1987. Renamed to Alaska Central Express in 1994...
USA
ACM Air Charter
ACM Air Charter was founded in 1992 and operations started a year later < charter carrier based out of Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport >...
Germany
ACR Aero-Charter
♦ ACR (Aero-Charter) was founded in Nov1997,Borispol, Kharkov based carrier using Antonov An-26 and Yakovlev Yak-40 aircraft
Ukraine
Acropolis Aviation
Acropolis Aviation is a Farnborough based private business carrier operating under a UK Civil Aviation Authority EASA Air Operator Certificate –:–
United Kingdom
Across (Servicios Aereos Across)
Across was founded in 2009 as a business and private charter carrier based out of Toluca Licenciado Adolfo López Mateos International (TLC)...
Mexico
ACSA (Air Century)
♦ Air Century was founded on 01Mar1992 by current CEO and former Captain Pilot Omar Chahin, based in the international airport Dr....
Dominican RepublicAd Astral Aviation was founded in 1986. The charter airline branch of the company operates across Western Australia on mining contract flights...
AustraliaAD Aviation Aircharters is a charter service based at Wilson Airport, Nairobi. It was formed in 1970
Kenya
Adagold Aviation
Adagold Aviation was founded in 1992 by Mark Clark < providing nonscheduled air transportation services based in Queensland > –:–
AustraliaAdlair Aviation was founded in 1983 to provide charter service to communities in the Kitikmeot Region, NWT
CanadaAdriafly is offering charter flights from Switzerland and Germany to Kosovo and Macedonia
GermanyADSM – Alas de Socorro de México is a passenger charter carrier based out of Oaxaca Xoxocotlán International (OAX). It is an...
MexicoAdvance Aviation was established in 2007 as a VIP Helicopter Charter in Thailand with nationwide charter network in Bangkok – Phuket –...
Thailand
Advanced Air
Advantage Helicopters is a charter carrier based out of Vernon,British Columbia
Canada