List of defunct airlines of Denmark

This is a list of defunct airlines of Denmark including the Faroe Islands and Greenland.[1][2]

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations 		Ceased
operations 		Notes
A
Aalborg Air Taxi 1996 2007 Operated Cessna Citation I, Aérospatiale Corvette, Piper Navajo, Piper Twin Comanche, Piper Cherokee[3]
Aero-Nord 1965 1965
Air Alpha Greenland GD AHA AIR ALPHA 1994 2006 Purchased by Air Greenland
Air Business 1981 1988 Purchased by Maersk Air in 1984 and later renamed Maersk Commuter
Air Karlog KLG 1994 1995 [4]
Alkair Flight Operations LK LKA ALKAIR 1978 2000 Operated Beech King Air, Fokker F27, Cessna Citation III, Embraer Bandeirante[5]
Alpeflyet OY 2018 2019 Operated Airbus A320-200[6]
Arctic Travel Group 2000 2010 Greenland
Aviation Assistance 7W VIS 1991 2006 Operated Beech Super King Air
B
BackBone Aviation BOS 2011 2018 Operated Canadair CRJ-100
C
Cimber QA CIM CIMBER 2012 2018 Merged into CityJet
Cimber Air QI CIM 1950 2009 Rebranded as Cimber Sterling
Cimber Sterling QA CIM CIMBER 2009 2012 Went bankrupt
Comefly 2011 2013 Virtual airline
Conair of Scandinavia OY OYC 1965 1993 Merged with Scanair to form Premiair
Copenhagen Air Services 1977 1977 Acquired by Sterling Airlines[7]
D
Danair DX DEN DANISH 1971 1995 Joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines System, Maersk Air and Cimber Air
Danish Air Lines DD DDL 1918 1951 Merged with Swedish Intercontinental Airlines and Norwegian Air Lines to form Scandinavian Airlines
Dansk Luftfart Service 1963 1963 Aerial photography[8]
Dansk Lufttransport 1923 1924 Merged into Danish Air Lines
E
Europas 2007 2007
F
Falck Air 1968 1998 Established as Falck Air Service. Acquired by North Flying[9]
Faroe Airlines 1946 1946
Faroe Airways FAIRLINE 1965 1967
FaroeJet F6 RCK ROCKROSE 2005 2006
FlyClassic
Fly European Airlines E7 FLE 1999 2000
Flying Enterprise 1959 1965 Renamed Conair of Scandinavia after going bankrupt
Flyvsmart BDI 2005 2006 Operated Embraer Bandeirante[10]
G
GLACE 1994 2004 Greenland
Great Dane Airlines DW GDE GREAT DANE 2018 2021
Greenlandair GL GRL Grønlandsfly 1960 2002 Rebranded as Air Greenland
Greenland Express 2013 2014 Renamed Sky Greenland
H
Hom-Fly 1976 1979 [11]
I
Internord 1965 1968 Formed by the merger of Aero-Nord with Osterman Air Charter. Operated Douglas DC-7, Convair 990[12]
J
Jet Time JTG JET TIME 2006 2020
K
Karlog Air Charter KLG 2004 2010 Operated Cessna Citation, Piper Seneca[13]
M
Maersk Air DM DAN MAERSKAIR 1969 2005 Merged into Sterling Airlines
Maersk Commuter 1981 1990 Merged into Maersk Air
Metro Airways 1979 1992 Operated Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond[14]
Midtfly 1985 1992 Operated Swearingen Merlin, Piper Apache[15]
Muk Air ZR MUK MUKAIR 1979 2001 Operated ATR 42, BN-2 Islander, Beech 99, Short 330, Short 360, Swearingen Merlin[16]
MyTravel Airways DK VKG 2002 2008 Rebranded as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
N
NewAir 8L NAW 1977 2003 Operated Fairchild F-27
Nordair Nordhavet 1960 1964 Operated Douglas DC-6[17]
Nordic Air NDI 1994 2002 Acquired by North Flying. Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra, Embraer Brasilia[18]
Norfly Skole og Rundflyvning 1963 1971 Founded by J. Steffensen. Acquired Aalborg Flying Center in 1970. Renamed to North Flying[19]
Nuna Air 2000 2012 Greenland
P
Premiair A/S DK VKG 1994 2002 Rebranded as MyTravel Airways A/S
Primera Air PF PRI PRIMERA 2009 2018 Went bankrupt
S
SAS Commuter SK SAS Scandinavian 1988 2004
Scan Con Airways 2002 2004 Operated Nord 262, Saab 340
Scanair DK VKG VIKING 1961 1993 Merged with Conair of Scandinavia to form Premiair
Scandinavian Air Taxi 1978 1994 Formed by the merger of Aalborg Air Taxi, BK-Fly, Interair Business Aviation, Midt-Fly, Superflite[20]
Sky Greenland DNM DENIM 2014 2016 Virtual airline
Snowflake SK SAS Scandinavian 2003 2004 Virtual airline, now used as a brand for discounted tickets on European destinations
Sønderjyllands Flyveselskab 1950 1950 Acquired by Cimber Air[21]
Sterling Airlines NB SNB STERLING 2000 2008
Sterling Airways NB 1962 1993 Went into bankruptcy. Succeeded by Sterling European Airways[22]
Sterling European Airlines 1994 2000 Renamed to Sterling Airlines
Suluit Air 2000 2012 Greenland
T
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia DK VKG VIKING 2008 2019 Rebranded as Sunclass Airlines
TRANSair 1963 1965 Operated Airspeed Consul, Airspeed Oxford, Beech C-45 Expeditor[23]
Transavia Denmark PH TDK TDK 2008 2011
U
United Europe Airways 1992 1992 [24]
W
Wings of Bornholm ETS EXTRANS 2009 2010
Z
Zone-Redningskorpset 1961 1961 Operated Lockheed 12A, SAI KZ III, SAI KZ IV, SAI KZ VII[25]

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