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LIFT Airline

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South African low-cost airline

LIFT (sometimes stylized in lowercase, and officially Global Aviation Operations), is a South African airline, based in Cape Town. The company currently operates travel on domestic routes from a hub at O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, using a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft that are operated by Global Airways.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Dec 10, 2020Founded1

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LIFT Airline ZS-GAO
Photo: Axel Bührmann, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

LIFT (sometimes stylized in lowercase, and officially Global Aviation Operations), is a South African airline, based in Cape Town. The company currently operates travel on domestic routes from a hub at O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, using a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft that are operated by Global Airways.2

Corporate structure

LIFT Airline is part of a group headed by Global Aviation. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Global Aviation Johannesburg
    • LIFT Airline
    • Global Airways Subsidiary · Lithuania

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. Dec 10, 2020Founded Founded1

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