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ALGERIAAIR ALGÉRIE1, Place Maurice Audin, Algiers.Tel: +213 21 7424.Email: [email protected]: Mohamed Boultif (CEO).Fleet: Five Airbus A330-200s, 12 ATR 72-500s,five Boeing 737-600s, 17 B737-800s, three B767-300ERs, one C-130, two Beechcraft King Air100s, three Boeing 767-300s.

This airline provides scheduled international,regional and domestic carriage of passengersand cargo. It is the national flag carrier and isbased at Algiers’ Houari Boumedienne Airport.

Air Algérie operates to destinations inEurope, the Middle East, North and West Africaand Canada. Domestic services connect all majortowns and cities.

Extensive charter services and aerial workare also undertaken in the region, including flightsin support of agricultural activities and oilexploration.

The planned privatisation of 55% of thecompany is the subject of ongoing discussions.

AIR EXPRESS ALGERIALotissement Krim Belkacem, Dar el Beida,Algiers.Tel: +213 21 50 8894.Email: [email protected]: Chakib Belleili (CEO).Fleet: Four Let L-410 UVP-Es; five Beech 1900DAirliners and one Let L-420 and a Pilatus PC-6Turbo Porter.

Air Express Algeria is a cargo airline basedin Hassi Messaoud, Algeria. It operates domesticservices and flights for oil exploration.

STAR AVIATIONBP 864, Route In Amenas, Hassi Messaoud,Algiers.Tel: +213 29 73 0122.Email: [email protected]: Hugo Kopp (CEO).Fleet: Two each DHC-6-300 Twin Otters and twoBeechcraft 1900Ds.

It operates domestic services from its mainbase, Oued Irara Airport, Hassi Messaoud andoffers special air services and medevac to the oilindustry in Algeria.

TASSILI AIRLINESBP 319, Dar El Beida, 16000, Algiers.Tel: +213 21 75 27 27.Email: [email protected]: Faycal Khelil (CEO).Fleet: Four Bombardier Dash 8-Q200s, fourDash 8-Q400s, three Beechcraft 1900Ds, fourCessna 208 Caravans, four Boeing 737-800NGs,three PC-6s and various A200s and Bell 206LRsbringing the total to 31.

Tassili Airlines is a passenger airline based inAlgiers. It provides scheduled domestic servicesand as transport for workers to oil fields in Algeria.

The World Airnews

AFRICAN AIRLINEDIRECTORY 2012.

Compiled by Tracy Sugden and our team of correspondentsthroughout Africa from data provided by the airlines themselvesor from other reliable sources

EDITOR’S NOTE:This directory has been

arranged in alphabeticalorder of the African countriesand, in turn, with their airlines

also in the same order.Due to space limitations, the

listing of airlines’ executiveshas been confined to the

carrier’s chief executive officer,or managing director etc.

Although every effort hasbeen made to ensure accuracyof the information published,neither World Airnews nor its

publisher can take anyresponsibility for any errors

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ANGOLAAIR 26 (DCD)Aeroporto Quatro de Fevereiro, Luanda.Tel +224 222 329 152. Fax: +224 222 397 045.Website: air-26.comFleet: One Cessna 750, two Embraer EMB-120ERs, four Embraer EMB-120RTs, oneEmbraer ERJ-135LR. X

This airlines operates domestic serviceslinking regional centres from its Luanda base.

It also offers international services withinAfrica, executive / VIP charters, cargo andexpress 24-hour delivery air mail services withinAngola.

AIRJETRua Kassenda 13, Luanda.Tel: +244 222 356 883.Fleet: One Dassault Falcon 20, one EmbraerEMB-120ER and two Embraer EMB-120RTs.

From its base in Luanda, charter services areoffered throughout Angola and neighbouringcountries.

ALADARua Ferraz Bomboco, 4, Cx. P. 12261, Luanda.Tel +244 222 32 09 19. Email: [email protected]: Delino Ribeiro (CEO).Fleet:: One Ilyushin Il-18D.

The company offers passenger and cargocharter services throughout Angola and otherparts of Africa.

FLY540 ANGOLARua da Samba, No. 56 Bairro Azul, Luanda.Tel: +244 222 351 540. Email: [email protected]

This company operates domestic scheduledservices, linking its Luanda base with Cabindaand Soyo. Charter flights are also offered.Fleet: One each ATR 42-300, ATR 72-200 andATR 72-500.

SOCIEDADE de AVIACAO LIGEIRACP 2560, Luanda.Tel: +244 2 39 4640.Executive: Dr E Amado (MD).Fleet: Four Reims F406 Caravan IIs, two eachCessna 208B Grand Caravans and King Air B200s,one each Beech King Air 350 and SC-7 Skyvan.

This carrier operates a wide domesticscheduled and charter service. It also operatesregular regional services to Pointe Noire,Brazzaville, Libreville, Windhoek, Lusaka, Harareand Johannesburg.

SONAIRPO Box 1316/2675, Luanda.Tel: +244 226 633 631.Email: [email protected]: João Alves Andrade (president).Fleet: Eleven Beechcraft 1900Ds; two BeechcraftKing Air 300s and nine DHC-6-300 Twin Otters.

The core business of SonAir is essentiallysupporting the oil industry. Other activities arepassenger transportation, domestically, region-ally and internationally as well as cargo.

TAAG ANGOLA AIRLINESPO Box 79, Luanda, CP 3010.Tel: +244 222 332 077. Email: [email protected]: Pimentel Araujo (CEO).Fleet: Three Boeing 737-200s, five B737-700s,two Boeing 777-300s, three B777-300ERs.

This national flag carrer serves destinationswithin Angola and across southern Africa, as wellas inter-continental services to Beijing (viaDubai), Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo,Havana, Praia, Sal and five destinations inEurope.

TRANSAFRIKPO Box 7124, Luanda. Tel: +244 222 353 714.Email: [email protected]: Fernando de Brito (GM).Fleet: One Boeing 727-100, one Lockheed L-100-20 and four Lockheed L-100-30s.

It operates cargo services mainly in Africa,specialising in humanitarian flights for the UnitedNations and ad hoc charter.

BENINBENIN GOLF AIRPO Box 508, 05 Cotonou.Tel: +229 21 33 3195.Executive: Latifou Lauriano (CEO).Fleet: Leases aircraft when required.

Benin Golf Air operates charter flights bothdomestically and regionally to Abidjan, Accra,Bamako, Bangui, Brazzaville, Douala, Kinshasa,Libreville, Lomé, Malabo and Pointe Noire.

BOTSWANAAIR BOTSWANAP.O Box 92, Gaborone. Tel: +267 368 8400.Executive: Sakhile Reiling (general manager).Fleet: Three ATR 42-500s, two ATR 72-500s, oneBAE 146 jet.

Domestic destinations include: Francistown;Maun and Kasane. Regional routes are fromGaborone to Johannesburg; Gaborone to Harare;Gaborone to Lusaka; Francistown, Kasane andMaun to Johannesburg and Maun to Cape Town.

Air Botswana, the country’s national carrier,enjoys a wide and acclaimed reputation – quitedisproportionate to its modest size.

The airline also has a code-share agreementwith Kenya Airways on the Gaborone – Nairobiroute which operates scheduled flights four timesa week.

The airline has embarked on an ambitiousnew strategy that will take it into the future.

DELTA AIRPO Box 39, Maun.Tel: +267 686 0044.Email: [email protected]: P. van den Bergh (CEO).Fleet: Three Cessna 206s, two C210s and oneBN2A Islander.

Delta Air is a Maun-based air chartercompany with a versatile fleet of seven single-and twin-engined aircraft.

This operator flies to several lodges in theOkavango Swamps and to other tourist areas inBotswana on a semi-schedule basis.

KALAHARI AIR SERVICESPO Box 41278, Gaborone. Tel: +267 395 1804.Email: [email protected]: N.M. Fitzgerald.Fleet: Two Beech King Air B200s and one eachBeech 1900C, Cessna 210, and a speciallyadapted King Air 200 for Medevac.

Kalahari Air Services which startedoperations in 1968, has a fairly large mixed fleetof aircraft with which it operates scheduled andcharter services to an extensive list of domesticand regional destinations. Medical rescue andfreight servces are also offered.

KAVANGO AIRPostnet Suite 99, Private Bag 114, Maun. Tel: +267 686 0323.Email: [email protected] Executive: M. Smith (CEO).Fleet: Two each Cessna C208B GrandCaravans, Cessna 206 Stationairs and BellJetranger helicopters, three Cessna 172Skyhawks and one GA8 Airvan.

Kavango Air covers mainly the north-westernand north-eastern parts of Botswana on a dailybasis with flights going in and out of theOkavango Delta and Chobe-inyanti areas ofBotswana.

It also sevices the Okavango Delta (WorldHeritage site and Ramsar site); the MakgadikgadiPans; Chobe National Park in the north east ofthe country close to Kasane; Victoria Falls; Savutiand Linyanti safari areas; Namibia; Zambia;Zimbabwe and South Africa.

MACK AIR Private Bag 329, Maun. Tel +267 686 0675.Email: [email protected]

This is a specialist air service provider in theOkavango Delta, Botswana and southern Africanregion including Namibia, South Africa andZimbabwe. Mack Air operates 18 aircraft,employs 18 pilots and has a staff compliment of45.

WILDERNESS AIRPrivate Bag 159, Maun. Tel: +267 686 0778.Executive: Andy Payne (CEO of WildernessGroup). Fleet: Eight Cessna 206s, six Cessna Caravansand one each C172 Bell JetRanger andEurocopter Squirrel.

This company is part of the Wilderness AirGroup with bases in Botswana, Namibia, SouthAfrica, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

BURKINA FASOAIR BURKINA BP 1459, Ouagadougou, 01.Tel: +226 50 49 2323.Email: [email protected] Executives: Sergio Rosa (DG).Fleet: One McDonnell Douglas MD-87 and twoBombardier CRJ-200s.

Air Burkina is the national airline, operatingscheduled services to one domestic destination(Bobo-Dioulasso), as well as regional services to

Abidjan; Accra; Bamako; Cotonou; Dakar; Lomé;Niamey; Libreville; Douala and internationally toParis. Its main base is Ouagadougou Airport.

BURUNDIAIR BURUNDIBP 2460 40 Avenue du Commerce, Bujumbura. Tel: +257 23 410.Email: [email protected]: Melchior Nahimana (MD).Fleet: One Xian MA 60 and one Beechcraft1900C.On order: One Xian MA 60

The state-owned airline operating from itsbase in Bujumbura International Airport fliesscheduled services to Rwanda, Entebbe,Uganda, and Kilimanjaro-Arusha, Tanzania.

The airline recently received its first ChineseXian MA-60 with another of the same type onorder. The carrier is seeking to expand its fleetand grow its domestic and regional network.

CAMEROONCAMAIR-COPO Box 4852 Douala Tel: +237 33 42 2010.Fleet:One Boeing B767-300 ER and two B737-700s.

This national carrier has passenger serviceslinking Douala with Garoua, Yaounde, Lagos,Cotonou, Kinshasa, Libreville, Malabo,N'djamena, Brazzaville and Paris.

CARGO AIRWAYS INTERNATIONALBonaprise, Lieu dit Asecna III, Douala.Tel: +237 331 52254.Email: [email protected]: One Boeing 737-200 freighter and oneDC8-62F.

It operates schedule services: to Bangui;Brazzaville; Cotonou; Douala; Garoua; Libreville;Maroua; N’Djamena; N’Gaoundere; Pointe-Noire.Charter services are also offered.

CAPE VERDE ISLANDSHALCYON AIRPO Box 142, Amílcar Cabral International Airport,Sal, Espargos. Tel: +238 241 29 48.Email: [email protected]: Jorge Spencer Lima (president).Fleet: One each ATR 42-320 and ATR 42-500.On order: One ATR 42-500 and one ATR 72-200.

Sal-based, Halcyon Air operates domesticschedule flights between the Cape Verde Islandsfrom its main base Amílcar Cabral InternationalAirport. It also provides charter flights.

COMORESCOMORES AVIATION PO Box 5274, Moroni. Tel: +269 77 33 400.Email: [email protected]: Jean-Marc Heintz (president).Fleet: One Let L-410 UVP.

This privately-owned carrier operatesdomestic scheduled flights from its base atMoroni to nine destinations within Comores,Madagascar and Tanzania. Charters are alsoflown to tourist destinations in southern and EastAfrica.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE.AIR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) recently saw theestablishment of this new airline which is apartnership between the Ivorian state that holds65% of the shares with 35% being held by astrategic partner made up of Air France (20%)and Aérienne de Participation-Côte d’Ivoire (15percent).

The airline holding company represents theAga Khan Fund for Economic Development(AKFED). The shareholders’ agreement andarticles of the airline set the initial capital at CFAF2,5-billion (US$4,9-million) which will beincreased in the short term to CFAF 25-billion(US$48,6-million).

It is expected that the three airlines will

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cooperate to build an economically viable long-term model.

AKFED has been involved in start up ofseveral airlines in Africa including Air Mali, AirBurkina and Air Uganda, all of which operate inWest and East Africa with a mix of regionalairliners comprising of MD 80s, CRJ-200s, Saab340s and Boeing 737-800s.

Air Côte d’Ivoire plans to begin operationswith two Airbus A319s sourced from Air Franceand will be based from Abidjan’s Port Boet/FélixHouphouët-Boigny International Airport.

René Décurey was appointed as the airline’sCEO. The airline’s priority is to establish domesticroutes immediately and regional routes by theend of this year.

WESTAIR CARGO AIRLINES07 BP 737, Abidjan 07, Abidjan.Tel: +225 2134 7737.Email: [email protected]: Pascal Sahuque, (president). Fleet: One Boeing 737-200, and one FairchildMerlin III.

This airline provides cargo services andcharters in West Africa.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGOAIR KASAIBP 541, Aeroport de Ndolo, Kinshasa.Tel: +243 816 581 276.Email: [email protected] Executive: Basile Malamas (GM).Fleet: Three Antonov An-26s; one each Britten-Norman BN 2A, Hawker Siddeley Andover andLet L-410UVP-E.

Charter services are operated from itsKinshasa N’Djili Airport base to destinationswithin Africa.

AIR TROPIQUES 2 Avenue des Flamboyants, Gombe, Kinshasa.Tel: +243 818 949 904.Email: [email protected]: Erik Jocobs (MD).Fleet: One each Piper PA-34-200T, Beech1900C; Beech Super King Air 200; CessnaC402B, Let-410 UVP and one Let-410 UVP-E.

This carrier operates scheduled domestic,regional and charter flights.

COMPAGNIE AFRICAINE D’AVIATION (CAA).Route des Poids Lourds 1, Limete, Kinshasa.Tel: +243 99 59 03 781.Executive: D. Blattner (CEO).Fleet: One Fokker 100, four Fokker 50s and twoAirbus A320-200s.

CAA operates domestic schedule services toover 30 destinations, and regionally to Entebbe.

ENTERPRISE WORLD AIRWAYS68, Avenue Bosango N°68, Kinshasa – Masina.Tel: +243 99 99 24 386.Executive: S.Giulianelli (president).Fleet: One B707-313C

EWA operates cargo services to Lubumbashiand Mbuji-Mayi.

FILAIRAve Tabora 1686, Barumbu, Kinshasa. Tel: +243 99 994 6002.Email: [email protected] Executive: Mimie Mujlowayi (MD).Fleet: One each Antonov An-24RV, Antonov An-26B and Let L-410 UVP-E.

Its operates from N’Dolo Airport to regionaldestinations such as Boma, Idiofa, Kikwit, Matadiand Muanda.

GALAXY KAVATSIBP 13294 Kin I, Kasai Kibati Crossing No. 26,Barumbu.Tel: +243 99 991 6461.Email: [email protected]: One Let 410, one each An26 and An 72.

It operates cargo services in severalprovinces, among which are Kinshasa, EasternEcuador, North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema,Katanga, Kasai East, West Bandundu and BasCongo.

GOMAIR9/12, Avenue du port N°9/12, Kinshasa-Gombe. Tel: +243 81 01 93 962. Email: [email protected]

This airline operates domestic scheduleservices to Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Gemena,Mbuji-Mayi, Goma, Bukavu, Kindu, Kananga,Kisangani, Isiro. It also operates regional charterservices to Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Luanda.

GTRA AIRWAYSPO Box 15743 Kinshasa 1.Tel: +243 151 30 010 / +243 990 398 517.Email: [email protected]: Olivier Manzambi Toma-K (MD).Fleet: Two Boeing 737-200Cs, one VickersViscount 802 and a CASA 212-100.

Charter flights are operating from Kinshasato Moanda, Boma, Matadi, Ilebo, Mbandaka,Kikwit.

GTRA Airways is a division of multi-sectorgroup, GTRA-Congo. A small company but withhigh potential growth and adaptable versatility.

K KIN AVIANdolo Airport, Kinshasa / Barumbu.Tel: +243 898 228 699.Email: [email protected]: Marc Van Brabant.(CEO).Fleet: Five LET 410 UVP-Es.

It operates regular domestic flights to Matadi,Boma, Muanda, Bandundu, Nioki and Kikwit. aswell as a few international flights to theneighboring countries on charter request. Itsdestinations are mainly Brazzaville, Pointe Noire,Luanda and Bangui.

KORONGO AIRLINES 1939 Avenue M'siri(Airport Road), Lumbumbashi.Tel: +243 99 60 30 101.Executive: Christophe Allard (CEO).Fleet One B737-300 and one BAe 146-200.

A relatively new airline, it started withschedules from Lumbumbashi to Kinshasa and

Brussels and recently introduced services toMbuji-Mayi, Kolwezi and Johannesburg.

Korongo Airlines is a partnership between theGroup Forrest International (39,6%), BrusselsAirlines (40,4%) and Congolese investors (20%).

LIGNES AERIENNES CONGOLAISESPO Box 204 Kinshasa 24.Tel: +243 81 504 2422. Email: [email protected]: Norbert Sengamali (MD).Fleet: One B737-200.

Formerly Air Zaïre, the airline now hasschedule services to Goma, Kananga, Kindu,Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi and MbujiMayi.

MALIFT AIRPO Box 11253, Kinshasa. Tel +243 88 46 428.Executives: Veronique Malila (director general),Lumeka Ndeke (ops).Fleet: One Britten-Norman BN2A

Formerly known as Malila Airlift, this operatorflies cargo and passenger services fromKinshasa to several domestic destinations.

MALU AVIATIONNdolo Airport, Kinshasa, BP 7417.Tel: +243 99 438 75 07.Email: [email protected]: Joint CEOs: François Kasindi andJean Jacques Marion.Fleet: Shorts Skyvan, Gulfstream 159, Nord262C. On order: Let 410, Shorts SD360/300.

The airline operates to domestic destinationson a charter basis only.

SERVICES AIR CARGO11ème Rue Limete industrielle, commune deLimete, Kishasa.Tel: +243 99 82 04 145.Email: [email protected]: Harish Jagtani (chairman).Fleet: A numberof B727s and An-26 aircraft.

The airline provides cargo charters andschedule services between Beni, Bukavu,Butembo, Isiro, Bumba, Goma, Kalemie,Kananga, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Mbuji-Mayi and Lubumbashi.

TRACEP CONGO AVIATION2, Boulevard Nyamwisi, Beni.Tel: +243 81 98 43 107.Email: [email protected]: Two An-28s and one LET 410.

The airline provides charters and scheduleservices from Beni to Butembo, Isiro, Bunia,Bumba, Buta, Watsa, Kisangani, Mbuji-Mayi,Lubumbashi, Goma, Kindu, Bukavu andMbandaka.

WIMBI DIRA AIRWAYSPO Box 8832, Kinshasa 1.Tel: +243 817 000 065.Email: [email protected]: D. Mavinga (GM).Fleet: One Antonov AN-24..

This airline operates domestic passenger

services connecting Kinshasa with major citiesand towns in the DRC. Domestic andinternational cargo charters are offered from fiveregional hubs.

DJIBOUTIDAALLO AIRLINESPO Box 2565, Djibouti City. Tel: +253 353 401.Email: [email protected]: Mohammed Ibrahim Yassin Olad(CEO). Fleet: For many years operations have beencarried out using wet-leased aircraft, mostrecently including an Airbus A320. It recentlypurchased a BAe 146-200 from UK-based aircraftmanagement company Falko.

DAALLO Airlines has an air transport historyof more than 20 years, with its operations basedat Djibouti Ambouli International Airport, itsexecutive offices at the Dubai Airport Free Zone.The airline is the flagship company of theDAALLO Group.

Services are currently flown to Mogadishuand Hargeisa in Somalia, as well as to Dubai andto Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and neighbouringcountries.

DJIBOUTI AIRCorniche, Boulevard George Pompidou,PO Box 2522, Djibouti.Tel :+253 34 4848.Fax: +253 34 4747.Executive: Shabab Attarzadeh (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing 737-200.

Established as a joint-venture between theDjibouti government and the Dubai-based LootahGroup, this start-up national flag carrier operatesscheduled services between Djibouti and Dubai.

EGYPTAIR ARABIA King Marriott, PO Box 34, Alexandria, Egypt.Tel: +20 3454 3000, Fax: +20 3455 3113.Executive: Ali Hamdani (CEO).Email: [email protected]: Air Arabia as a group has 27 A320s andhas ordered 44 more, but this includes itsMorocco and the UAE operations.

The Egyptian base currently has two AirbusA320-200s with more to be added to the fleet indue course.

AIR CAIRO20 El Sayed Zakaria Khalil Street, SheratonHeliopolise Zone, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2268 7681.Email: [email protected]: Capt. Ihab El Tahtawi (CEO).Fleet: Four Airbus A320-200s.

Air Cairo is a charter airline operatinginclusive tour flights to Egypt from Europe, Africaand Asia. Its main base is at Cairo InternationalAirport.

Air Cairo, the charter partner of EgyptAir, wasestablished to cater for the ever growing traveldemand to the various exotic tourist destinationsin Egypt, and it also operates in Europe, MiddleEast and Arab countries.

AIR MEMPHIS6 Ahmed Lofty Street, Elnozha Elgedida,Heliopolis, Cairo. Tel: +20 2 624 8822.Email: [email protected]: Hamdi Eissa (chairman).Fleet: Two Airbus A320-200s one MD 83 and oneDC-9-80.

Charter, international domestic passengerand cargo services are operated from its mainbase at Cairo International with a hub at Aswan.

Its domestic operations cover all areas ofattraction in Egypt like Cairo, Aswan, Luxor andAbu-Simbel, as well as the Red Sea's Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada. International operationscover Spain, France, Italy, Netherlands,Germany, Poland, Latvia, Estonia and a lot ofother well known European destinations.

Air Botswana ATR 42-500.


ALEXANDRIA AIRLINES21 Sayed Zakaria Street, Alexandria 11361, Cairo.Tel: +20 22 67 9606.Email: [email protected]: Ihab Munem (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing 737-500.

Alexandria Airlines started initially operating charters betweenEgypt and Jordan. The airline has since launched scheduled flightsfrom Alexandria International Airport to the Gulf and Middle East.

AMC AIRLINES 5 El Nasr Street, El Nozha, Heliopolis, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 623 0400.Email: [email protected]: Medhat Nashit (MD).Fleet: One MD-83 and four B737-800s.

This carrier provides charter services between Europe andEgypt’s tourist destinations of Aswan, Hurghada, Luxor and Sharmel Sheikh. It also offers ad hoc domestic and international charters.

In addition, it provides provides leasing, charter, maintenance,ground support, training, catering.

CAIRO AVIATION5 Moustafa Refaat St., Heliopolis,Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2266 6458.Email: [email protected]: A Waheed (CEO).Fleet: Three Tupolev Tu-204-120s and two Tu-204-120C.

Cairo Aviation operates charter flights mainly to Europe, Africaand the Middle East. It occasionally operates scheduled flights onbehalf of national carrier, EgyptAir.

EGYPTAIREgyptAir Complex Building, Cairo Airport Road, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2267 4700.Executive: Capt Hossam Kamal (CEO).Fleet: 13 Airbus A320-200s, four Airbus A321-200, seven AirbusA330-200s, four Airbus A330-300s, two Airbus A340-200s, fourBoeing 737-500s, 18 Boeing 737-800s and six Boeing 777-300smaking a total of 58. It is reported to have parked its four B777-200ERs, one of three A340-200s and two of its four B737-500s andplans to sell the aircraft.On order: One Airbus A330-300s, two Boeing 737-800s.

EgyptAir operates scheduled passenger and freight services tomore than 70 destinations in the Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia,and the Americas.

An extensive network of domestic schedule services is focusedon Cairo.

EGYPTAIR EXPRESSPO Box 11776, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2697 3404. Email: [email protected] Executives: Hilmy Rizk (chairman), Atef Ghith (operations).Fleet: Twelve Embraer ERJ-170-100LRs.

This regional airline is a subsidiary of EgyptAir providingservices to 12 destinations within Egypt and to Lebanon, SaudiArabia, Hungary Italy and Malta.

MIDWEST AIRLINES9 Mohamed Naguib Axis, New Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2314 5350.Email: [email protected]: Mr. Raafat Rames Petro Farag. (chairman).Fleet: Three Boeing 737-800s with one on order.

It provides passenger and cargo charter services throughoutthe Middle East.

NESMA AIRLINES5 El Madina Street, Nesma Airlines Building. El Nozha El Gedida,Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2621 7591. Email: [email protected]: M. Hammad (CEO).Fleet: Two Airbus A320s. with plans to buy two more.

Domestically it serves Cairo, Tabouk and Taif. This carrier alsoserves France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia,Denmark, Spain, Croatia, United Kingdom.

Future plans include Romania, Czech Republic and EasternEurope with plans to include regular flights to Kuwait, Lebanon,Libya, Sudan and Iraq.

NILE AIR8/Block 1140 Abdel Hamid Badawt St, Sheraton Heliopolis, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2696 8000.Email: [email protected]: Abdullah Al Haidar (CEO).Fleet: Two A320-200s and nine A321–200s on order. (to bedelivered late 2012)

Nile Air launched its first scheduled services in March 2011 withthe introduction of flights to Saudi Arabia.

Current destinations for scheduled services include Alexandriaand Cairo, in Egypt, and Yanbu, Ta'ef , Tabuk, Qassim and Jeddahin Saudi Arabia. Other destinations earmarked for future expansionwill include those in Europe and Middle East.

PETROLEUM AIR SERVICES5 Drive El Batrawy St., Nasser City, PO Box 2711, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 403 2180.Email [email protected]:: Gamil Mourd (general manager).Fleet: One Bombardier CRJ-900 and five Bombardier Dash 8Q300s.

Founded in 1982, it provides support for the oil industry withinEgypt and surrounding areas including helicopter operations.

TRISTAR AIR1 Sheraton Heliopolis, Building Block 1227, Heliopolis, Cairo.Tel: +20 2 2267 5058.Email: [email protected]: Alaa El Din Rahmy (president). Fleet: One Airbus A300B4-200F.

Tristar Air is a cargo airline operating scheduled services linkingCairo with Amsterdam, Tripoli and Mitiga (the last two named onbehalf of Libyan Airlines and Libo Air Cargo) in addition to cargocharter flights.

ERITREANASAIR ERITREAPO Box 222, Asmara. Tel: +291 1 126 681.Email: [email protected]: Kubrom Dafla (CEO).Fleet: Four B737-200 and one Airbus A320-200.

Eritrean Airlines recently merged with Nasair and now operatesscheduled services from Asmara to Assab, Massawa, Juba,Entebbe, Dubai, Jeddah, Khartoum, Nairobi with plans to launchservices to Chad, Mali and Benin. It also offers charters to Europe.

ETHIOPIAABERDAIR AVIATION PLC.P O Box 19561, Addis Ababa.Tel: +251 116 624343 / +251 930 011987.Fax: +251 116 624373Email: [email protected] etExecutive: Frehiwot Tessema (GM).Fleet: One Aero Commander 690B and one Cessna Caravan 208.


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The company is in the process of registeringanother Aero Commander 690C. It operatesmainly charter flights in Ethiopia and neighboringcountries.

ABYSSINIAN FLIGHT SERVICESPO Box 7716, Addis Ababa.Tel: +251 116 62 06 22/23/24.Email: [email protected]: Capt. Solomon Gizaw (MD).Fleet: A mixed bag of Grand Caravans, Cessna208As, Cessna 208Bs, Cessna 172 TAEs,Diamond DA40 TDIs, Diamond DA40 TDIs andtwin engine Diamond DA42 NGs.On order:Cessna 208B Caravan, Bell 407helicopter, Beech King Air 200.

From Addis Ababa it flies domestically to Aira,Arbaminch, Awasa, Axum, Ayisha, Bako/jinka,Bahirdar, Cheriti, Dalol, Dembidolo,Dessie,DireDawa, Dolo, Fincha, Galadi, Gambella,Ghimbi,Goba/Robe, Gode, Gonder, Gore, Guba,Harghelli, Hossana, Humera, Jijiga, Jimma,Kabridar, Kalafo, Kibbish, Kohole, Lalibella,Makale, Masha, Meki, Mizan Teferi, MoyaleNorth, Murulle, Neghaelli, Nekempt,Omorati,Sala, Sede, Shakiso, Shelabo, Tulegit,Turmi, Uarder (Warder) and Yasow.

Internationally it serves: Nairobi, Khartoum,Juba, Djibouti and Hargessa.

Its flight services also provide emergencymedical evacuation from many remote airstripsin Ethiopia.

Abyssinian Flight Services also establishedthe first private pilot training school in the countrysix years ago known as Abyssinian FlightServices Pilot Training School. The school hasbeen authorised by Ethiopian Civil AviationAuthority to train pilots to the level of CommercialPilot’s Licence with Instrument and Multi-engineratings).

ETHIOPIAN AIRLINESPO Box 1755, Addis Ababa.Tel: +251 11 517 8407/ 8907 / 8165 / 8529.Fax: +251 11 661 1474.Email: [email protected]: Tewolde Gebremariam (CEO).Fleet: Five Boeing 777-200LRs; 11 B767-300s;seven B757-200s; two B757-260F (cargo); twoB747Fs (cargo); two MD-11F (cargo); five Boeing737-700NGs; five B737-800s; and eightBombardier Q400 NextGens.On order: (43 aircraft): Two Airbus A350-900s,10 Boeing 787 Dreamliners; eight B737-800s;two B777-300ERs; six B777Fs and fiveBombardier Q-400s.

With one of the largest networks of anyAfrican-based airline, Ethiopean Airlines fliesregionally to: Abidjan, Abuja, Accra, Bamako,Bahir Dar, Bangui, Brazzaville, Bujumbura, Cairo,Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam, Dire Dawa, Djibouti,Douala, Entebbe, Harare, Johannesburg, Juba,Khartoum, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Kinshasa, Lagos,

Libreville, Lilongwe, Lome, Luanda, Lubumbashi,Lusaka, Malabo, Malakal, Maputo, Mekele,Mombasa, N’Djamena, Nairobi, Ouagadougou,Pointe-Noire, Seychelles and Zanzibar in Africa.

Its international services include: Brussels,Frankfurt, London, Milan, Paris, Rome,Stockholm, Toronto and Washington DC inEurope, and in the Middle East and Asia to:Bahrain, Bangkok, Beijing, Beirut, Dammam,Dubai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Hong Kong,Jeddah, Kuwait, Mumbai, Muscat, Delhi, Riyadh,Tel Aviv and Yemen.

Domestic servics link Addis Ababa with ArbaMinch, Assosa, Axum, Bahar Dar, Dire Dawa,Gambella, Gonder, Gode, Humera, Jijiga, Jimma,Kabri Dar, Lalibela, Mekele, Shire, and Shilavo.

Future plans: With its Vision 2025, Ethiopianwill be the most competitive and leading aviationgroup in Africa by providing safe, market drivenand customer-focused passenger and cargotransport, aviation training, flight catering,maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO), groundservices, domestic and regional services by2025.

NATIONAL AIRWAYSAfrica Avenue (Bole Road) near the Addis AbabaBole International Airport, Ras Dashen Building1th and 5th floors.Tel:+251 11 6638778.Email: [email protected]: Capt Abera Lemi (CEO.Fleet: One each Beech 1900D and CessnaGrand Caravan. Under negotiation to buy fiveFokker 50s from Ethiopian Airlines. Plans toacquire CRJ and Dash8-300.

This airline provides charter and scheduledflight services in Ethiopia and to Djibouti,Somaliland and Kenya.

TEDDY AIR TRANSPORTPO .Box 80854, Addis Ababa.Tel: +251 11 6 18 36 74.Email: [email protected]: Mesfin Haile (CEO).Fleet: One Cessna 208-B Caravanl.

Teddy Air Transport provides a passengerand cargo charter transport service in southernSudan where it is presently deployed. Thecompany plans to expand its operation in SouthSudant.

Teddy Air plans starting a passenger andcargo operation in Ethiopia employing twinengine aircraft from Addis Ababa to variousdestinations in Ethiopia and neighboringcountries.

TRANS NATION AIRWAYSPO Box 233, Code 1110, Addis Ababa. Tel: +251 11 320 5658.Email: [email protected]: Dr. A. Yirdaw (CEO.Fleet: Two DHC 8Q-200s and two Ayres Turbo-

Thrush agri-aircraft used for agricultural sprayand locust control services.

Formerly Midroc Aviation, this airline recentlychanged its name to Trans Nation Airways. It fliesin support of mining operations, but also plans tostart a dedicated cargo service with a wide-bodyfreighter as well as helicopter operations.

GABONAFRIA AVIATIONPO Box 25 Libreville Gabon.Tel: +241 04 34 4203.Fleet: Two ATR 42s.

It operates from Librevilleto Port Gentil,Pointe Noire and to ,Gamba

Its main activity is contracting with oilcompanies, In has a code share with Equa-FlightGabon,

GABON AIRLINES CARGOBP 12913, Zone Fret Aeroport International Leon,Libreville.Tel: +241 44 25 15.Email: [email protected]: Christian Bongo (DG)).Fleet: One each McDonnell Douglas DC-10 andAntonov An-12.

It operates sheduled and charter intern-ational cargo services from Libreville.

JET EXPRESS GABONBP 9900, Libreville.Executive: Philippe Salles (CEO).Fleet: One each Cessna 207, C402B, C404,Piper PA-31-300 and Hawker Siddeley 125-3.

This carrier operates a domestic schedulelinking the major towns in Gabon withneighbouring countries in West Africa.

NOUVELLE AIR AFFAIRESBP 3962, Libreville.Tel: +241 73 20 10 / +241 73 01 92.Email: [email protected]: Joint chairpersons: Dossou Aworetand Mrs Dossou Naki. Fleet: Two Beech 1900Ds, one each BombardierChallenger 601, Cessna 208 Caravan, Fokker100 and a Hawker 800XP.

This carrier offers corporate and freightdomestic and regional charter services.

GAMBIAINTERCONTINENTAL AIRWAYSIMain base: Banjul.Tel: +220 44 98 445.Email: [email protected]: Capt H. Ogunyemi (CEO).Fleet: Two ATR 72s with two Boeing 737-800sbeing considered for future operations.

Operations were suspended in July 2008, butarrangements are now underway to restartoperations by mid-2012 with ATR 72s and Boeing737-800s concentrating on the African market.

GHANAAEROGEM AVIATION PO Box AN 7238, Accra.Tel: +233 21 77 1921.Email: [email protected]: Enoch Anane-Tabury.Fleet: One Boeing 707-320C.

International and regional cargo services areoperated from its base at Accra KotokaInternational and its hub at Sharjah International.

AERO SURVEYS / STARBOW AIRLINESThis is a commercial airline operating under thename of Starbow which recently began domesticservices from its base in Accra with two BAe 146-300 regional jetliners.

Aero Surveys Ltd holds an Air OperatingCertificate (AOC) and a Commercial Air Carrierlicence granted by the Ghanaian Civil AviationAuthority. (See Starbow Airlines below).

AFRICA WORLD AIRLINESPMB CT67, Cantonments, Accra.Tel: +233 30 276 4288.Email: [email protected]: Togbe Afede (chairman).

This start-up, low-cost airlines plans to linkAccra with Kuimasi, Tamale and Takradi.

AIRLIFT INTERNATIONAL321 Aviation House, 2 Aviation Road, KotokaInternational Airport, Accra.Tel: +233 21 762 886.Email: [email protected]: Three McDonnell Douglas DC8-63F.

This cargo airline offers charter flights andACMI leasing services, operating primarily fromRas Al Khaimah, Entebbe, and Accra

ANTRAK AIR50 Senchi Street, Airport Residential Area, Accra.Tel: +233 21 782 814.Email: [email protected]: Alhaji Dr. Asoma Banda (CEO).Fleet: Two ATR 42-300s.(One of these isreported to have been damaged by fire recently.

This carrier provides scheduled domesticservices between Accra, Kumasi, Sunyani,Tamale and Takoradi. Regional services areplanned to destinations in West Africa, includingDakar, Freetown and Monrovia. Charter flightsare offered throughout West Africa.

FLY540 GHANA222 Ahiakle Avenue, 2nd Floor, Abelenkpe, PMBCT, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana.Email: [email protected] Fleet: One ATR 72-500.

Ths is the start-up Ghanaian branch of thegrowing pan-African regional low-cost airline,operating scheduled services from Accra.

MERIDIAN AIRWAYSKotoka International Airport, Old Cargo Village,1 Gemini Airlines Building, Accra.Tel: +23 32 177 1921.Email: [email protected]: Enoch Anane-Cadary.Fleet: Five Douglas DC-8-63Fs.

Meridian Airways is a Ghanaian registeredcargo airline based in Ostend-Brugge Airport,Belgium. It started operations as Air CharterExpress in 2007. During 2009, Air CharterExpress was renamed to Meridian Airways.

STARBOW AIRLINES832/1 First Street Osu, Accra.Tel: +233 245 000 000.Email: [email protected]: Dr Brock Friesen (CEO).Fleet: Three BAe 146-300s with a fourth duesoon, as well as an BAe 146-200 on order.

Starbow is a regional airline focussing on theWest African market. Headquartered in KotokaInternational Airport, Ghana, Starbow seeks towin the hearts and minds of the West African

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region by opening the doors to regional andinternational trade, and bringing people together.

This is a new African start up company whichwas scheduled to have taken delivery of its firstaircraft recently, a BAe.146 airliner, one of two itis believed to have leased from BAe Systems.

Other than that the carrier is to be based inAccra, no other details were available at the timeof going to press.

EQUATORIALGUINEACEIBA INTERCONTINENTALPO BOX 39 Malabo.Tel: +240 08 40 19. Email: [email protected] Executive: E Mercader (president).Fleet: One ATR 42-320,one ATR 42-500, twoATR 72-500s and one Boeing 777-200LR.

This carrier provides a domestic passengernetwork linking Malabo with Bata and Annobon,together with an Africa-wide cargo charterservice.

Destinations include: Malabo, Bata, Cotonou,Douala, Accra, Abidjan, Lome, Libreville, PointeNoire, Brazzaville .

It also operates the Presidential Fleet whichhas one Boeing BBJ and an Embraer E145.

CONFORT AIRLINESAvenida del Puerto s/n, Bata.Email: [email protected]: One wet-leased ATR 72.

No other details are known other than thisstart-up airline operates from its Bata base

CRONOS AIRLINESPO Box 12478, Douala, Equatorial Guinea.Tel +240 77 713 458.Email [email protected]: One BAe 146-200 and a BAe146-300.

This airline operates two daily flights betweenMalabo and Bata in Equatorial Guinea, threeweekly flights between Malabo and Douala, threeweekly flights between Malabo and Cotonou aswell as charter flights.

It is planning regional routes to Port Harcourtand Abidjan next.

ECUATO GUINEANA DE AVIACIONApartado 665, Malabo. Tel: +240 094 003.Executive: J Lowa (director).Fleet: One Embraer ERJ-145.

This carrier operates scheduled passengerand cargo services between Malabo and Bataand reginal destinations in West Africa.

GUINEA EQUATORIAL AIRLINESCalle Rey Malabo s/n, Malabo.Tel: +240 22 22 57127.Executive: T. Nguema (CEO).Fleet: One Dassault Falcon 50 and a Let L-410UVP-E.

The carrier operates domestic and regionalpassenger and cargo charter flights within WestAfrica.

KENYA748 AIR SERVICESPO Box 53012, 00200 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 6532.Email: [email protected]: A Jabril (chairman).Fleet: Three Hawker Siddeley 748s, twoBombardier Dash 8-Q100s, one Beechcraft1900C and a Cessna Grand Caravan

The company was founded in1994 to meetthe needs of non-governmental organisationsoperating in the more remote parts in Kenya andin neighboring East African countries. Since itsinception, 748Air has grown to be one of theleading on-demand air charter companies in theregion.

The carrier specialises in catering to theneeds of the relief community, regional andinternational governments, as well as the privatesector by provision of reliable air support.

ABERDAIR AVIATION PO Box 7050, 00517, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 2721.Email: [email protected] Executive: A Wilcox (MD).Fleet: Three of each Embraer EMB-110s andCessna Caravan C 208s, two Aero Commander690s, one Bell 407 and Eurocopter AS350

The company was formed in 2008 afteracquisition of Acariza Aviation and later TurbineServices to form its maintenance wing. It ismainly focused on supplying ACMI contractservices to the oil and gas, humanitarian NGOsand security sectors in both East and West Africa.

The company has operation bases in Kenya,Ethiopia and Ghana.

AERONAV AIR SERVICESPO Box 74714, 00200 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5997.Email:[email protected]: Capt. J M Ririani (MD).Fleet: Three each Cessna 172s, C206s, PiperPA-34s and Cessna C208 Grand Caravans.

The company operates daily scheduledflights to Ukunda, Mombasa, Malindi, Amboseliand Lamu. In addition to operating charters outof Wilson Airport and Ukunda to other parts ofcentral and eastern Africa, it also operates one ofthe largest flying schools in the region, KenyaSchool of Flying which offers courses from PPLto CPL.

AFRICAN EXPRESS AIRWAYSPO Box 19202, 00501, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 82 4333.Email: [email protected]: Capt.M.HBulhan (CEO).Fleet: One each Boeing 727-200 Advanced,Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD-82, DC- 9-32, DC9-34,Embraer 120ER and Hawker SiddeleyHS748.

The airline is the second designated Kenyan

flag carrier and serves African and Middle Eastroutes. The various destinations includeMombasa, Moroni, Mayotee, Zanzibar,Morgadishu, Hargeisa, Sharjah, Karachi, Muscat,Eldoret, Entebbe, Dubai.

The company recently opened a new hangarnear its head office at JKIA which it intends toalso offer for third party use.

AFRICAN SKY CHARTERSPO Box 40813, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 1467/8Email: [email protected]: Collin Davis (MD).Fleet: One of each CessnaC206, C182 andC172.

The company is based at Wilson Airport andoperates charter across the region, as wellasscenic flights, flight training, light aircraftmaintenance and provides self hire services.

AIR KENYA EXPRESSPO Box 30357, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5730.Email: [email protected]: D Baseleti (GM).Fleet: One Bombardier Dash 8 Q-100, two deHavilland Dash 7s, three DHC 6-300 Twin Ottersand three Cessna Caravan C208s.

The company has been operating for overtwo decades and is based at Wilson Airport. Itoperates daily scheduled services from Nairobito all game parks, as well as to Amboseli,Samburu, Lewa Dawns, Meru, Nanyuki,Mombasa, and Diani beach. Int conjunction withits subsidiary, Regiona Air, it also operates toKilimanjaro, in Tanzania.

Charter services are also offered to the EastAfrican region and the carrier recently addedanother new Cessna Caravan to its fleet. It hasset up a subsidiary airline in Uganda known asAerolink that will be serving various domestictourist destinations from Entebbe.

AIR LAMU PO Box 144, Lamu. Tel: +254 71 533 2707.Email: [email protected]: Ronald Purcell (manager/chief pilot).Fleet: One each Cessna 206 and PiperSaratonga.

The company is based at Manda Airport-Lamu and offers safari flights to Mara, Laikipia,Amboseli specialising in Lamu, Tana and Kiwayuareas. Also offered include scenic flying, surveyand filming operations.

AIRCRAFT LEASING SERVICES (ALS)PO Box 41937, Nairobi. Tel: +254 20 600 3706.Email: [email protected]: Aslam Khan (chairman).Fleet: Two Embraer EMB 135s, six de HavillandDash 8 Q-100s, six Beechcraft BE1900Cs, threeBE 1900Ds, two Cessna 208B Grand Caravanstwo King Air B200s, two Cessna 310Rs, one

Cessna 150 and three Eurocopter AS350 B2s.The company is based at Wilson Airport. It

was recently rebranded to be “ALS forCustomized Aviation Solutions” and currentlyoperates relief contacts and services for oilcompanies in additional to its leasing services toNGOs.

It also runs scheduled services betweenNairobi, Lokichoggio and Rumbeck and to alltourist lodges in Kenya through its subsidiarycompany Safarilink (Kenya) and Severins AirSafaris which offer luxury charter flights.

Heli-services offers helicopter charter andspecialised flight services. It also recentlybecame an IOSA certified airline.

AIR TRAFFIC AVIATIONPO Box 989, 00606 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 4426.Email: [email protected]: Helmuth Rame (managing director).Fleet: One King Air B200, three Fairchild Dornier228s and two Beechcraft 1900C/D.

The company, based at Wilson Airport, wasformed in 2005. It has expanded its fleet toinclude an additioinal Dornier 228 and aBeechcraft 1900D to exclusively serve reliefcontracts with NGO’s to Northern Kenya, SouthSudan and Somalia. It has also expanded itsservices after clinching contracts with oilexploration companies in Northern Kenya.

AIRWORKS(K) LTDPO Box 27508, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 8745 / 600 8746.Email: [email protected]: Seven Cessna Caravan C208s andBeechcraft 1900C.Executive: Margret Mthuku (MD).

The company was formed in 1998 and isbased at Wilson Airport .It operates as a charteroperator to Lokichoggio, Southern Sudan, andSomalia and has since specialised in contractswith NGOs like WFP and the UN.

Recently Federal Aviation, South Africa,acquired a major stake in the companyconsolidating its relationship with the operatorfrom which it has leased the majority of its currentoperating aircraft.

It recently moved its main office to the AISHangar at Wilson Airport.

ASTRAL AVIATION PO Box 594, 00600 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 82 7242.Email: [email protected]: Gadhia (CEO).Fleet: Three McDonnell Douglas DC9-30Fs, oneBoeing 727-300 and one DC8-63 freighter.

It was established in 2001 as a cargooperator with interline partners and generalservice agents all over the world. It also flies toover 50 destinations in its intra -Africa network ona charter basis and it recently received its Boeing727-300 and DC-8-63 Freighter to expand itsexisting fleet.

It has been expanding its network and wasone of the first cargo carriers to relaunch flightsto Mogadishu, Somalia.

BLUE BIRD AVIATION PO Box 52382, 00200, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 2338.Email: [email protected]: M Adan (CEO)).Fleet: Five Bombardier Dash-8-Q400s, five Dash8-Q100s, five Fokker F50s, five Let 410UVP-E20s and one of each Beechcraft 1900D andBeech King Air 200.

This company operates both scheduled andnon-scheduled flights within Kenya andneighboring countries such as Somalia,Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, but isprimarily a cargo operator.

It also operates ad hoc charters, medicalevacuation from any point in Africa and relief work

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in the region. The company added another Dash-8 Q-400 to its fleet and recently completed theconstruction of its new office building, hangar andcargo warehouse that is one of the largestfacilities at Wilson Airport.

BLUE SKY AVIATION SERVICES PO Box 86686, Mombasa.Tel: +254 41 43 4733.Email: [email protected]: Peter Ndavu (MD).Fleet: Two Let 410UVP-E20s and one Let410UVP-E20.

The company was formed in 1997 and isbased at Mombasa. In 2001, it included Nairobi’sWilson Airport as a base and operates scheduledservices to Masaai Mara, Lamu, Amboseli, Tsavo,Nanyuki, Samburu, as well as Musoma andKilimanjaro, in Tanzania. It also provides charterswithin Kenya and the region.

CAPITAL AIRLINESPO Box 49232, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 2984/5 / 600 3357.Email: [email protected]: Himat Vaghela (MD).Fleet: Three Beechcraft King Air 200s.

The company is based at Nairobi’s WilsonAirport, Capital Airlines operates non-scheduledair services, medevac and humanitarian reliefflights, corporate travel and special missions tovarious destinations in eastern and southernAfrica.

DAC AVIATION EA PO Box 445800, 0100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 4418, 600 8819.Email: [email protected]: Emmanuel Anasis (chairman). Fleet: Three Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200s,four Bombardier Dash 8Q-100s, three Q-300s,one Q-200, two Cessna Caravan CE208s, andseveral C152, C172, Piper PA23, P28s.

The company was established in the early1970s as a general aviation operator offeringcharter in Kenya and the region in addition toproviding flight training, aircraft maintenance,aircraft sales as Piper sales dealer and anauthorised Lycoming overhaul centre.

The DAC Group Canada acquired thecompany from the CMC Motors group bringing itsexpertise as an experienced operator andupgrading its fleet to include CRJ -200 and deHavilland Dash 8 Q-100s and has come tospecialise in leasing contracts to NGOs servingNorthern Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan.

The company has changed its name and isnow known as DAC Aviation (EA) Ltd in line withthe acquisition agreement with the previousowner. It recently expanded its fleet when itreceived two CRJ- 200s to be leased out toclients within the region.

CEZZANE AIR EXPRESSPO Box 43387, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 889 2085.Email: [email protected]: R Safari (MD).Fleet: One of each Cessna 402 and Britten-Norman Islander BN2.

The company is based at Wilson Airport andoffers scheduled flights to Maasai Mara andSamburu in addition to charters to various localand regional destinations. It plans to openadditional destinations including Rusinga islandand Migori.

EVERETT AVIATION CHARTERPO Box 40813, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 1638 / 600 8785.Email:[email protected]: Simon Everett (MD).Fleet: One of each Eurocopter BK 117, E280C,AS365 N2 Dauphin, EC155 B1 and TwoAS350B3.

The company was founded in 1996 and is

based at Wilson Airport. It is the most establishedhelicopter operator in the region and is aEurocopter authorised service centre. It operatescharter, specialised flights within Kenya andEastern Africa and is an ISO9001:2000 certifiedcompany..

EAST AFRICA AIR CHARTERS PO Box 42730, 00100; Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 3858.Email: [email protected]: M Seton (MD).Fleet: One Reims Cessna Caravan II, threeCessna 208B Grand Caravans, two each C310sand C182s, one each C210s and C206 and oneCessna Citation Bravo and a Citation Excel..

This is mainly a charter company operatingthroughout the region. It specialises in tourism,medevac and NGO contract work and itsexpanded fleet includes a Cessna Citation Excelthat is used for VIP, corporate and charter.

EAST AFRICAN EXPRESS PO Box 27763, 00506 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 82 7585.Email: [email protected]: Don Smith (CEO).Fleet: Two McDonnell Douglas DC-9-14s andone Fokker F28-4000.

The airline operates as East African SafarisExpress providing schedule and charterpassenger flights within Kenya and the region.The airline had a partnership with Fly540 whichhas now resulted in a complete buy out of thecontrolling stake by Fly 540’s CEO and it isanticipated that with new management, the airlinewill aggressively expand its domestic network.

FLY540PO Box 10293, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 44 5352.Email: [email protected]: Don Smith(CEO).Fleet: Three CRJ 200s, two ATR 42-320s, twoATR 42-500s, three de Havilland Dash 8-Q-100s,one of each Fokker F27, F28, Beechcraft 1900Cand one Cessna Caravan C208.

The company is a Kenyan low cost airlineoperating scheduled domestic passengerservices serving key destinations from Nairobiincluding Kisumu, Eldoret, Kitale, Malindi, Lamu,Mombasa, Maasai Mara and Kakamega, as wellas regional operations to Kilimanjaro, Dar essalaam and Zanzibar, in Tanzania, Entebbe, inUganda, Juba, in Southern Sudan andBujumbura, in Burundi. It also operates some ofits flights out of Wilson airport.

The company also has subsidiary operations




in Tanzania, Ghana and Angola.The airline is set to be rebranded as Fastjet,

after the restructuring sale agreement whereLonhro group sold its stake to Rubicon DiversifiedInvestments, to increase its stake in theinvestment firm and invited Easy Jet Group totake up a 5% shareholding. It offered strategicmanagement to the revamped low cost carrier forAfrica using bases in Kenya, Ghana and Angolafor offer point to point services across thecontinent using a fleet such as Embraer 190s andBoeing 737-700s.

FLEX AIR CARGOPO Box 3305 00506, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5641.Email: [email protected]:: Butsi Mutiso(MD).Fleet: Three Cessna Caravan C208s and oneHawker Sidley 748.

The company is based at Wilson Airport withits operations reaching, Lokichoggio and Juba inSouth Sudan and serving mainly NGOs operatingin this region.

FREEDOM AIRLINE EXPRESSPO Box 24632, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 1245.Email: [email protected]: M Mahad (MD).Fleet: One of each Fairchild Dornier 228 andKing Air B200

The company began operations in 2008based at Wilson Airport to serve variousdestinations in Northern Kenya, Somalia andSouth Sudan ona charter and contract basis.

HELI SERVICES PO Box 41937, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 1467.Executive: A. Khan, (MD).Fleet: Three Eurocopter AS 350B2s.

The company is a helicopter operator andsubsidiary of ALS. It operates a fleet ofhelicopters performing charter and aerial work.

HELICOPTER CHARTER OF EAST AFRICA PO Box 72299, 00200 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5516 / 600 5517.Email: [email protected]: P Achmmer (MD).Fleet: One Robinson R44 Raven.

The company is a helicopter operator offeringscenic flights, VIP travel, aerial photography,spray dusting, game capture and monitoring,overland installation and special point to pointtransport.

JETLINK EXPRESS PO Box 3931, 00506 NairobiTel: +254 20 82 7531/4. Fax: +254 20 82 7535.Executive: Capt Elly Aluvale (MD&CEO).Fleet: Seven Canadair Regional Jets CRJ-100ERs and one Fokker F28.

The airline is one of the designated Kenyanflag carriers and operates out of its base at JKIANairobi to Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret andregionally to Juba, in South Sudan, Goma, inDRC Congo, Bujumbura, in Burundi, Kigali, inRwanda, Hargeisa, in Somaliland, Mwanza andDar es Salaam, in Tanzania, Khartoum, in Sudanand Asmara, in Eritrea.

It has an interline agreement with Emirates,SN Brussels and Qatar Airways to enhance itscapacity and is fully E ticket compliant.

It is currently completing construction of anew office block and its new hangar at its baseat JKIA.

JUBBA AIRWAYSPO Box 10718 00100, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 82 8732 / 82 8734Email: [email protected] Executives: Abdulahi Warsame (MD). S.Abdi(C.Manager) Fleet: One Boeing 737-200.

The airline offers various internationaldestinations including Mogadishu, Dubai, Jeddahand Djibouti as its commercial base isMogadishu,in Somalia, with technical operationalbase in Nairobi.

KENYA AIRWAYSPO Box 19002, 00501 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 642 2000.Email: [email protected]: T Naikuni(CEO).Fleet: Four Boeing 777-200ERs, six B767-300ERs, five Boeing737-800s, fourB737-700ERs, six B 737-300s, five Embraer170LRs and five Embraer E190s.On order: Two Boeing 777-200s, ten EmbraerE190 ARs, nine B787-8 Dreamliners with optionsof addition four due for delivery from fourthquarter of 2013.

Kenya Airways flies to 59 domestic andinternational destinations. The carrier is one ofthe fastest growing commercial airlines in Africaoffering connections to more than 1 500 city pairsworldwide together with partner KLM.

The airline is on course with implementing itsVision “Mawingu” (swahili name for wings) thataims not only at flying to every African capital, butto expand the fleet to 107 aircraft serving over100 destinations.

It recently completed a rights issue thatraised over $180-million to fund the pre purchasepayments for ordered aircraft. The airline is setto receive 10 more Embraer 190s at an averageof one per month as from this month through to2013 when the first B787 Dreamliners aredelivered.

The airline also plans to launch its low costsubsidiary, Jambo Jet, by the end of the year toserve domestic and regional destinations.

KASAS PO Box 1218, 00502 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 9251 / 600 7351.Executive: Twig Walsh (MD).Fleet: One Fairchild Dornier228 and oneMistubishi MU-2.

The company commenced operations in2008 based at Wilson Airport and operatescharters within Kenya and the region includingSomalia and South Sudan. providing relief andhumanitarian flights to NGOs.

KIJIPWA AVIATION PO Box 10148 0101, Mombasa Executive: Allan Herd (MD).Fleet: A mixed bag comprising Cessna C150s,C172s, C206s and Piper PA 22s .

The company operates out of Kijipwa airstrip,Kilifi, offering charters within Kenya and theregion.

LADY LORIPO Box 1687, 00502 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5726 / 600 5417/8.Email: [email protected]: Ian Mimamo (CEO).Fleet: Three Eurocopter AS 350 B3s,one of eachEurocopter EC130 B4 and Cessna Caravan..

It began operations in early 2009 as ahelicopter charter company based at WilsonAirport. It offers charters, caters for VIPs andaerial work .It expanded its fleet to fixed wing witha Cessna Caravan 208 and offers charters inKenya and East Africa region.

MAYFAIR AVIATION PO Box 46279, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 856 0973 / 72 271 3944.Email :[email protected]: Solomon Nyanjui (MD).Fleet:One Bell 407.

The company was formed and beganoperations earlier in the year, as a helicopteroperator. It offers domestic and regional chartersand a wet leasing service to corporate and relieforganisations.

MOMBASA AIR SAFARIS PO Box 93961,80115, Mombasa.Tel: +254 73 440 0400 / 73 450 0500.Email:[email protected]: M Harunany (MD).Fleet: Three Let410UVP-E9s, one CessnaCaravan C208 and one DC-3 TE Turbodak.

The carrier serves several East Africandestinations out of its base at Moi InternationalAirport, Mombasa’

It also offers safari packages to lodges, gamepark and national reserves all over the country byscheduled flights and charters.

It also operates an engineering arm, Ben AirEngineering, which is a certified Let servicecentre and dealer.

The airline uses its DC-3 to serve the popularMombasa- Maasai Mara route in addition tooffering seven local destinations on a scheduledbasis.

PENIAL AIRPO Box 4842, 00506 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 201 8905.Email: [email protected]: Capt. Tai Tinga (MD).Fleet: One of each Bell 206 and Enstrom 480.

The company, which is based at WilsonAirport, is a helicopter operator offering chartersacross the region for business, tourism, VIP andaerial filming operations.

PHOENIX AVIATION PO Box 49493, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 5835.Email: [email protected]: S Reel (MD).Fleet: Four of each Cessna Citation Bravos,Beech King Air 200s, a Cessna Citation Excel,three Cessna Grand Caravans, one Beech KingAir 350 and one Eurocopter AS 350B3.

This operator, in addition to charter services,offers an international air ambulance service (inconjunction with AMREF Flying Doctors), contractand cargo work, as well as offering aircraftmaintenance services.

Its maintenance arm provides a wide rangeof aircraft maintenance services to clients locallyand from the region including Tanzania, Ugandaand Ethiopia.

It recently completed construction of newpremises and moved into new office block withconstruction of a new hangar and additional officeblock on course.

PLANES FOR AFRICA PO Box 4393 00506 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 2276.Email: [email protected]: John Nyaggah (MD).Fleet: Fairchild Dornier DO 228, Hawker SiddeleyHS 748.

The company is based at Wilson Airport andoperates to various destinations in NorthernKenya, South Sudan, Somalia and DRC Congoand serves the NGOs operating in these areasas well as providing charters in the region.

SAFARILINK AVIATION PO Box 41937, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 0777.Email: [email protected]: J Buckley (managing director).Fleet: One Bombardier Dash Q-100, one DHC-6Twin Otter and five Cessna Grand Caravans.

Safarilink provides scheduled services to allthe major tourists parks in Kenya, such asMasaaiMara, Samburu, Amboseli, Lewa Downs,TsavoWest Laikipia Lamu on the coast andKilimanjaro, as well as charter flights in Kenyaand throughout East African. It recently includedMigori on its Masaai Mara routing to benefit fromthe tourists in Tanzania.

SAFE AIR (SAC) COMPANY PO Box 59200, 00200 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 6854.Email: [email protected]: Mohamed Noor (MD).Fleet: Three Let L410s, two Fokker 50s, one ofeach Fokker 27, Hawker Siddeley HS 748 andBaron B55.

The company was formed in 2007, has itsoffices at Wilson Airport with its operations mainlyto and within DRC Congo. It was voted one of thebest operators in the regions.

SAC has also expanded its operations tooffer services in South Sudan from Juba.

SANDPIPER AVIATIONPO Box 751 00502 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 804 0014.Email: [email protected]: A. Muhoho (MD).Fleet: Two Cessna 172s and C206s and oneC310.

The company performs aerial surveys bothlocally and regionally focusing in northern andcoastal areas to cover the Horn of Africa region.

One of Jet Link Express’ ERJ 100ERs

The most prolific turboprop mini-airliner in Africa today is the Cessna Caravanin its various marques. This one is operated by Aeronav Air Services of Nairobi.


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SEVERINS AIR SAFARISPO Box 99456, 80100 Mombasa.Tel: +254 20 260 7433 / 243 4600.Email: [email protected]:: Torben Rune (MD).Fleet: Two Cessna Caravan C208s.

The company specialises in luxury air safarisand private charter flights and its aircraft haveupgraded cabins with executive upholstery tooffer flights from Mombasa to various local andregional destinations.

SICHAM AVIATION PO Box 63023, 00200 Nairobi.Tel: +254 600 3337.Email: [email protected]: M.Samoei (MD and chief pilot).Fleet: Two Eurocopter AS350 B2s, and oneSchweizer 300C.

The company operates its helicopters forcharter, aerial work in Kenya and the region andalso provides flight training with its latest additionto the fleet, a Schweitzer 300C.

SKYWARD INTERNATIONAL AVIATIONPO Box 4993, 00506.Tel: +254 20 600 4900 / 600 4901.Email: [email protected]: Mohammed Abdi (MD).Fleet: One Fokker F50.

The company was previously known asGlobal Air Charters. It is based at Wilson Airportand operates to Northern Kenya destinations ona charter and lease basis and recentlywet- leasedits aircraft to Kush Air for operations from Juba,in South Sudan.

SKY RELIEFPO Box 8949 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 0960.Email: [email protected]: Steve Mukebele (GM).Fleet: One Fokker F27 and two de HavillandDHC-5s.

The company has operations all oversouthern Africa and its services in Kenya arebased at Wilson Airport concentrating on cargoflights to Lokichoggio and South Sudan and theregion.

SUPERIOR AIRPO Box 42339, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 0372.Email: [email protected]: Kishore Patel (MD).Fleet: Two Beech Baron (an E55 and B58) ,oneeach Cessna 404,C172, C 182 and C206.

The carrier operates charter throughout theregion and offers self-fly. The company also offersa spectrum of flight training services includingtwin engine, CPL conversions, initialinstrumentrating and renewals and also has aparts shop for general aviation operators.

TROPIC AIRPO Box 16110400, Nanyuki.Tel: +254 62 23 2890.Email: [email protected]: J D Roberts (MD.Fleet: One each Cessna 182, Waco biplane,Cessna C206, Eurocopter AS 350B3 and twoCessna Grand Caravan C208Bs.

The company has been operational for overa decade operating out of its base in Nanyukiirfield and offers charters to national parks andreserves in Kenya and the neighboring EastAfrican countries.

WILKEN AVIATION PO Box 49428, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 6030 / 600 6037.Email: [email protected] Executive: Newton Osiemo (MD).Fleet: Two Cessna C206s and Cessna GrandCaravan C208Bs.

The company is part of the Wilken Group,

and serves as the flight link to enable it to reachits clients in across the country and in the region.It also offers charters for private and reliefpurposes.

YELLOW WINGS PO Box 471400506, Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 6313.Email: [email protected]: C Strebel (MD).Fleet: Two Cessna Caravan C208s, one eachC182, C206, C210 and Piper PA18 Super Cub.

This carrier mainly operates to local andinternational airfields offering leisure, safari andcorporate air charter within Kenya and EastAfrica. It recently added a Cessna Caravan to itsfleet and has another on order.

Z. BOSKOVIC AIR CHARTERS PO Box 45646, 00100 Nairobi.Tel: +254 20 600 6364.Email: [email protected]: T A D. Watts (MD).Fleet: One King Air B200, seven Cessna 208BGrand Caravans, three Cessna C206s, twoCessna 310Rs, one Beechcraft Baron BE55 anda Cessna 404.

Founded by Zivota Boskovic 49 years ago, itoperates out of Wilson Airport on a charter basisto destinations in Eastern and Central Africa andbeyond primarily offering tourist flights sourcedfrom local and regional travel agencies. Inaddition it operates business, medicalevacuations and aerial surveys flights.

LIBYAAFRIQIYAH AIRWAYSPO Box 83428, Ali Khalifa Zaidi Street, Tripoli.Tel: +218 21 444 0853.Executive: Rammah Ettir (CEO).Fleet: Three Airbus A319-100s and four A320-200s.On order: Six Airbus A350-800XWBs, threeA321-200s and two A320-200s.

Afriqiyah Airways operates domestic servicesbetween Tripoli and Benghazi and internationalscheduled services to over 25 countries inEurope, Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

It is also formulating plans to serve destina-tions in central and southern Africa as well as theFar East.

AIR LIBYAPO Box 17791, Jamahiria Airport Road, Tripoli.Tel: +218 61 442 0580.Email: [email protected] Executives: Emad Abdullah (CEO).Fleet: One BAe 146-300, two Boeing 727-200s;one B737-200.On order: Five Antonov An-140s.

Air Libya is a privately owned airline based inBenghazi. The company operates charter flightsin support of oil field operations, as well asproviding some scheduled and ad-hoc charterservices.

ALAJNIHAH AIRWAYSPO Box 81206, Al-Andalus, Tripoli.Tel: +218 21 477 9071. Email: [email protected]: One Ilyushin Il-76MD.

The carrier operates scheduled, charter,international, domestic, passenger and, cargoflights from Tripoli. It plans to include Amsterdam,Birmingham, Frankfurt, Malta, Marseilles andMilan on its roiute network..

BURAQ AIRMitiga International Airport, Box 93149, Tripoli.Tel: +218 21 3500 821.Email: [email protected]: Marwan Bobaida (president).Fleet: One Boeing 737-400s; one B737-800s.

This carrier operated scheduled serviceslinking Tripoli with Benghazi and four otherdomestic destinations, as well as internationalservices to three cities in Morocco, Syria andTurkey. However, all sertvices were terminatedlast year due to the war in the country and it isnot yet certain when they will be resumed.

KALLAT ELSAKER AIR Al Dahraben Al Ualid, Waleed Avenue, Tripoli.Tel: +218 21 333 6309.Email: [email protected]: S. Al Tarzy (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing 727-200.This carrier operates regular passenger andcargo services between Tripoli and Sebha.

LIBO AIR CARGOPO Box 75079, Tripoli. Tel: +218 21 484 3302.Email: [email protected]: One IL-76 freighter

Libo Air Cargo is a new Libyan cargo airlinethat is part of Libyan African Aviation holdingcompany specialising in heavy lift and volume aircargo.

LIBYAN AIRLINESPO Box 2555, Tripoli. Tel: +218 21 361 4802.Email: [email protected]: M. Ibsem (CEO).Fleet: Two Airbus A300-600Rs, two A320s, threeA320-200s, four Bombardier CRJ900s, two ATR42-500s and three Cessna C402Cs.On order: Three Airbus A320-200s, four A330-200s four A350-800s.

The airline’s registered network covers all ofNorth Africa’s major airports, as well as Jeddah,Damascus, Amman, Dubai, Doha, Istanbul,Larnaca. Its European network includesdestinations such as Frankfurt, Istanbul, Kiev,London, Paris and Vienna. It is also looking to flyto the Far East.

LIBYAN ARAB AIR CARGOPO Box 84697, Tripoli. Tel: +218 21 350 2966.Email: [email protected]: Mahmud Ghasia (president).

Fleet: Two Antonov An-124s, eight Antonov An-26s, one An-26B, four An-32Ps, one IlyushinIl-62M, one Il-76M, two Ilyushin Il-76Ts, elevenIlyushin Il-76Ds, one Ilyushin Il-78 and oneLockheed L-100-20.

This carrier is the cargo wing of LibyanAirlines.

MADAGASCARAEROMARINEBP 3844, Antananarivo, 101.Tel: +261 32 11 444 44/45 Email: [email protected]: Riaz Barday (CEO).Fleet: This consists of various types of aircraft,such as Cessna 207, Beech 55, Beech 90;Cessna 310, Piper Navajo, Jet Corvette, PiperAztec and Cessna 310, Cessna 172, and Cessna337 (numbers unknown).

This operator provides charter and scheduledservices to domestic and regional destinations.

It also offers maritime surveillance and aerialphotography.

AIR MADAGASCARrBP 437 - Ivato-Airport - Antananarivo 101.Tel: +261 20 222 2222.Executive: Hugues Ratsiferana (CEO).Fleet: Air Madagascar has a total of 11 aircraft atits disposal, making it possible to meet therequirements of any form of air transport. Thefleet consists of two ATR 42-320s; three Boeing737-300s; two B767-300ERs and four DHC-6Twin Otter Series 300.

This national flag carrier has a network ofscheduled and charter routes covering inter-national, regional and domestic destinations forpassenger and cargo traffic from Antananarivo.

MALAWIAIR MALAWIPO Box 84, Blantyre. Tel: +265 1 820811.Email: [email protected] Executive: Wisdom Mchungula (CEO).Fleet: One ATR 42-300 and one Boeing 737leased from South Africa with crew. Its own twoBoeing 737-200s are believed to be in storage.

Air Malawi is the national airline of Malawi,wholly owned by the Malawi Government andoperates regional passenger services. Its mainbase is Chileka International Airport, Blantyre,with a hub at Lilongwe International Airport. Itlinks Blantyre with Johannesburg, Dar esSalaam, Lusaka and Harare and has domesticflights between Blantyre and Lilongwe.

MALIAIR MALIPO Box 2286, Hamdaleya, Bamako.Tel: +223 20 22 24 24.Email: [email protected] Executive: Abderhamane Berthé (chairman). Fleet: One Bombardier CRJ 200 and four MD-9-80s.

Air Mali, formerly Compagnie Aerienne du

One of Air Mauritius’ two Airbus A300-200s.


Mali, was formed by the Aga Khan Fund forEconomic Development (AKFED) through itssubsidiary IPS, West Africa and the governmentof Mali. The company,rebranded as Air Mali in2009 and operates domestic schedule services.

MALI AIR EXPRESSBP 2799, Avenue de la Nation, Bamako.Tel: +223 223 14 65.Email: [email protected] or [email protected]: Two Saab 340As, one Beech 1900C andone Cessna 421.

This carrier operates links to Timbouktu,Mopti, Gao, Kayes, Dakar and Conakry.

MALTANote: All carriers listed in this section operateschedule or regular services from the island tovarious Mediterranean, EU and North Africandestinations.

AIR MALTAHead office: Luqa, Malta.Tel: +356 21 662 211.Email : [email protected]: Peter Davies (CEO).Fleet: Seven Airbus A320s, five Airbus A319s.

CARRE AVIATION5a, “The Emporium”, St.Louis Street, Msida MSD1421. Tel: +356 21 338 282.Email : [email protected]: Marc Lile (CEO).Fleet: Two Bombardier BD-700s and one Falcon900.

COMLUX MALTASt. Helen’s Building, Tumas Fenech Str, BikirkaraBKR 2526. Email: [email protected]: Giovanni Corrieri (MD).Fleet: Three Airbus A318 Elites, four AirbusA319CJs four Bombardier BD700s oneBombardier CL-600 and one Airbus A320.

ELITAVIA MALTAPalazzo Pietro Stiges, 90 Strait Street, VallettaVLT 1436.Fleet: One Learjet 60XR and a BombardierChallenger 600.

EUROJETPO Box 22, Portomaso Business Towers,Portomaso PTM01, Malta. Tel: +356 79 495 748. Email: [email protected]: Capt. L. Xuereb.Fleet: One Learjet 60.

GLADIATOR LEASING LIMITED72, Regent House, Bisazza St, Sliema SLM 15Email: [email protected]: Mark Bondin (MD).Fleet: Two Fokker F70s.

MEDAVIAMedavia Hangar, Tal- Karwija’.Tel: +356 22 490 000.Email: [email protected]: Mark Shaw (flight operations).

Fleet: One Casa C212-100, two Casa C212-200s, one DHC-8-102, two DHC-8-315s and twoBeech 1900Ds.

PRIVAJETLevel 5, Suite 3, Portomaso Business Tower,St.Julians STJ 4011. Email: [email protected]: Antoine Hayem (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing B737-700 BBJ.

ORION (MALTA) LTDSpiteri Buildings, 2, Ganni Vassalli Street, LuqaLQA1500. Email: [email protected]: Boris Loffe (CEO).Fleet: One Bombardier CL-600 and one Hawker900XP.

MAURITANIAMAURITANIA AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL14 rue Mamadou Konate, BP 4746, Nouakchott.Executive: Hassena Ould Ely (director).Fleet: Two Boeing 737-500s and one Boeing737-700.

This is the new national carrier of Mauritania,

which is based in Nouakchott.The young start-up airline has been created

as a sovereign means of air transport for thecountry to promote air travel within and outsidethe country.

Details as to its route structure are as yetunavailable.

MAURITIUSAIR MAURITIUS LTDPO Box 441, Port Louis.Tel: +230 207 7070. Email: [email protected]: André Viljoen (CEO).Fleet: Two Airbus A319-100s; two A330-200s sixA340-300s and two ATR 72-500.

The national carrier serves more than 25destinations iin the Indian Ocean area, South andEast Africa, India, Australia, the Middle and FarEast and western Europe.

It has alliances with Air Austral, Air France,Air India, Air Madagascar, Emirates, KenyaAirways, Malaysia Airlines, and South AfricanAirways.


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Part of Air Malta’s fleet ofAirbus A320Family aircraft.



MOROCCOAIR ARABIA MAROCPO Box 95, Nouaceur, Casablanca.Tel: +212 52 253 6401Email: [email protected]: Arohit Ramachadran (CEO).Fleet: Five A320-200s.

The carrier was established as a joint venturecompany between Air Arabia, Regional Airlinesof Morocco and Ithmar Bank of Bahrain.

Based at Casablanca Airport, Air Arabia’ssecond hub, Air Arabia Maroc providesconvenient service to a broad range ofinternational destinations spreading acrossEurope and Africa.

ALFA AIR11 Rue Michel-Ange, 20050 Casablanca.Tel: +212 619 900 900.Email: [email protected]: Chakib Lahrichi (president.).Fleet: One BAe Jetstream 32, one DassaultAviation Falcon 10.

This carrier provides charter passengerservices in North Africa and Europe. Medicalevacuation and sightseeing trips are alsoprovided.

JETAIRFLY (Formerly Jet4You)4 Lotissement La Colline, 2 Sidi Maarouf, 20190,Casablanca.Tel: +212 65 666 777.Email: [email protected]: K. Baina (CEO).Fleet: Three Boeing B737-400s and three B737-800s.

Originally designated Jet4You which was alow cost carrier operating to various Moroccanand international destinations, it was announcedin January that Jet4you would be completelyintegrated in the Belgian company Jetairfly.

Jet4You has essentially become an onlinetravel agency selling TUI flights from and toMorroco after all of its scheduled flights and threeB737-800s had been transferred to Belgian sistercarrier Jetairfly.

REGIONAL AIR LINESBP83, Mohammed V Airport, Mousseur, 20050,Casablanca.Tel: +212 5 2253 6940.Executive: Mohamed Hassan Bensalah(president & CEO).Fleet: Four ATR 42-300s, two Beechcraft King Air350s, one Beech 1900D and one Hawker 900XP.

Regional Airlines is a based in Casablancaand flies to 14 Moroccan, four Spanish and onePortuguese destinations. Charter services arealso undertaken.

ROYAL AIR MAROCAeroport Casa-Anfa, Casablanca.Tel: +212 5 2291 2000.Email: [email protected]: Driss Benhima (CEO).Fleet: Four Airbus A321-211s; 28 B737-800s; sixB737-700s; five B737-500s; one Boeing 737-300;one B747-400; and four B767-300ERs.

Morocco’s flag carrier serves over 20 Africandestinations, including Abidjan, Libreville, Cairoand Tunis. Other international services includethose to Europe, the Middle East, New York andMontreal.

ROYAL AIR MAROC EXPRESSAeroport de Casablance-Anfa, Casablanca.Tel: +212 5 2291 2000.Email: [email protected]: Driss Benhima (chairman & CEO).Fleet: Two ATR 72-200s and two ATR 72-600..On order: Two ATR 42-600s and two ATR 72-600s.

This is a division of Royal Air Maroc operatingdomestic and regional flights.

MOZAMBIQUEKAYA AIRLINES112, Marien N’gouabi Avenue, Caixa Postal 1599,Maputo. Tel +258 2146 5108.Email [email protected]

Executive: Jose Cachopas (MD).Fleet: Two Embraer EMB-120RTs, one Let L-410UVP and one Let L-410UVP-E.

The carrier offers scheduled flighst frombases at Maputo and Beira.

LINHAS AEREAS de MOCAMBIQUE (LAM) PO Box 2060, Maputo. Tel: +258 21 465 143.Email: [email protected]: Vacarias Chichango (DG).Fleet: Three Embraer EMB 190s, two B737-200sand two Bombardier Q400s which it operatesthrough its subsidiary, MEX-MozambiqueExpress. On order: One Embraer EMB 190.

LAM is the national airline of Mozambiqueand flies from Maputo to Beira, Nampula, Tete,Quelimane, Pemba and Lichinga domesticallyand Johannesburg and code share with SAA toCape Town. Other regional services are to Dares Salaam and Nairobi.

MOÇAMBIQUE EXPRESSO PO Box 1449, Maputo. Tel: +258 21 466 008.Executive: Antonio Neves (CEO).Fleet: Two Dash-8-Q400s, one Embraer EMB120-RTs.

This operator provides domestic and regionalscheduled and charter services.

NAMIBIAAIR NAMIBIAPO Box 731, Windhoek, 9000.Tel: +264 61 299 6000.Email: [email protected]: Ms. Theo Namases (MD).

Fleet: Two Airbus A340-300s, two A319-100s,two Boeing 737-500s and four Embraer ERJ-135ERs.

The airline is positioned as a niche carrierserving five domestic points within Namibia andthe immediate regional markets of South Africa,Zimbabwe, Angola, Zambia and Botswana.

It also serves Frankfurt and operates directservices to Johannesburg and Accra.

WILDERNESS AIRPO Box 6850, Windhoek. Tel: +264 61 255 735.E–mail: [email protected]: Ian du Rand, (MD).Fleet: Four Cessna Caravans, 12 Cessna 210s(owned and leased), one C206 and a C310.

This company is part of the Wilderness AirGroup with bases in Botswana, Namibia, SouthAfrica, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

NIGERNIGER AIR CARGOThis is a new cargo carrier owned by Frenchcargo general sales agent, ECS Group, based inParis. It currently operates a weekly flight fromLiège Bierset using DC-10 and MD-11 freighterswet-leased from other carriers.

NIGERIAAEROCONTRACTORSPMB 21090, Lagos, Tel: +234 1 497 9122.Email: [email protected]: Cecilia Ibru (chairman).Fleet: Two Boeing 737-400s; six B737-500s, oneBombardier Dash 8 Q300, one BAe 125-800.

One of Royal Air Maroc Express’ ATR-72s.


This airline operates domestic and international scheduledservices, air taxi, charter and third party aircraft operations, largelyin support of Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.

AIR NIGERIA9th Floor, Etiebets Place 21, Ikeja, Lagos.Tel: +234 1 271 000.Executive: Kinfe Kahssaye, (CEO).Fleet: Eight Boeing 737-300s, two Boeing 737-400s, two Embraer190-100ARs with a further eight on order.

This carrier operates regional services to destinations in WestAfrica, with a domestic network that links Lagos with five othercities.

ALLIED AIR CARGONahco Cargo Building,Murtala Mohammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.Tel: +234 1 659 4735.Email: [email protected]: Val Tongo (CEO).Fleet: Four Boeing 727-200s.

This carrier operates scheduled cargo services from Lagosprimarily to African destinations including Accra, Entebbe,Freetown, Malabo and Monrovia.

It also operates regular international services linking Lagos,Nairobi and Ostend and offers cargo charters.

ARIK AIR LIMITEDPO Box 10468, Ikeja, Lagos.Tel: +234 1 279 9999.E mail: [email protected]: Michael Arumemi-Ikhide (CEO).Fleet: Two Airbus A340-500s, four Boeing 737-800s, nine Boeing737-700s, four Bombardier CRJ900, two Hawker 125-800s; andtwo Bombardier Dash8-Q400s.On order: Eight Boeing 737-800s, two B747-8s and eight Boeing737-800s.

Now the largest airline in Nigeria, Arik Air operates mainly fromtwo hubs at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, and NnamdiAzikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The airline currently serves 21destinations across Nigeria as well as Accra (Ghana), Banjul(Gambia), Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), Monrovia(Liberia), Cotonou (Benin), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Bamako(Mali) and London Heathrow (UK), Johannesburg (South Africa)and New York JFK (USA).

The airline operates a combined number of over 120 dailyflights from its hubs in Lagos and Abuja.

ASSOCIATED AVIATION56 Moshood Abiola Ave, Ikeja, Lagos. Tel: +234 1 270 4744.Executive: Tunde Oremule (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing 727-200F and four Embraer EMB 120 Brasilias.

This company operates basically on a domestic and regionalbasis offering both cargo and passenger charter services.

DANA AIR Murtala Mohammed Airport, Terminal 2, MMA2, Ikeja, Lagos. Tel: +234 1 280 9991.Email: [email protected]: Jacky Hathiramani (CEO).Fleet: Five MD-83s, one Piper PA23-200 and one BombardierLearjet 45.On order: One Bombardier Challenger 600, two Embraer Phenom100s and one Embraer Phenom 300.

This is Nigeria’s first low-cost carrier and operates scheduleflights between Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt and Uyo. It offersVIP charter services using its business jet.

One of its MD-83s crashed in Lagos in June killing 153passengers and crew and about ten people on the ground.

DORNIER AVIATION NIGERIAKaduna Old Airport, PO Box 5662, Kaduna.Tel +234 62 310102. Email: [email protected]: Michel Dupoux (CEO).Fleet: One Dornier 228-200 and two Dornier 328-100s.

It operates Dornier aircraft in Nigeria on a charter basis, andalso offers agricultural flying, aerial photography and medevac.

FIRST NATION AIRWAYSFirst Nation Plaza, 66b Opebi Road, PMB 21766, Ikeja, Lagos. Tel: +234 1 2702 7001. Email: [email protected]

First Nation Airways is a passenger and cargo schedule Airlineserving destinations in Nigeria, Africa and Europe.

Its fleet comprises an Airbus A320 for domestic and regionalservices, while there is a plan to add some Boeing 767s in 2012for the long haul service.

IRS AIRLINESIGA House, 1 IBB Way, Wuss Zone 4, Abuja.Tel: +234 9 523 6071.Executive: Al Haji R.I. Rabiu (chairman).Fleet: Four Fokker 100s, one Fokker F.28-4000.

This carrier operates a number of domestic and regional flightson a scheduled basis.

KABO AIR SERVICESPO Box 1850, Kano. Tel: +234 80 3771 2228.Email: [email protected]: Capt S. Mohammed (MD).Fleet: Three Boeing 747-200s.

This airline operates scheduled services to Cairo, Dubai, Kanoand Jeddah. It has an extensive network of domestic andinternational charter destinations.

The carrier has also been granted traffic rights to Rome,Nairobi, Maiduguri and N’Djamena.

OVERLAND AIRWAYSPO Box 3165, Ikeja, Lagos.Tel: +234 1 270 7550.Email: [email protected]: Edward Boyo (CEO).Fleet: Two Beech 1900Ds, three ATR 42-300s.

Overland Airways operates domestic passenger services toseveral key business and leisure destinations in Nigeria, and alsooperates charter flights on request.

SKYBIRD AIRSkyBird Air is a new Nigerian operator based in Lagos that hasstarted operations with a single corporate configured DornierDo328Jet.

No other information was available at the time of going to press.

REPUBLIC OF CONGO BRAZZAVILLEAIR CONGOBP 2028, Brazzaville.Tel: +242 707 5037.Email: [email protected]: Rodrigue Nombo (MD).Fleet: Two MA-60s.

The airline provides scheduled passenger flights in the region.

AERO SERVICE BP 1138, Pointe Noire.Tel: +242 556 4141.Email: [email protected]: G. Griesbaum (president).Fleet: One each Cessna 404 Titan and C402B and two BN2As.

Aero Service operates commuter, charter and cargo operationsin the Congo and neighbouring countries from Pointe Noire.

It links Brazzaville, Dolisie, Nkayi, Imphondo and Ouesso,although it also operates regionally to Libreville and Port Gentil, inGabon; to Cabinda and Soyo, in Angola, and to Kinshasa in theDRC.

EQUATORIAL CONGO AIRLINES (ECAIR) 1604, Avenue des Trois Martyrs Quartier Batignolles Brazzaville.Email: [email protected] Executive: Mrs. Fatima Beyina-Moussa (DG).

Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) is the new Congolesenational airline, based in Brazzaville. ECAir was created with thesupport of the Congolese Government and Lufthansa Consultingto serve as a locomotive for the modernisation of the aviation sectorin the region.

EQUAFLIGHT SERVICEBP 4247 Pointe Noire.Tel: +242 06 945 70 04Email: [email protected]: J. Boulanger (president).Fleet: One each Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia, EMB-135, ATR-42-200 and ATR-42-300.

The Pointe Noire-based carrier operates passenger and cargocharter and schedule services within the Congo with regionalservices to Libreville and Port Gentil in Gabon, as well as Luandain Angola. Scheduled services are also planned to Douala.

TRANSAIR CONGOBP 4450, Pointe Noire. Tel: +242 626 2614.Email: [email protected]: Ahmad El Hage (president).Fleet: One Boeing 737-300; five Boeing 737-200s; an Embraer120; one Hawker HS 800, and two helicopters, a Bell 230 and oneBell 430.


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Domestic destinations include Pointe-Noire ,Brazzaville and Dolisie, Ollombo; Ouesso;Owando.

Regional destinations include Johannesburg,Libreville, Douala, Cotonou, Bamako; Abidjan;Bangui.

REUNION ISLANDAIR AUSTRALBP 611, 97472, St-Denis Cedex.Tel: +262 262 93 10 10.Email: [email protected]: G. Ethève, (CEO).Fleet: Three Boeing 777-300ERs, two B777-200ERs, one B777-200LR, two B737-800s andthree ATR 72-500.On order: Two Airbus A380s

Air Austral is the first carrier in the Africa /Indian Ocean region to order the giant A380airliner which will each be equipped with over 800seats and used for the tourist trade betweenEurope and the island resort.

The airline provides a scheduled servicenetwork from Reunion Island using a modernaircraft fleet. International destinations includeNew Caledonia, Sydney, Paris, Marseille,Toulouse, Lyon, Bordeaux, Nantes, Bangkok,Mayotte, Moroni, Johannesburg, Tamatave,Nosy-bé, Antananarivo, Majunga,Mahe and PortLouis.

RWANDAAKAGERA AVIATION PO Box 6699 Kigali.Tel: +250 78 830 8382.Email: [email protected] Executive: Innocent Mupenzi (MD).Fleet: Five Robinson R44 Raven helicopters.

The company was formed in 2004 as ahelicopter operator based at Kigali InternationalAirport and offers corporate and private charterboth domestically and within the region, flighttraining and maintenance services. It is anApproved Robinson Maintenance Organisation.

RWANDAIRPO Box 7275, Kigali International Airport, Kigali, Tel: +252 503 687. Email: [email protected]: John Mirenge (CEO).Fleet: Two Boeing 737-500s, Two Boeing 737-800s and two Bombardier CRJ200s.

RwandAir is the national carrier operatingservices to Southern, East and Central Africa.Domestic: destinations are: Kamembe, Gisenyi.

Regional and international destinations are:Nairobi, Mombasa, Entebbe, Bujumbura,Kilimanjaro, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg,Brazzaville, Libreville and Dubai.

SILVERBACK CARGO FREIGHTERSPO Box 6619, Kigali.Tel: +250 51 8881.Email: [email protected]: I. Mupenzi (CEO).Fleet: Two DC-8-62 Freighters.

A sister company to RwandAir, Silverback isa worldwide cargo air-freight company with along-term contract operation.

It serves most of the industrial markets inEurope, Africa, Asia and the Middle East oncharter basis. These markets include Belgium,Holland, France, United Kingdom, South Africa,Kenya, Ethiopia, India, Afghanistan, Oman, theUnited Arab Emirates and it is aslso planning toserve China, Thailand, Nigeria, Togo, Ghana,Mali, Chad, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, the DRC,and Congo Brazzaville.

SÃO TOMÉAFRICA’S CONNECTIONAvenida Marginal, 12 de Julho, Chalet 6, SaoTome.Tel: +239 222 69 83.Email: [email protected]: Jannie Fourie.Fleet: Two Do 228-201s and one Do228-212.

This is a regional airline connecting theislands to the mainland. Charter is alsoundertaken.

STP AIRWAYSCP 45, São Tomé. Tel: +351 21 843 7040.Email: [email protected]: R. Braganca (chairman).Fleet: One each B767-200ER and DHC-6 TwinOtter.

This airline’s operations are mainly to connectwith the mainland and an international service toLisbon, Portugal.

The carrier also operates scheduled serviceson behalf of TAAG Angolan Airlines.

SENEGALSENEGAL AIRLINESBP 38265 Dakar.Toll-free tel : 800 800 888.Email: [email protected]: Edgardo Badiali (CEO).Fleet: Three Airbus A320s and an ATR 72-500.

Senegal’s new airline is the result of apartnership between the Senegalese state andthe national private sector and replaces AirSenegal International.

Based in Dakar, Senegal Airlines services 15destinations in Africa: Dakar, Abidjan, Bamako,Banjul, Bissau, Conakry, Niamey, Nouakchott,Ouagadougou, Libreville, Cotonou, Douala, Cap-Skirring, Ziguinchor and Praia,. Future plans

include services to Europe and Asia from 2013.A strategic partnership has been established withEmirates Airlines.

SEYCHELLES AIR SEYCHELLES LTDPO Box 386, Creole Spririt Bldg, Mahe 386.Tel: +248 4 391 000. Email: [email protected]: Capt David Savy (chairman) andRajiv Bissesseu (CEO).Fleet: One A330-200, four DHC-6 Series 300Twin Otters, one Shorts 360-300.

Air Seychelles operates inter-island servicesand international flights to Johannesburg,London, Mauritius, Milan, Rome, Singapore,Frankfurt, Paris and Zurich (some are codeshare). It has an alliance with Air France.

Working with its new partner, Etihad Airways,a new future is being shaped ffor Air Seychelles.

Its plans include the delivery of two AirbusA330-200 aircraft, launch of services to Beijing inearly 2013, increased frequencies to keyinternational destinations, and extendedcodeshare operations to open up a potentialnetwork of 76 passenger destinations in 50countries.

SOMALIAJUBBA AIRWAYSPO Box 6200, Mogadishu. Tel: +252 1 217 000.Email: [email protected]: Abdullahi Warsame (MD).

Fleet: Two Boeing 737-200s; one Boeing737-400.

From its base in Mogadishu destinationsserved are Hargeisa; Bosaso; Galkayo; Djibouti;Nairobi; Aden; Jeddah and Dubai.

SOUTH AFRICA1TIME AIRLINEPO Box 7110, Bonaero Park, 1622.Tel: +27 11 (0)86 8000.Email: [email protected]: Blacky Komani (Group CEO). Fleet: Two MD-82s, three MD-83s and three MD-87s..

The airline’s domestic destinations includeJohannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, EastLondon, Port Elizabeth and George, with regionaldestinations being Zanzibar, Livingstone andMombasa.

AERONEXUS CORPORATEPO Box 8476, Bonaero Park,1622.Tel: +27 11 395 3737.Email: [email protected]: Sven Petersen and Gavin Harrison(directors).

Fleet: One Boeing 767-200 ER.This carrier’s operations include: aircraft

leasing; worldwide aircraft charter; aircraftmanagement; engineering services and mainten-ance planning.

AIR-TEC AFRICAPO.Box 1208, Bedfordview 2080.Tel:+27 11 450 0029.Fax:+27 11 450 0356.Email: [email protected]: Andrew O'Flaherty (MD).Fleet: Seventeen 17 LET 410, one BE20.

Air-Tec currently provides humanitarian aidservices to the UN and ICRC as well as a numberof international oil and gas companies operatingin Africa.

Air-Tec Aviation Maintenance is a factoryapproved maintenance organisation and GeneralElectric engine repair facility.

AFRICA CHARTER AIRLINEPO Box 7707, Bonaero Park, 1622.Tel: +27 87 808 7686 / +27 11 395 3962/4.Fax: +2711 395 3963.Email: [email protected]: Jonathan Mark (CEO).Fleet:: One Boeing 737-200 passenger, twoB737-200 freighters and one B727-200 freighter

ACA currently operates a weekly domesticnight freight schedule on behalf of Imperial AirCargo, connecting Johannesburg with Durban,Port Elizabeth and Cape Town.

ACA operates charters to any destination inAfrica (islands ncluded).

Groups may vary from small private groupson luxury jets, to large corporate groups of 200-300+ passengers.

ACA has also just opened a maintenancefacility at OR Tambo Airport called Jet Centre.which has maintenance capability on B737series, B727 series, MD80 and DC9 series.

ANGLO AMERICAN AIRCRAFT SECTION:PO Box 7270, Boanero Park, 1622.Tel: +27 11 395 9200.Executive: Johnny Laing (aviation manager),Craig Wood (manager administration & finance).Fleet: One Dornier 328, two Learjet 45s, oneGulfstream 550, one Citation Excel, one PC-12,a Beachcraft 1900.and one helicopter, an Agusta139,

Based at OR Tambo International Airport(Johannesburg), the aviation division of AngloAmerican primarily serves the corporate travelneeds of the group.

Anglo Aviation Services also provides charterflights and advises and consults on a wide rangeof aviation matters.

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AWESOME AVIATIONPO Box 741, Lanseria, 1748.Tel: +27 11 540 7511Email: [email protected] [email protected]: Dieter Ebeling (CEO).Fleet: A mixed bag of Beechcraft 1900Ds andBeechcraft 1900Cs, Beechcraft King Air B200s(commuters), a Beechcraft King Air C90, a Falcon10 and two LearJet 35As.

The aircraft are deployed in regional airline,aeromedical, charter, humanitarian aid, freightand special missions applications. The companyhas facilities at Lanseria International Airport andPerth International Airport, in Western Australia.

BRITISH AIRWAYS(See also, Comair Limited):Fleet: Eight Boeing 737-300s, six B-737- 400s.

British Airways (operated by Comair) servesthe following routes, domestically: Johannesburgto Cape Town, Durban, George, Port Elizabeth.

Regional destinations include Harare;Victoria Falls; Livingstone, Mauritius andWindhoek

CEMAIR (PTY) LTDPO Box 1312, Lanseria, 1748.Tel: + 27 11 659 2171.Email: [email protected]: M. van der Molen (CEO).Fleet: Two Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-100Ls,seven Beech 1900Ds and three Beech 1900Cs.

CemAir is a South African-based operatorand aircraft leasing company which specialisesin the supply of commuter aircraft to operatorsacross Africa, the Middle East and the IndianOcean Islands.

Focusing on resource companies,humanitarian organisations and establishedcorporate, charter and airline operators, it placesaircraft on short, medium or long-term leases.CemAir has recently been awarded BARSaccreditation.

CFA AIR CHARTERSPO Box 1959, Halfway House, 1685. Tel: +27 11 312 0196. Email: [email protected]: P. Barter (CEO). Fleet: A wide variety of aircraft including fourCessna 206s, two C210s, two Airvan GA8s, twoIslander BN2s, four C402s, four CessnaCaravans, two Cessna Citation I Eagles, oneDornier 228, one LearJet 45, one Learjet 35, twoBeechcraft Baron B58s, one Beech King Air 90,four King Air 200s, one EMB120, two Pilatus PC-12s, two Bell 206B JetRangers and one each Bell206L LongRanger and a Bell 407 helicopters.

Based at Grand Central Airport, Midrand, the

company operates throughout most of Africa.CFA has additional companies in Mozambique,Namibia and Zimbabwe operating both domesticand international flights.

CIVAIR AIRWAYSPO Box 92, Cape Town International Airport,7525.Tel: +27 21 934 4488.Email: [email protected]: A A K Cluver (CEO).Fleet: One each DC9-32, King Air B200,Beechcraft Baron 55 and 2 x Bell JetRanger III.

Civair Aviation operates throughout southernAfrica providing a wide range of services.

COMAIR LIMITEDPO Box 7015, Bonaero Park, 1622.Tel: (011) 921 0285. Web: www.comair.co.zaBrands: British Airways and Kulula.com (seeunder separate headings for airline descriptions).Directors: Pieter van Hoven (chairman), MartinD. Moritz (deputy chairman), Erik Venter (CEO).

CORPORATE FLIGHT SERVICESHangar 105, Lanseria International Airport,Lanseria , 1739. Tel: +27 11 540 7640.Email: [email protected]: Justin Reeves (CEO).Fleet: One Learjet 60; one Citation Mustang;nine Pilatus PC-12s; and one Cessna Conquest.Services offered include: naircraft charter, turnkeyaircraft management solutions; flight support;ground handling and overflight and landingclearances.

FAIR AVIATIONPO Box 760, Lanseria, 1748. Tel: +27 11 659 1222. Email: [email protected]: Fred Brons (CEO).Fleet: Two Boeing 737-200s, one each King Air200 and Beech 1900C, three BAe146-300s andone BAE146-200).

The core business of Fair Aviation is theleasing of aircraft in Africa. The companycurrently has aircraft based in Sudan, Ethiopiaand South Africa, while having previously beeninvolved in countries such as Mozambique,Comoros and Tanzania. Future plans call for thereturn to at lleast two of these countries.

FEDERAL AIRLINES(merged with Bataleur Air Charter)PO Box 7294, Bonaero Park, 1622.Tel: +27 11 395 9000. Email: [email protected]: Troy Reiser (MD).Fleet: One ATR 42, three Beech 1900Ds, twoPC 12s, four Cessna 208s, two Beech Baron 58s,

one Cessna 206 and two Airvans.Main operations are non-scheduled shuttle

services to private game reserves inMpumalanga, Limpopo, Northwest and KZNprovinces of South Afrca..

Daily scheduled services operate fromJohannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airportto Vilanculos, in Mozambique, as well as well asregular flights Kruger International Airport(Nelspruit) to Vilanculos.

FORTUNE AIRPO Box 1313, Lanseria, 1748.Tel: +27 11 701 2322.Email: [email protected]: Gordon Robertson (CEO).Fleet: One Boeing 727 Super 27, one GulfstreamGII, one Hawker 125-800SP, one Cessna C208B,one Bell 222 helicopter, one Beech Baron 58, oneCitation Jet CJ1, two Learjet 45XRs, one Phenom300, two Premier 1As, one Hawker 4000, andone Cessna Sovereign.

Fortune Air is a Johannesburg-based aircraftoperator providing a quality service to meet mostair travel requirements.

IMPERIAL AIR CARGOClear Water Office Park, Block E, Cnr Atlas andPark Roads, Parkhaven Ext 8, Kempton Park,1619. Tel: +27 11 395 1354/8Email: [email protected]: Muriel Sahd (MD).Fleet: The company currently operates a leasedair fleet of three aircraft consisting of a Boeing737-300F, a B737-200 and a B727-200.

Imperial Air Cargo specialises in overnightexpress airfreight services within South Africaand has six branches located at the airports ofJohannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and PortElizabeth and at two road feeder destinationwarehouses located in East London and George.

INTERAIR SOUTH AFRICAPO Box 88, Bruma, 2026. Tel: +27 11 616 0636.Email: [email protected]: D Tokoph (chairman).Fleet: Two B737-200s, B727-200s and oneB767-200ER.

Interair South Africa is an IATA memberairline having its base at OR Tambo InternationalAirport and operating mainly into the West andCentral African region with operations to St Denis,Réunion Island; Brazzaville and Pointe Noire,Congo; Cotonou, Benin, Douala, Cameroon:Bangui, Central African Republic: Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso, Bamako, Mali.

A code share exists with Austral Airways toLa Reniuon Island, and plans are to increaseservices to West Africa.

KING AIR CHARTERPO Box 9, Lanseria, 1748. Tel +27 11 701 3250.Email: [email protected]: Graeme Clarke, Carlo Talevi, Ms.Marina Willis (directors).Fleet: Two Hawker 125s, ten Beechcraft 1900s(various models, B C & D), three King Air 200s,one King AIr 90, one UH-1H (Huey helicopter -fire fighting), two Bell 407s, and eight Bell 206s.

King Air Charter is a non-schedule operator.Ad hoc charter and aircraft leasing (ACMI)operations are conducted both domestically,regionally and internationally.

KULULA.COM(see also under Comair)Fleet: Four Boeing 737-400s, and five Boeing737-800s and one B737-300.

Kulula.com operates the following routes,domestically: Johannesburg to Cape Town,Durban, George, Port Elizabeth; Johannesburg(Lanseria) to Cape Town and Durban.

Kulula.com has become South Africa’sbiggest online retailer, currently with about R2,5-billion annually in online sales.

LOUTZAVIA AIR CHARTERPO Box 80698, Doorpoort, 0017.Tel: +27 12 567 6775.Email: [email protected]: Maria Loutzis (CEO).Fleet: One C182 RG Cessna, four BeechcraftBarons, one each King Air 90, King Air 200, KingAir 300, Pilatus PC-12, and a Cessna Caravan.

Launched in 2002 as a purely flying trainingorganisation, the company later expanded intocharter operations offering a variety of servicesto destinations throughout southern Africa.

MANGOPO Box 1273, OR Tambo International Airport,1627. Tel: +27 11 978 1773.Email: [email protected]: N. Bezuidenhout (CEO).Fleet: Four Boeing 737-800 NGs

Mango airline’s routes include Johannesburg-Bloemfontein, Cape Town-Bloemfontein,Johannesburg-Cape Town, Durban-Cape Town,and Johannesburgt-Durban.

NATIONAL AIRWAYS CORPORATIONPO Box 293 Lanseria, 1748.Tel: +27 11 267 5000.Email: [email protected]: M. Banner (CEO). Fleet: One each Beech 1300, King Air 200, KingAir 350, King Air C90B, Premier 1A, Learjet 35A,Cessna Caravan 675, five Beech 1900Cs, 14Beech 1900Ds and two King Air B200s.

Flagship of the SAA fleet is theAirbus A340-600 of which ithas nine operating on longdistance, non-stop services.


With its main base at Lanseria InternationalAirport, NAC offers international, regional anddomestic passenger charter services.

SAA CARGOPrivate Bag X013, OR Tambo InternationalAirport. Tel: +27 11 978 3333.Email: [email protected]: Tleli Makhetha (GM).Fleet: Four Boeing 737Fs.

This is the cargo division of South AfricanAirways focusing on freight movementsworldwide, using both dedicated freighter aircraftand the holds of SAA’s passenger aircraft.

SA AIRLINKPO Box 7529, Bonaero Park, 1622.Tel: +27 11 451 7300. Email: [email protected]: Rodger Foster (CEO & MD)Fleet: Eleven Embraer 135 Regional Jets, eightAvro RJ85 Regional Jets and 13 Jetstream 41reginal turboprop airliners with two of these lastnamed types on lease to Proflight Zambia andtwo converted to express parcel freighters.

From its Johannesburg base, its destinationsare: Maun, Nelspruit Kruger, Phalaborwa,Polokwane, Pietermaritzburg, Upington,Bloemfontein, Umtata, Antananarivo, Beira,Bulawayo, Lusaka, Harare, Manzini, Maseru,Ndola, Pemba, Tete and Nampula.

It also flies from Cape Town to George,Kimberley, Nelspruit Kruger, Upington, and fromDurban to Bloemfontein, George, NelspruitKruger and Maputo, and Port Elizabeth to EastLondon and Bloemfontein. It also connectsNelspruit Kruger to Livingstone.

SA EXPRESS AIRWAYSPO Box 101, OR Tambo Int’l Airport 1627.Tel: +27 11 978 9900.Executive: Inati Ntshanga (CEO).Fleet: Nine Dash 8-Q400s, ten CRJ 200s,andfive CRJ 700s.

SA Express operates services domesticallyto Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, Cape Town,Durban, East London, George, Hoedspruit,Kimberley, Port Elizabeth and Richards Bay andregionally to Gaborone, Lubumbashi, Maputo,Walvis Bay and Windhoek with a new directservice between Durban and Lusaka.

The airline also offers a cargo service.

SAFAIR OPERATIONSPO Box 938, Kempton Park, 1620.Tel: +27 11 928 0000.Email: [email protected] Executives: Hugh Flynn (chairman, GroupCEO); Dave Andrew (MD).Fleet: Eight Lockheed Hercules L100s, twoBoeing 737-300Fs, one B 737-300QC, and aB737-400 Combi aircraft.

Safair operates its aircraft worldwide basiswhether as a wet lease (ACMI), dry lease orcharter basis.

SOLENTA AVIATIONPO Box 469, Lanseria 1748.Tel: +27 11 707 4000.Email: [email protected]: Mark Hurst (Group MD).Fleet: One Beech King Air B200C, six CessnaC208Bs, two Beech 1900Cs, 16 Beech 1900Ds,five ATR42-320s, one ATR42-500, one ATR72and threex ERJ145LRs.

The company conducts operations on a longterm contract basis, unscheduled cargo andpassenger, aviation support to aid operations inremote areas, aviation support to oil and gasindustries, scheduled airline operations, ad hoccharter operations, dry leasing of aircraft etc.

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYSPrivate Bag X13, Johannesburg InternationalAirport, 1627.Tel: +27 11 978 5313.Executive: Siza Mzimela (CEO).

Fleet: Eleven Airbus A319-100s, six Airbus A330-200s, one Airbus A340-200, eight AirbusA340-300s, nine Airbus A340-600s, 14 Boeing737-800s, two Airbus A320-200s.On order: Twenty Airbus A320-200s and fiveAirbus A330-200s..

The national flag carrier serves more than 30international destinations together will all majordomestic cities.

STAR AIR CARGOPO Box 2360, Rivonia, 2128.Tel: +27 11 973 3389. Fax: +27 11 973 5502.Email: [email protected]: Peter Annear (CEO).Fleet: Four Boeing 737-200s and one Boeing737-500 .

Leasing to local airlines as required as wellas charters to airlines within sub-Saharan Africa.

STARS AWAY AVIATIONPrivate Bag X18/300, Rondebosch, 7701.Tel: +27 21 934 1144.Email: [email protected]: Moussa Baba (CEO).Fleet: Two DC-8-62Fs, two HS748s and one DC-9-F33 Freighter, two B748Fs

Stars Away Aviation provides charter andleasing to a varied client base including airlines,governments, NGOs, corporations, cargo agents,courier companies, and freight forwarders.

The carrier’s main areas of activities are:short- to medium-term aircraft leasing, passengercharters, executive aircraft charters and cargocharters, as well as ivestock transportation to anypart of the world.

TITAN HELICOPTER GROUPPO Box 10326, George, 6530.Tel: +27 44 878 0453.Email: [email protected] Executive: M. Steynberg (CEO).Fleet: Two Sikorsky S61Ns; three S76A++s; twoBell 212s; two Kamov KA32s; five Bo105s; oneMi-8, one Mi- 8P and three Convairs.

The company is also stationed at Cape TownInternational Airport and Oranjemund in Namibia.

It offersoffers a variety of helicopter servicesboth onshore and offshore and operates withinAfrica, as well as internationally.

Its two passenger Convair aircraft are usedprimarily for charters and the third Convair isavailable for freighter operations.

WILDERNESS AIRPO Box 427, Lanseria, 1748.Tel :+27 11 701 3700.Email: [email protected]: Andy Payne (Chairman, WildernessGroup): Ian du Rand (Director)Fleet: RSA: One Cessna C208B. Botswana: sixC208Bs; nine C206s; one C172. Namibia: ThreeC208Bs; 11 C210s; one C404; one C310.Zambia: One C208B; two C210s; one C206.Zimbabwe: One C208B; three C206s; and oneC182.

This carrier operates flights on a regional and

domestic basis primarily Wilderness Safarisdestinations.

SUDAN ABABEEL AVIATIONKhartoum. (No address details available).Fleet: Three Ilyushin Il-76, one Antonov An-26.

This carrier operates cargo charter on aninternational basis from Khartoum.

AIR TAXI SUDANPO Box 10, Khartoum Airport, Khartoum.Tel: +249 183 485 594.Email: [email protected]: One Antonov An-32B.

This carrier provides cargo and passengercharters from Khartoum on a domestic, regionaland international basis.

AIRWESTPO Box 10217, 0000 Khartoum.Tel: +249 18 374 4036.Email: [email protected]: Capt Saif Omer (CEO).Fleet: One Antonov An-26.

Domestic passenger services and inter-national cargo charter are provided by this airline.

AL MAJARA AVIATIONKhartoum. (No other address details available).Fleet: One Ilyushin Il-76TD.

Scheduled and charter cargo and passengerservices are available from Khartoum and its hubin Sharjah.

AZZA TRANSPORTPO Box 11586, Khartoum.Tel: +249 183 779 717.Email: [email protected]: Mustafa Al Dweihi (MD).Fleet: Three An-12B2s, one Il76TDs, one An-32.

Azza Transport operates mainly cargo flightsproviding charter services throughout Africa,Middle East and planning for Europe.

BADR AIRLINESPO Box 6899, Khartoum. Tel: +249 91 232 7000.Email: [email protected] Executive: Hashim Yousif Aldigair (chairman).Fleet: One Antonov An-26, one An-74T, twoIlyushin Il-76TDs.

This carrier operates charter cargo flights insupport of aid organisations.It also offers VIP andad-hoc charters.

BLUE BIRD AVIATIONTel: +249 1 83 77 2407.Email: [email protected]: One each Beech 1900D, Beech 1900C,DHC 6-300, DHC Twin Otter, and Beech King Air.

Blue Bird has its own flight operations serviceto provide aircraft charter. With the influx offoreign-registered light aircraft into the Sudan forhumanitarian aid operations, Blue Bird has alsobecome the leading provider of scheduled andline maintenance for those aircraft within theSudan.

Blue Bird has been awarded a South AfricanAircraft Maintenance Organisation licence.

DOVE AIRA Sudanese newcomer, Dove Air, has startedscheduled services with a mixed fleet of aircraftincluding one each Tupolev Tu-134, BombardierCRJ200 and two Dash 8s. No other details areyet available.

FEEDER AIRLINESBehind Nile Commercial Bank, Juba, SouthSudan. Tel: +249 91 286 5397. Executive: David Hassan, (MD).Fleet: One Fokker 50,one Let L-410UVP-E.

Feeder Airlines operates scheduled servicesbetween Juba and Mslsksi, Tumnrk, Wau andregionally to Entebbe and Khartoum.

The airline also provides a network ofscheduled flights from Juba to other centres insouthern Sudan.

JUBA AIR CARGOPO Box 13322 Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 789 035.Email: [email protected]: B.A. Akasha (director).Fleet: Two An-12s.

From its Khartoum base, it serves Juba,Malakal, Wau, Nyala, Elfasher, Elgeneina, andObeid with Rumbeik recently having beenintroduced. It also flies, on request, to anydestination locally or abroad.

MARSLAND AVIATIONPO Box 1331, Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 581 703.Email: [email protected]: El Rashid Ortashi (CEO).Fleet: One Antonov An-26and one Yak-42D.

The airline operates to Juba, Rumbak,Nyala,Elfashir, Elgenina, Nairobi, as well as to Entebbeand Cairo.

MID AIRLINESPO Box 147, Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 576 700.Email: [email protected]: Authman Albati (MD).Fleet: Two Fokker 50s.

Domestic passenger and cargo services areroperated from Khartoum.

NOVA AIRWAYSNile Avenue, ground floor -Kuwaiti Bldg. Block 2,Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 775 965.Email: [email protected]: Capt. W.M. Nour (CEO & MD).Fleet: Two Bombardier CRJ200s and one Boeing737-200.

Nova Air operates domestic services fromKhartoum to El fher, Juba, Nyala and Port Sudan.

SUDAN AIRWAYSPO Box 253, Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 770 149.Email: [email protected]: Al Obaid Fadl Almoula (MD).Fleet: Two Airbus A300-600s, one each BeechKing Air B200, King Air C90, three Fokker 50s,

The national flag carrier, the airline serves


Lanseria International Airport-based CemAir recently joined the “jet set” having acquired twoCRJ100s. Previously the carrier operated mainly turboprop aircraft.


several international, regional and domesticdestinations. The growing oil industry in thecountry is driving growth of the airline.

SUN AIRPO Box 10217, Al Amarat St No 17, Al Amarat.Tel: + 249 183 744 036.Email: [email protected]: Murtada Gumaa (president).Fleet: One B737-200.

The airline currently operates on domesticand international routes linking Khartoum withElfashir, Elginanh, Juba, Malakal, Nyala, PortSudan, Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Addis Ababa,Damascus, Entebbe, Kuwait and Sharjah.

Charter flights are also offered.

TRANS ATTICOPO Box 44391, Khartoum.Tel: +249 1 8346 3381. Email: [email protected] Fleet: One each IL-76, Let 410UVP-E, An-26.

Trans Attico is a Sudanese cargo airlineoperating to domestic and regional destinations.

UNITED ARABIAN AIRLINESPO Box 3687, Khartoum. Tel: +249 183 773025.Email: [email protected]: Capt Mustafa Kordofani (MD).Fleet: One IL-76TD.

This airline operates scheduled cargoservices from the Sudan to the UK andthroughout the Middle East and Africa.

SWAZILANDSWAZILAND AIRLINKc/o SA Airlink, PO Box 7529, Bonaero Park,South Africa. Tel. +27 11 451 7300.Email. [email protected] (SA Airlink provides airline technical supportservices to Swaziland Airlink).Swaziland Airlink Matsapha AirportTel: +268 51 86155..Executive: Teddy Mavuso (general manager). Fleet: One ERJ135LR.

This Swaziland-based airline has its headoffice at Matsapha Airport and is able toparticipate in various airline programmesnormally associated with major internationalairlines, through its association with SA Airlinkand its relationship with SAA.

The airline provides convenient daily returnscheduled flights between Matsapha andJohannesburg further improving accessibility toand from Swaziland, utilising Embraer 135 jetaircraft.

TANZANIAAIR EXCELPO Box 12731, Arusha.Tel/Fax: +255 27 2501595/7.Email: [email protected]: M. Kalaitzakis (MD and chief pilot).Fleet: Three Cessna Grand Caravans, oneReims F406 Caravan II, one Cessna 402 and oneC206,

Air Excel became operational in 1998 andoperates charters within Tanzania and toneighbouring countries.

AIR TANZANIAPO Box 543, ATC House, Ohio Street, Dar esSalaam. Tel: +255 22 211 8411.Email: [email protected]: Paul Chizi (MD).Fleet: One leased Boeing 737-500.

After a series of misfortunes over the pastfour years which resulted in its operator’s certifi-cate being suspended, the airline has resumedservices using a leased Boeing 737-500.

Earlier this year, it was again forced to ceaseservices after its sole remaining Dash 8 wasextensively damaged in a takeoff accident. Thecarrier is currently seeking to lease more aircraftto boost operations.

AIR ZARA INTERNATIONALPO Box 38518, Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 22 213 4701.Email: [email protected]

This company, which began operations lastyear, operates its two Embraer EMB-120ERaircraft on charter and schedule servicesthroughout the country and the region.

AURIC AIR PO Box 336 Mwanza. Tel: +255 282 56 1286.Email: [email protected] Executive: Nurmohamed Hussein(MD).Fleet: Five Cessna Grand Caravans.

The company offers charters and scheduledflights to seven domestic and regionaldestinations including Dar es Salaam, Iringa,Serengeti, Subawanga, in Tanzania, and Bukoba,in Uganda.

COASTAL AVIATIONPO Box 3052, Dar es Salaam.Tel: + 255 22 284 2700.Email: [email protected]: Nicola Colangelo (chairman and MD).Fleet: Three Cessna 206s, one Cessna 404, 11Cessna Grand Caravans, two Pilatus PC12s, andan additional Pilatus PC-12 and two CessnaGrand Caravans on order.

This carrier operates schedules to Zanzibar,Pemba, Tanga, Mafia, Kilwa, Arusha, Dodoma,Selous, Ruaha, Tarangire, Lake Manyara,Serengeti, Mwanza.

It has international flights scheduled to Kigaliand offers air charters to any destination withinTanzania and neighbouring countries.

Coastal Aviation has its main base in Dar esSalaam, and operational bases in Arusha andMwanza and operates scheduled servicesthroughout most National Parks and Gamereserves, Zanzibar, Pemba and Mafia Island, aswell as to Arusha, Tanga, Dodoma and Mwanza.

FLIGHTLINK LIMITEDPO Box 2858, Dar es Salaam. Tel: +255 774 747 400.Email: [email protected], [email protected]: Capt. M. Dhirani (chairman/MD).Fleet: One Cessna T206H, one Cessna 206H,and two Cessna 208B Grand Caravans.

Flightlink operates daily to Arusha, Zanzibar,Selous, Pemba and thrice weekly to Ruaha,Iringa, Dodoma and Mbeya.

FLY540 TANZANIA767/39 Somora Avenue, Dar es Salaam..Tel : +255 22 212 5912/3Email: [email protected]: One Bombardier CRJ-100 and oneCessna CE208.

This is the Tanzanian branch of the growingpan-African regional low-cost airline operatingdomestic services linking Dar es Salaam withArusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Mtara, Mwanza,Serengeti and Zanzibar, as well as regionalservices to Kenya.

FLY SAFARI AIRLINK PO Box 10270 Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 22 550 4384.Email: [email protected] Executive: Peter Fox (MD). Fleet: One of each Cessna C206, C210 andtwo Cessna C208 Grand Caravans.

The carrier offers domestic and regionaltourist charters from its base in Dar es Salaam toreach various national parks includingSelous/Mikumi, Ruaha Katavi and Mahale.

INDIGO AVIATIONTel: +255 78 77 00126. Email: [email protected]: Two Douglas DC-3 Dakotas.

Indigo Aviation is a new Tanzanian carrieroperating scheduled services with two DouglasDC-3 Dakota aircraft.

The carrier offers a number of flights betweenDar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Iringa, Mbeya, Lindi,Nachingwea and Mtwara. It also operates charterflights on request.

KINASI PO Box 18033, Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 74 124 2977.Email: [email protected]: One of each Cessna C206 and GA8 Airvan

The company offers domestic and regionalcharters from its base in Dar es Salaam.

NOMAD AVIATION PO Box 681 Arusha.Tel: +255 255 3819/20.Email: [email protected] Fleet:: Two Cessna Caravans and a Cessna 206.

Offering charters and scheduled flights tovarious domestic and regional destinations, theairline is based at Kilimanjaro InternationalAirport, Arusha.

NORTHERN AIRPO Box 2782, Arusha.Tel/Fax: +255 27 250 8059.Executive: C Perreira.Fleet: Two Cessna Grand Caravans and oneCaravan.

This airline offers non-scheduled air transportin support of the area’s tourism industry.

PRECISION AIR SERVICESPO Box 70770, Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 22 286 0701.Email: [email protected]: Alphonse Kioko (CEO).

Fleet: Two ATR 42-300s, two ATR42-500s, fiveATR 72-500s and one Boeing 737-300.On order: Four ATR.42-600s and one ATR.72-600.

Precision Air placed has an order for four ATR42-600s and one ATR.72-600 and delivery of theATR-42-600s is expected to begin before thisyear end. The ATR.72-600 is scheduled fordelivery in 2014. These aircraft will make theairline the largest operator of ATR twin turbopropsin Africa.

The carrier is a private airline that providesscheduled, charter and scenic flight services fromits hub airports of Arusha, Dar es Salaam,Mwanza and Zanzibar. It serves 11 domestic andfour international destinations includingMombasa, Nairobi and Hahaya.

The network of scheduled services linksthese hubs with Kigoma, Kilimanjaro, Mafia,Mombasa, Mtwara, Nairobi, Pemba, Shinyanga,Bukoba, Tabora and Lindi.

Precision Air is planning to start scheduledflights to Johannesburg, Lusaka and Harare.

REGIONAL AIR SERVICESPO Box 14755, Arusha.Tel: +255 27 250541. Email: [email protected]: Hamza Mwapachu (GM).Fleet: One DHC 6 Twin Otter, two Cessna 208BGrand Caravans.

Based in Arusha, Regional Air Services offersboth scheduled and charter flights.

The first to offer regular schedule flights to theSerengeti National Park over 13 years ago, thecompany now has flights to Saadani and Panganiand has connecting daily flights to and fromNairobi with AirKenya.

Destinations also include: Kilimanjaro,Manyara, Seronera, Grumeti, Sasakwa,Kogatende, Klein’s Camp, Lobo, Ndutu, Zanzibar,and Dar es Salaam.

SAFARI PLUSPO Box 1555, Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 786 044 445.Email: [email protected]: Glenn Scott (GM).Fleet: Two Beecht 1900Ds and a King Air 350.

This is a new carrier offering charter services.

SPEARS AIRPO Box 4585 Dar ea Salaam.Tel: +255 78 220 5666.Email: [email protected] Executive: Sultan Gagiyani. Fleet: One Cessna 206.

The company offers charters form its base inDar es Salaam to various domestic destinations.

TANGANYIKA FLYING COMPANYPO Box 771, Usa River. Tel: +255 732 978 992.Email: [email protected]: J Edmunds (CEO). Fleet: Four Cessna C208B Grand Caravans andone Cessna Caravan.

Operating as Nomad Aviation, but trading asTanganyika Flying Company, this carrier providesdaily flight services linking Arusha to LakeManyara and the Serengeti National Park,Ngorongoro, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam,Kilimanjaro and Nairobi.

Destinations in Tanzania include Arusha,Lake Manyara, Ndutu, Seronera, Grumeti, SingitaGrumeti Reserves, Kogatende, Kleins Camp,Kilimanjaro International, Zanzibar and Dar esSalaam.

TANZANIAN AIR SERVICESPO Box 364, Dar es Salaam.Tel: +255 22 284 3131.Email: [email protected]: Dinos J Samaras (MD).Fleet: Three Beech King Air B200s, two CessnaF406 Grand Caravan IIs, three Cessna 208BGrand Caravans, one each Cessna 206, Cessna310 and Beech Debonair.


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Better known as Tanzanair, the carrier wasestablished in 1969 and is a Cessna authorisedservice centre.

TROPICAL AIR PO Box 3188 Zanzibar. Tel: +255 24 223 2511. Email: [email protected] Executive: Omar H. Nura (MD).Fleet: One of each Piper PA28, PA34, PA31, anda Eurocopter AS350 and three Cessna GrandCaravans.

Formed in 1999 and based at Zanzibar’sAbeid Karume International Airport, this airlineprovides tourism, corporate and private chartersto various domestic and regional destinations. Italso offers aerial surveys and flight trainingservices.

ZANAIRPO Box 2113, Zanzibar.Tel: +255 24 223 3678.Email: [email protected]: Capt Carl Salisbury (MD).Fleet: Two each Let 410UVP-E9s and oneCessna 208 Caravan.

ZanAir operates charter throughout theregion and daily schedule flights from Zanzibarto Arusha, Dar es Salaam,Pemba and Selous.

ZANTAS AIR SERVICESPO Box 20965, Dar es Salaam. Tel: +255 22 13 7181. Email: [email protected]: M M Abdallah (CEO).Fleet: Two Cessna 208B Grand Caravans.

Zantas Air provides private air charterservices around East Africa. It operates from Dares Salaam and Arusha to various regionaldestinations.

TCHADMID EXPRESSRue Felix Eboue, PO Box 307, N’Djamena.Tel: +235 517 470. Email: [email protected] Fleet: One Boeing 707-300.

It operates, regional cargo charter flights.

TOUMAI AIRPO Box 112, N’Djamena. Tel: +235 252 4107.Email: [email protected]: One Fokker F28-4000.Executive: Zakaria Idriss Deby Itno (CEO).

Toumaï Air Chad is the national flag carrierairline. It operates domestic services within Tchadas well as scheduled international services toother African nations.

TOGOAFRICA WEST AIRLINES BP 10019, Lome. Tel: +228 22 68810.Email: [email protected] Executive: Claude Sitterlin (CEO).Fleet: One McDonnell Douglas DC-9, one MD-11(F), one A300-600.

This carrier operates schedule and chartercargo flights to ten destinations in West Africa

Other international destinations are Europe,USA, Johannesburg and the UAE.

ASKY AIRLINESBP 2988, Lomé. Tel: +228 223 0510.Email: [email protected]: Busera Awel (CEO).Fleet: One Dash 8-Q400NG with three on order.

This airline operates predominately in Westand Central Africa, having 68 flights a week toBanjul, Freetown, Monrovia, Conakry, Bamako,Abidjan, Accra, Ouagadougou, Niamey, Cotonou,Lagos, Douala, N’Djamena, Yaounde, Bangui,Libreville, Brazzaville and Kinshasa.

TUNISIANOUVELAIR TUNISIEBP 66, 5065 Monastir. Tel: +216 73 52 06 00. Executive: Aziz Millad Aziz (CEO).Fleet: 12 Airbus A320-200s and two A321-200s.

The airline operates tourist charters fromEuropean cities to Tunisian holiday resorts. Itsmain bases are Monastir International Airport,Tunis-Carthage International Airport and Djerba-Zarzis Airport

Nouvelair plans to operate more scheduledflights going forward and launched a twice weeklyA320-200 service from Tunis CarthageInternational to Toulon Hyeres Le Palyvestre.

SYPHAX AIRLINESSFax, Tunisia.Tel: +216 74 287 700.Email: [email protected]: Mohamed Frikha.Fleet: Two Airbus A319-100s.

This start-up airline plans to launchscheduled passenger services. Initial plans areto service Benghazi, Casablanca, Istanbul, Lyon,Marseille, Nice, Paris, Rome and Tripoli.

TUNISAIRPO Box 2035, Carthage, 2035.Tel: +216 70 83 7000.Executive: Cheikhrouhou Ridha (CEO).Fleet: 13 Airbus A320s, two A319s, twoA319ERs, three A300-600s, four Boeing 737-500s, seven Boeing 737-600s.

This is the flag carrier of Tunisia and operatesan extensive European network offering over 40European, Middle East and African destinations.

TUNISAVIABoulevard du Leader Yassar Arafat 2035Aéroport de Tunis Carthage.Tel: +216 71 280 555.Email: [email protected]: M A Milad (CEO).Fleet: Two DHC6-300 Twin Otters.

Tunisavia provides VIP transport, charter andmedevac flights in support of the oil industry.

UGANDA AEROLINK UGANDA PO Box 3967 Entebbe.Tel: +256 20 600 2721.Email: [email protected] Executive: Antony Njoroge (Manager).Fleet: Two Cessna Grand Caravans.

This new airline is based at EntebbeInternational Airport and provides both scheduleand charter services to various domestic touristdestinations and national parks including BwindiImpenetrable Forest (both Kisoro and Kihihiairstrips), Queen Elizabeth National Park(Kasese airstrip) and Murchison Falls (Pakubaairstrip).

It is a subsidiary of Air Kenya, is based inWilson Airport, Nairobi, which now also has asubsidiary in Tanzania via Regional Air.

AIR SERVPO Box 7548 Kampala.Tel: +256 41 432 1251/2.Email: [email protected]: David Thomas (MD).Fleet: Three Cessna Grand Caravans.

Established in 1997 as part of Air ServInternational, it provides air charter to domesticand regional destinations, aviation maintenanceand consulting services from its base in Entebbe.

AIR UGANDAPO Box 36591, Kampala. Tel: +256 41 425 8262. Email: [email protected]: Darlington Omamteker (operations).Fleet: Two MD-87s, two BombardierCRJ200ERs.

Air Uganda is the designated national airlinefor Uganda. Headquartered in Kampala, with theoperations base at Entebbe International Airport,Air Uganda operates scheduled passenger andcargo flights from Entebbe to various countriesin East and Central Africa including destinationssuch as Juba, Kilimanjaro, Kigali, Nairobi,Mombasa and Dar es Salaam.


ASANTE AVIATION PO Box 7691 Kampala.Tel: +256 414 250 254.Email: [email protected]: Sheila Busingye (CEO). Fleet: Four Cessna Grand Caravans.

The company was formed in 2006 and basedat Entebbe International Airport. It offers charters,contract flying, medevac, business and VIP,humanitarian and cargo flights to domestic andregional destinations in South Sudan, Zambiaand South Africa.

EAGLE AIRPO Box 7392, Kampala. Tel: +256 41 344 292.Email: [email protected]: Tony Rubombora (MD).Fleet: One Beech 1900; three Let L-410UVP-Es;one Piper PA-34 Seneca and one Cessna 206.

It offers schedule and charter passenger andcargo services on a domestic and regional basisfrom its base at Entebbe International.

NDEGE JUU YA AFRICA PO Box 49 Kisubi.Tel: +256 77 222 0137.Email: [email protected]: Charlie Carter (manager).Fleet: A mixed bag of a Pilatus PC-12, FujiFA200, Piper Super Cub, Antonov AN2, andCessna C188.

The company is part of the Ndege Group andis based at the Old Terminal of Kijansi Airfield,midway between Kampala and Entebbe.

It started up as a result of a contract to doaerial advertising for MTN Uganda and now alsooffers scenic charters, agricultural spraying andflight training.

ROYAL DAISY PO Box 3577 Kampala. Tel: +256 41 425 6213.Email: [email protected]: Daisy Joy (CEO).Fleet: One Embraer 120.

The airline was formed in 2005 and is basedat Entebbe International Airport from where itoffers charters and scheduled flights to Juba,South Sudan , Kisumu and Nairobi on charter inpartnership with African Safari Airways.

SKYJET PO Box 24600 Kampala. Tel: +256 41 4321.Email: [email protected] Executive: Ahmed Shawgi (CEO). Fleet: Two Boeing 737-200s.

The airline, originally a pure cargo operator,started offering a passenger service in 2009 fromits base in Entebbe to Juba and Khartoum inSudan.

TRANSAFRIK UGANDA(No address details available).Executives: Alan Spooner.Fleet: One Boeing 727-100C and a LockheedL-100 Hercules.

Other than that it is based at EntebbeInternational Airport, no other information as to itsoperations was supplied.

UGANDA AIR CARGO2nd Floor, Main passenger terminal, EntebbeInternational Airport.Tel: +256 77 2467 197.Email: [email protected]: Ganyana Miiro (chairman).Fleet: One Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules and twoHarbin Y12s.

This is a commercial cargo charter airlineoperating to east and southern Africa.

UGANDA AIRLINESThis presently defunct airline could potentially berevived by the Ugandan Government according

to a recent statement made by the country's VicePresident, Edward Sekandi.

Uganda Airlines went out of business in 2001leaving the country without a flag carrier.

Air Uganda, (see previous page) which wasset-up in 2007, is currently the only carrier basedin Uganda with an extensive regional routenetwork,

ZAMBIAAIR CHARTER PO Box 10724, Chingola.Tel: +260 2 312 812.Email: [email protected]: C Hughes (CEO). Fleet: Comprises PA23 aircraft.

Based at Kasompe Airfield, Chingola, thecarrier provides passenger and cargo air chartersthroughout Zambia and southern African region.

AVOCET AIR LINKPO Box 32056, Lusaka.Tel/Fax: +260 211 271214.Email: [email protected]: R Jeffery (MD).Fleet: One each Cessna 401, C402B and C421.

This company is a specialist charter serviceoperator.

NGWAZI AIR CHARTERSPO Box 320405, Woodlands, Lusaka.Tel: +260 211 840 477.Email: [email protected]: John Purvis (MD).Fleet: A mixed bag of Cessna 404s, C401, C182,PA31, Baron 58 and Baron 55.

Ngwazi Air Charters operates from Lusaka todomestic and regional destinations andspecialises in the executive, business andtourism markets, having a wide range of aircraftwith different seating capacities.

It also handles cargo requirements.

PROFLIGHT-ZAMBIAPO Box 30536, Lusaka.Tel: +260 211 271 032.Email: [email protected]: Capt. Tony Irwin (MD).Fleet: Three Jetstream 32s, one Jetstream 31,two Jetstream 41s, two Cessna 208 Caravans,two Beechcraft Baron 55s and two BN-2AIslanders.

Proflight Zambia operates a domesticschedule from its main base in Lusaka to thefollowing destinations: Chipata, Livingstone,Kasama, Mansa, Mfuwe, Ndola and Solwezi.

It also operates charters throughout Zambiaand the southern African region.

STARAVIA AIR CHARTERSPO Box 34273, Lusaka.Tel/Fax: +260 966 750 800.Email: [email protected]: B Grove (CEO).Fleet: Two Beechcraft B58 Barons and one eachBeechcraft King Air E90 and Beechcraft King AirB200

Staravia operates charters from its Lusakabase to domestic and regional destinations. Itsmain clients are from the business and tourismmarkets, as well as medivac operations.

WILDERNESS AIRPost Net #767 E891 MH, Lusaka Int’ll Airport,Lusaka.Tel +260 211 271 051.Email: [email protected]: Charles van Resburg (MD).Fleet: One each Cessna C208B, C210 andC206G.

This carrier is part of the Wilderness Groupwhich was renamed and rebranded from theprevious Sefofane Air and operates throughoutcentral Africa.

Its aircraft fly mainly to the tourist destinationsoperated by the group.

ZAMBEZI AIRLINESPO Box 35470, Lusaka. Tel: +260 211 257 606.Email: [email protected]: Cornwell Muleya (CEO).Fleet: Two CRJ 200 Series.

This is a Zambian low-cost carrier linking thecapital Lusaka with Dar es Salaam, Harare,Johannesburg, Lilongwe, Lubumbashi andNairobi. Johannesburg is also linked directly fromNdola.

A domestic network is served through analliance with Proflight Zambia.

ZIMBABWEAIR ZIMBABWEBox AP1 Harare Airport.Tel: +263 4 575 111.Email: [email protected] Fleet: Three Xian MA-60 (unserviceable); threeBoeing 737-200s; two Boeing 767–200ERs. Executive: Innocent Mavhunga (CEO).

The flag carrier currently only providesscheduled services between Harare, Bulawayoand Victoria Falls.

Once one of the most dynamic airlines in theCentral African region with services throughoutthe region and to European desiinations,, AirZimbabwe’s fortunas faded in tune with thecountry’s economic downfall and for some time itwas in limbo.

Now a brave attempt is being made to reviveit, although its new service is limited only to onecircular schedule service.

AGRICAIRTel : +263 4 302 076.Executive: Carl van de Riet (MD).Email: [email protected] Fleet: One Cessna A188B; one Ayres TurbineThrush; and one Ayres Iron Thrush.

Agricair has been operating in the agricultureaviation scene for many years in Zimbabwe, andhas seen many downsizes, and aircraft sales. Itis looking forward to an upturn soon.

ALTAIR CHARTERSEmail: [email protected]: One Beech King Air 350, one King Air 200,one King Air C90 and one Cessna 206.

Altair Charters provides distinctive charterservices tailor made to suit the hunting client’stravel needs in Zimbabwe.

AVIENT AVIATIONPO Box BW1602, Borrowdale, Harare. Tel: +263 4 497 208. Email: [email protected]:. Lewis King.Fleet: One IL-76, three DC-10-30F freighters andan MD-11 freighter. One B737 on lease.

With its head office in Zimbabwe, thiscompany operates cargo services for civilian aswell as Government customers.

The MD-11F was added to its fleet in 2010.Avient operates a weekly service linking Nigeria,Ghana, Gabon, Kenya, Burundi, Uganda and theCongo.

CENTRAL AIR TRANSPORT SERVICESTel: +263 4 335 419.Email: [email protected]: One each Cessna 206, and Cessna 414and Beech Baron 58.Executive: Sydney Machiri.

CATS provides ad hoc charters in Zimbabweand the region, as well as cloud seeding usingthe Baron 58 in the months of November toJanuary.

ECOLOGICAL SAFARISTel: +263 9 61189. Skype: deon_ecologicalExecutive: Colin Bristow (MD).Fleet: One Cessna 206 and a Cessna 210.

This company is a fully functional travel andbookings agency as well as offering privateguided safaris and charter services.

EXECUTIVE AIR:PO Box EH 96, Emerald Hill, Harare.Tel: +263 4 303 831.Email: [email protected]: Ed Mordt (MD).Fleet: Two Cessna 206s and one each Cessna210, Cessna 208B, Cessna 402, Piper Navajoand Beech King Air E90.On order: Lear Jet 25D, Beech King Air 200.

Executive Air provides charter services inZimbabwe and the region. With a wide range ofaircraft in its fleet it can provide a variety ofoptions to suit clients needs.

It also offers medical evacuation flights in theregion in a joint venture with EMRAS, aZimbabwe ambulance company.

Executive Air recently joined up with AfricanBush Camps, a photographic safari company toprovide a semi-scheduled service connectingVictoria Falls, Hwange, Bumi Hills, Kariba and theZambezi Valley – this service has been calledSafari Logistics.

GUTHRIE AVIATIONTel: +263 4 307 014 / +263 77 462 2260.Email: [email protected] / [email protected]: Craig Guthrie (MD/CFI).Fleet: Three Cessna 172s; two Cessna 206s;and one each Cessna 210; Piper Twin Comancheand Beech Baron 58.

Providing ab-initio through to CPL training atHarare’s Charles Prince Airport, as well as ad hoccharter services, this company’s recentlyrefurbished and expanded premises provide anefficient use of space and a good learningenvironment for its students. Also on offer arevarious type ratings and conversions.

HALSTEAD AVIATION CORPORATIONTel: +263 77 235 2442 / + 27 11 706 8167.Email: [email protected]: James Halsted (MD).Fleet: One Beech King Air 200 (for medicalevacuation only); one Beech King Air 350; aBeech King Air C90; and Cessna 206.

This company operates a medical evacuationand charter operations providing mainlyexecutive charter solutions with its King Air fleet.

SOLAIRExecutive: Nkosilathi Sibanda (MD).Fleet: One Beech 1900D.On order: One CRJ700 and one ATR 72.

Sol Air has been waiting in the wings formany years, and recently has shown some greatstrides in the direction of becoming functional. ItsBeech 1900 was in Harare for about two months,in Sol Air livery and apparently ready tocommence operation.

Its aircraft and crew have since returned toSouth Africa. It is, however, still hoped that thecarrier will soon become operational.

WILDERNESS SAFARIS266 Gibson Road, Victoria Falls.Tel: +263 912 425 664.Executive: Donald Kawara (Chief Pilot).Email: [email protected]: One Cessna Caravan; three Cessna 206s;and a Cessna 182.

This carrier mainly flies Wilderness Safari’sclients between its base at Victoria Falls and thedifferent camps in Zimbabwe.

Wilderness Air also provides some charteroptions.

ZAMBEZI AIR CHARTERSEmail: [email protected]: Andrew Dawson (MD).Fleet: One Cessna 206, a Cessna 210 and aPiper PA-31 which should be operational soon.

This carrier provides charter services mainlybetween Harare and the Zambezi valley.

ZAC has only been operational a short whilebut is showing good signs of growth in theindustry. Q



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