Air Afrique came into being in 1961 (1961) as a joint venture between Air France, Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT), and eleven former French-speaking colonies in Western and Central Africa, namely Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Dahomey, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta.[1] Initially, the company inaugurated its services flying routes within those countries, and linking them as well.[1] On 5 January 1962, the carrier inaugurated its first intercontinental flights with Boeing 707s leased from Air France serving the Paris–Dakar–Abidjan and Paris–Douala–Brazzaville routes.[2]
The airline ceased operations in 2002.[3]: 45 [4] Following is a list of destinations the airline served all through its history. All destinations shown are currently terminated. Each destination is provided with the country name, the name of the airport served, and both its International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter designator (IATA airport code) and its International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) four-letter designator (ICAO airport code). The list also includes the airports that served either as a hub or as a focus city for the carrier, as well as the destinations served at the time of closure.
† | Hub |
‡ | Focus city |
# | Destination served at the time of closure |
City | Country/Region | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abidjan | ![]() | ABJ | DIAP | Port Bouet Airport † # | [3]: 46 |
Abu Dhabi | ![]() | AUH | OMAA | Abu Dhabi International Airport | [5] |
Accra | ![]() | ACC | DGAA | Kotoka International Airport | [6] |
Athens | ![]() | ATH | LGAT | Ellinikon International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Bamako | ![]() | BKO | GABS | Senou International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Bangui | ![]() | BGF | FEFF | Bangui M'Poko International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Banjul | ![]() | BJL | GBYD | Banjul International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Batouri | ![]() | OUR | FKKI | Batouri Airport | [7] |
Beirut | ![]() | BEY | OLBA | Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport | [5] |
Bissau | ![]() | OXB | GGOV | Osvaldo Vieira International Airport | [6] |
Bobo-Dioulasso | ![]() | BOY | DFOO | Bobo Dioulasso Airport | [8] |
Bordeaux | ![]() | BOD | LFBD | Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport | [6] |
Brazzaville | ![]() | BZV | FCBB | Maya-Maya Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Casablanca | ![]() | CMN | GMMN | Mohammed V International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Conakry | ![]() | CKY | GUCY | Conakry International Airport | [6] |
Cotonou | ![]() | COO | DBBB | Cadjehoun Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Dakar | ![]() | DKR | GOOY | Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport ‡ # | [3]: 46 |
Douala | ![]() | DLA | FKKD | Douala International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Freetown | ![]() | FNA | GFLL | Lungi International Airport | [9] |
Garoua | ![]() | GOU | FKKR | Garoua International Airport | [7] |
Geneva | ![]() | GVA | LSGG | Geneva International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Jeddah | ![]() | JED | OEJN | King Abdulaziz International Airport | [6] |
Johannesburg | ![]() | JNB | FAJS | OR Tambo International Airport | [6] |
Kano | ![]() | KAN | DNKN | Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport | [6] |
Kinshasa | ![]() | FIH | FZAA | N'djili Airport | [6] |
Lagos | ![]() | LOS | DNMM | Murtala Mohammed International Airport | [6] |
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria | ![]() | LPA | GCLP | Gran Canaria Airport | [10] |
Libreville | ![]() | LBV | FOOL | Libreville International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Lisbon | ![]() | LIS | LPPT | Lisbon Portela Airport | [6] |
Lomé | ![]() | LFW | DXXX | Lomé-Tokoin Airport # | [3]: 46 |
London | ![]() | LGW | EGKK | Gatwick Airport | [citation needed] |
London | ![]() | LHR | EGLL | Heathrow Airport | [citation needed] |
Lyon | ![]() | LYS | LFLL | Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport | [10] |
Malabo | ![]() | SSG | FGSL | Malabo International Airport | [6] |
Maroua | ![]() | MVR | FKKL | Salak Airport | [7] |
Marseille | ![]() | MRS | LFML | Marseille Provence Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Monrovia | ![]() | ROB | GLRB | Roberts International Airport | [6] |
N'Djamena | ![]() | NDJ | FTTJ | N'Djamena International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Nairobi | ![]() | NBO | HKJK | Jomo Kenyatta International Airport | [5] |
New York | ![]() | JFK | KJFK | John F. Kennedy International Airport # | [3]: 46 [9] |
Ngaoundéré | ![]() | NGE | FKKN | Ngaoundéré Airport | [7] |
Niamey | ![]() | NIM | DRRN | Diori Hamani International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Nice | ![]() | NCE | LFMN | Nice Côte d'Azur Airport | [10] |
Nouadhibou | ![]() | NDB | GQPP | Nouadhibou International Airport | [11] |
Nouakchott | ![]() | NKC | GQNN | Nouakchott International Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Ouagadougou | ![]() | OUA | DFFD | Ouagadougou Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Paris | ![]() | CDG | LFPG | Charles de Gaulle Airport # | [3]: 46 [9] |
Paris | ![]() | LBG | LFPB | Le Bourget Airport | [11] |
Pointe Noire | ![]() | PNR | FCPP | Pointe Noire Airport # | [3]: 46 |
Port-Gentil | ![]() | POG | FOOG | Port-Gentil International Airport | [8] |
Rome | ![]() | FCO | LIRF | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport # | [3]: 46 [9] |
Saint-Louis | ![]() | XLS | GOSS | Saint-Louis Airport | [8] |
Yagoua | ![]() | GXX | FKKJ | Yagoua Airport | [7] |
Yaoundé | ![]() | NSI | FKYS | Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport | [7] |
Zurich | ![]() | ZRH | LSZH | Kloten Airport | [5] |
On January 5 Air Afrique inaugurated its first intercontinental jet services on the Paris - Dakar - Abidjan and Paris - Douala - Brazzaville routes. Boeing 707s leased from Air France are used, and the new services to Paris connect with Air Afrique's regional network linking the capitals of 11 newly independent former French African States.