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Air Burkina SA is the national airline of Burkina Faso, operating scheduled services from its main base at Ouagadougou Airport.[1] to one domestic destination, Bobo-Dioulasso, as well as regional services to Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana. From 2001 to 2017, the airline was majority owned by an AKFED/IPS consortium, but is now back in government ownership, with reports that a new investor is being sought.[2][3]

Air Burkina

IATA ICAO Callsign 2J VBW BURKINA
Founded	1967
Hubs	Ouagadougou Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Celestair
Fleet size	2
Destinations	9
Parent company	Government of Burkina Faso
Headquarters	Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Website	www.air-burkina.com

History

The airline was established on 17 March 1967 under the name Air Volta. It was originally part owned by the Burkinabé government, part by Air France and part privately held. It purchased its first aircraft, an Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, in 1978, and added a second, a Fokker F28, in 1983.[4]

Over the years, the airline has had serious debt problems, reaching a deficit of one billion CFA francs in 1992 (approx. €1,500,000). In part to address its debt problem, the Burkina Faso government privatised Air Burkina on 21 February 2001, transferring 56% of the shares to the AKFED/IPS consortium, part of the Aga Khan Development Network.[1] At that time, the government retained 14% of shares.[4] In 2001, following Air Burkina's privatisation and the liquidation of Air Afrique, the airline's debt had largely been alleviated and it was predicting an annual revenue of around 3.5 billion CFA francs (more than €5,000,000).[4][5]

The company saw a general strike in 2002, when workers demanded a 25% wage increase. In the resulting conflict, the director-general of Air Burkina was forced to resign. ^{[citation needed]}

In August 2013 press reports said that the majority shareholder, AKFED & IPS, will be called in for talks by the Government after its most recent Council of Ministers meeting resolved to discuss the airline's financial state. According to the Burkinabé Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport, a report presented to government claimed the Burkinabé national carrier "faces a difficult financial and economic situation."[6] In May 2017 it was announced that the government had taken over the management of Air Burkina, following the signing of a contract of management cessation with AKFED, with the sale of shares to be made at a symbolic franc.[2] There were also reports that a new investor was being sought.[3]

Corporate affairs

Shareholders

The airline is currently (May 2017) owned by the Government of Burkina Faso.[2]

From 2001 to 2017, the company has been majority owned by an AKFED/IPS consortium, and was therefore a member of the Celestair alliance of African airlines.[7]

Business trends

Financial and other business figures for Air Burkina are not fully available, as the company was privately owned until 2017. In the absence of the accounts, some information has been made available, usually in the press, as shown below:

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Turnover (CFA bn)		25
Profits (CFA m)
Number of employees				262	254			230
Number of passengers (000s)		160	17		129	107.6
Passenger load factor (%)
Number of aircraft (at year end)			5	3	3	2		2
Notes/sources		[8]	[9]	[10]	[11]	[12]		[13]

Head office

Air Burkina is headquartered in the Air Burkina Building (French: Immeuble Air Burkina) in Avenue de la Nation, Ouagadougou.[14][15]

Destinations

Air Burkina serves the following destinations (as of May 2017):[16]

	Hub
	Future
	Terminated route

City	Country	IATA	ICAO	Airport	Refs
Abidjan	Ivory Coast	ABJ	DIAP	Port Bouet Airport
Accra	Ghana	ACC	DGAA	Kotoka International Airport
Bamako	Mali	BKO	GABS	Modibo Keita International Airport
Bobo-Dioulasso	Burkina Faso	BOY	DFOO	Bobo Dioulasso Airport
Cotonou	Benin	COO	DBBB	Cadjehoun Airport
Dakar	Senegal	DSS	GOOY	Blaise Diagne International Airport
Lomé	Togo	LFW	DXXX	Lomé-Tokoin International Airport
Niamey	Niger	NIM	DRRN	Diori Hamani International Airport
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	OUA	DFFD	Thomas Sankara International Airport

Codeshare agreements

Air Burkina has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:[17]

• Air France
• ASKY Airlines
• Kenya Airways

Fleet

Current fleet

As of February 2021^[update], the Air Burkina fleet consists of the following aircraft:[18][19]

Air Burkina fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Passengers			Notes
		C	Y	Total
Embraer E-170	2	12	56	68	[20]
Total	2

Historical fleet

The airline has operated various aircraft in the past, including two Bombardier CRJ200s, two McDonnell Douglas MD-87s and 3 Fokker F28s.[21]

Notable Pilots

• Zenab Issa Oki Soumaïne was Chad's first female pilot and flew for Air Burkina.[22]

References

• AeroTransport Data Bank

External links

• Air Burkina (in French)
• Air Burkina Fleet

На других языках

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[de] Air Burkina

Air Burkina (ursprünglich Air Volta) ist die nationale Fluggesellschaft Burkina Fasos mit Sitz in Ouagadougou und Basis auf dem Flughafen Ouagadougou.

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- [en] Air Burkina

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[es] Air Burkina

Air Burkina es una aerolínea con base en Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Es la aerolínea de bandera, que efectúa vuelos de cabotaje regulares (Bobo-Dioulasso), así como vuelos regionales a Togo, Benín, Malí, Níger, Costa de Marfil y Ghana. Su base principal es el Aeropuerto de Uagadugú.[1]

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[fr] Air Burkina

Air Burkina est une compagnie aérienne du Burkina Faso basée à Ouagadougou. C'est la compagnie historique de l'état burkinabè qui est actuellement majoritaire après 15 ans de privatisation de l'entreprise par le groupe Célestair (en).

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[it] Air Burkina

Air Burkina è la compagnia di bandiera del Burkina Faso, costituita il 17 marzo 1967, con il nome di Air Volta, è stata rinominata nel 1984,[1] ha la propria sede principale nella capitale Ouagadougou.[2]

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[ru] Air Burkina

Air Burkina — флагманская авиакомпания Буркина-Фасо со штаб-квартирой в Уагадугу[1][2], выполняющая регулярные пассажирские перевозки по местным (Бобо-Диуласо) и региональным международным маршрутам (Того, Бенин, Мали, Нигер, Кот-д’Ивуар, Гана), а также в два аэропорта Франции[3].

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