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Air Comores SA was the flag carrier of the Comoros that operated from 1966 to 1995. The airline was 49% owned by Air France, with the remaining 51% owned by the Comorian state.[1]

Air Comores
IATA ICAO Callsign
AIR COMORES
Founded1966
Ceased operations1995
Destinations5
Parent companyAir France
HeadquartersMoroni
Key people
  • Djamal Eddeine Ahmed

History


Air Comores was founded in 1966 as a charter operator.[2] The airline began service with a Piper PA-23 Aztec B and a Piper PA-23 Apache 160 on routes within the Comoros Islands. The airline then procured two De Havilland D.H.114 from the French carrier UTA. [2]The airline continued to expand its fleet by acquiring two Douglas DC-6s and two Douglas DC-3s. In the early 1970s the airline added two Nord 262s to the fleet. The airline ceased operations in 1974.[2]

In 1975 the airline re-started under a new name, Société Nationale des Transport Aériens and began operations with four Douglas DC-4s. By the late 1980s the carriers fleet included a Boeing 737-200 (leased from South African Airways) and a Fokker F27 Friendship. The airline operated the same route network from the previous Air Comores. By 1995 the airlines fleet included one Fokker F27, three Douglas DC-4s and a Boeing 737-200. However by September of the same year the airline ceased operations after the company failed to pay its debt. [3][2]


Destinations


The airlines route network remained basically unchanged throughout its entire existence:


Africa



Fleet


An Air Comores Boeing 737-200 at Johannesburg Airport, 1984
An Air Comores Boeing 737-200 at Johannesburg Airport, 1984

The Air Comores fleet by 1995 consisted of the following aircraft:


See Also


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References


  1. Martin Ottenheimer; Harriet Ottenheimer (1994). Historical Dictionary of the Comoro Islands. Scarecrow Press. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-0-8108-2819-3.
  2. Ben R. Guttery (1 January 1998). Encyclopedia of African Airlines. Ben Guttery. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-7864-0495-7.
  3. "Air Comores SA history from Comoro Republic, Rest of World". Airline History. Retrieved 2021-11-13.

На других языках

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[fr] Air Comores

Air Comores est une compagnie aérienne formée durant les années 1950 par Yves Le Bret à Moroni, dans l'archipel des Comores. En 1963 Air Comores SARL est devenu Air Comores SA, propriété à parts égales d'Air France et du gouvernement comorien. Nationalisée en 1974 par le président Ahmed Abdallah, la compagnie devint alors Air Comores-Société Nationale des Transports Aériens. Outre les îles de l'archipel, elle desservait alors au départ de Moroni les villes de Dar es Salaam, Mombasa et Tananarive avec trois DC-4. il faut aussi rendre hommage a tous ces pilotes venus du monde entier, Georges Barbarin,Max Lambert Henri Berra, Roger Morencey, Alain Deboutière, Jean-Pierre Astraud, Daniel Legras, Sandi Anzi.


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