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ASKY Airlines is a private multinational passenger airline serving West and Central Africa, with its head office in Lomé, Togo and its hub at Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport.[3]

Asky Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign KP SKK ASKY AIRLINE
Founded	June 2008
Commenced operations	15 January 2010
Hubs	Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	ASKY Club
Fleet size	12
Destinations	23
Headquarters	Lomé, Togo
Key people	Esayas WoldeMariam (Managing Director),[1] Nowel Ngala (Commercial Director)[2]
Website	www.flyasky.com

The airline is a strategic partner of Ethiopian Airlines, and has been consistently profitable since 2017.[2]

History

Foundation

After the pan-African airline Air Afrique went bankrupt in 2002, cross-border air transport in Africa became more difficult, especially in West and Central Africa. At a conference of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) at Niamey in Niger on 10 January 2004, it was decided to create a private, competitive, cost-effective airline offering all guarantees of safety and security for the region.[4]

In September 2005, under the initiative of Gervais Koffi G. Djondo, the company for the promotion of a regional airline (SPCAR) was set up, which led to various feasibility studies and market studies, and sought financial and strategic partners; this led to the establishment of ASKY Airlines in November 2007 with Gervais Koffi G. Djondo as President. On 17 January 2008 the General Meeting to establish the new international private airline was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 80% of shares were to be held by private investors, and 20% by public financial institutions whose mission is to support privately owned development institutions.[5] Ethiopian Airlines became the technical and strategic partner under a management contract for the first five years of operation, holding a 40% stake.[6][7]

Originally planned for April 2009, the first revenue flight took place on 15 January 2010.^{[citation needed]}

Corporate affairs

Ownership

The airline is privately owned. Main shareholders are Ethiopian Airlines (40%), Ecobank, BIDC, BOAD, Sakhumnotho Group Holding and other West and Central African private investors.[8]

Business trends

Asky Airlines has been reported as being profitable,[9] although accounts do not seem to have been published. The airline states that it was first profitable in 2015, and then again from 2017 to 2019.[2]

Recent available figures (largely from AFRAA reports) are shown below (for years ending 31 December):

	2016	2017	2018	2019
Turnover (XOF billions)				95.0
Net profit / loss (XOF billions)	loss	profit	profit	profit
Number of employees (at year end)	454	458
Number of passengers (000s)	488	488	559
Passenger load factor (%)	63.2	61.5	61.0
Number of aircraft (at year end)	8	7	8	8
Notes/sources	[10]	[11]	[8]	[12][2]

Destinations

Asky Airlines serves the following 19 scheduled destinations throughout West and Central Africa from its hub at Lome (October 2017):[13]

	Hub
	Future
	Suspended route

City	Country	IATA	ICAO	Airport	Refs
Abidjan	Côte d'Ivoire	ABJ	DIAP	Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport	[13]
Abuja	Nigeria	ABV	DNAA	Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport	[13]
Accra	Ghana	ACC	DGAA	Kotoka International Airport	[13]
Bamako	Mali	BKO	GABS	Bamako-Sénou International Airport	[13]
Bangui	Central African Republic	BGF	FEFF	Bangui M'Poko International Airport	[13]
Banjul	Gambia	BJL	GBYD	Banjul International Airport	[13]
Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	OXB	GGOV	Osvaldo Vieira International Airport	[13]
Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	BZV	FCBB	Maya-Maya Airport	[13]
Conakry	Guinea	CKY	GUCY	Conakry International Airport	[13]
Cotonou	Benin	COO	DBBB	Cadjehoun Airport	[13]
Dakar	Senegal	DSS	GOBD	Blaise Diagne International Airport	[13]
Douala	Cameroon	DLA	FKKD	Douala International Airport	[13]
Freetown	Sierra Leone	FNA	GFLL	Lungi International Airport	[13]
Johannesburg	South Africa	JNB	FAOR	O. R. Tambo International Airport	[13]
Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	FIH	FZAA	N'djili Airport	[13]
Lagos	Nigeria	LOS	DNMM	Murtala Mohammed International Airport	[13]
Libreville	Gabon	LBV	FOOL	Léon-Mba International Airport	[13]
Lomé	Togo	LFW	DXXX	Gnassingbé Eyadéma International Airport	[13]
Malabo	Equatorial Guinea	SSG	FGSL	Malabo International Airport	[13]
Monrovia	Liberia	ROB	GLRB	Roberts International Airport	[13]
Monrovia	Liberia	MLW	GLMR	Spriggs Payne Airport	[13]
N'Djamena	Chad	NDJ	FTTJ	N'Djamena International Airport	[13]
Niamey	Niger	NIM	DRRN	Diori Hamani International Airport	[13]
Nouakchott	Mauritania	NUI	MEEH	Nouakchott-Oumtounsy International Airport	[13]
Ouagadougou	Burkina Faso	OUA	DFFD	Thomas Sankara International Airport	[13]
Pointe Noire	Republic of the Congo	PNR	FCPP	Agostinho-Neto International Airport	[13]
Yaoundé	Cameroon	NSI	FKYS	Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport	[13]

Alliances and codeshare agreements

Asky is able to connect flights in its network to various points in the Ethiopian Airlines network, with whom it has codeshare arrangements, via Addis Ababa and beyond to the Middle East, Far East, and East Africa. In 2021, ASKY became a member of IATA.[14]

Fleet

The ASKY Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft as of April 2021:

Asky Airlines fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Boeing 737-700	5	—	16	99	115
Boeing 737-800	5	—	16	138	154
Total	10	0

ASKY was one of the first airlines in the world to operate dual-class Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft, with a completely separate cabin for business class passengers.

Accidents and incidents

• On 10 January 2015 an Asky Airlines Boeing 737-43QSF (leased from Ethiopian Airlines), was damaged beyond repair in a landing accident and runway excursion at Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana. The aircraft was written off and there were no fatalities.[15]

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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[de] Asky Airlines

Asky Airlines (Eigenschreibweise ASKY Airlines) ist eine togoische Fluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Lomé und Basis auf dem Flughafen Lomé.

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- [en] Asky Airlines

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[es] ASKY Airlines

ASKY Airlines es una aerolínea de pasajeros con base en Lomé, la capital de Togo. La aerolínea tiene su base de operaciones en el Aeropuerto de Lomé-Tokoin.

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[fr] Asky

Asky (code AITA : KP ; code OACI :) est une compagnie aérienne panafricaine, basée au Togo.

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[it] Asky Airlines

Asky Airlines è una compagnia aerea multinazionale privata che serve passeggeri dell'Africa occidentale e centrale, con sede a Lomé, Togo, e hub presso l'aeroporto Internazionale di Gnassingbé Eyadéma.[1]

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[ru] ASKY Airlines

ASKY Airlines — частная авиакомпания, выполняющая рейсы в Западной и Центральной Африке с головным офисом в Ломе, Того, и базой в международном аэропорту Гнассингбе Эйадемы[1].

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