Air Madagascar

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Air Madagascar

IATA MD	ICAO MDG	Callsign AIR MADAGASCAR
Founded		1962
Hubs		Ivato International Airport
Frequent flyer program		NAMAKO
Fleet size		13
Destinations		47
Headquarters		Antananarivo, Madagascar
Key people		Mr. Heriniaina Razafimahefa (Chairman)
Website: http://www.airmadagascar.mg/

Air Madagascar is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar. It is the national airline operating services to Europe, Asia and neighbouring African and Indian Ocean island cities. It also operates an extensive domestic network. Its main base is Ivato International Airport (TNR), Antananarivo.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

The airline was established on 1 January 1962 and started operations on 14 October 1962. It had originally been formed under the name Madair by the government of the then new Malagasy Republic and Air France and changed its name to Air Madagascar in 1962. During the 1980s and 1990s, Air Madagascar possessed, among others, one Boeing 747. After severe problems in the 2000 to 2002 period the airline was restructured with assistance from Lufthansa Consulting. In late-2004, the airline unveiled a revised colour scheme. The airline is owned by the Malagasy government (89.56%), privately held (6.95%) and Air France (3.48%). It employs 1292 staff.

[edit] Services

Air Madagascar operates the following services (at January 2005):

Domestic scheduled destinations: Ambanja, Ambatomainty, Ambatondrazaka, Analalava, Ankavandra, Antalaha, Antananarivo, Antsalova, Antsiranana, Antsohihy, Belo, Besalampy, Farafangana, Fianarantsoa, Fort Dauphin at Tolagnaro, Maintirano, Majunga, Mampikony, Manakara, Mananara, Mananjary, Mandritsara, Manja, Maroantsetra, Morafenobe, Morombe, Morondava, Nossi-Be, Port Berge, Sambava, Soalala, Ste Marie, Tamatave, Tambohorano, Tsaratanana, Tsiroanomandidy, Tulear and Vohemar.

International scheduled destinations: Bangkok, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Milan, Moroni, Nairobi ,Paris, St Denis and St Pierre de la Reunion.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Madagascar includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[1] :

2 Boeing 767-300ER
2 Boeing 737-300
3 ATR 42-300
2 ATR 72-500
4 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
On order: 1 ATR 42-500

Previously operated:

2 Boeing 737-200 (as of July 2005)

On 15 June 2005 the airline ordered two new ATR 72-500 aircraft and one ATR 42-500 aircraft (with options on two further ATR 42-500s) to replace its three current ATR 42-300s. The ATR 72s would be delivered in late 2005 with the ATR 42 following in mid-2006. ^[2]