Air Austral

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Air Austral is an airline based in Réunion. It operates scheduled domestic and international services from Réunion. Its main base is Roland Garros Airport (St Denis Gillot Airport).

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Destinations 3.1 Reunion 3.2 Africa 3.3 Europe 3.4 Code Share 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: UU
• ICAO Code: REU
• Callsign: REUNION ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established in October 1974 and started operations in March 1975. It was originally known as Réunion Air Service and was renamed in 1987 to Air Réunion and again in 1990 to Air Austral. Services to Paris were introduced on 28 June 2003. It has been granted rights to operate to other cities in southern and East Africa and the Indian Ocean on a non-scheduled basis. Air Austral is owned by Sematra (37.72%), Air France (33.36%) and French banks and other financial institutions (26.3%).

[edit] Destinations

Air Austral operates the following services (January 2006):

[edit] Reunion

• Saint-Denis, Réunion
• St Pierre de la Reunion

[edit] Africa

• Antananarivo
• Dzaoudzi
• Johannesburg
• Mahé
• Majunga
• Mauritius
• Moroni
• Nossi-Be, Paris
• Tamatave

[edit] Europe

• Lyon
• Marseille
• Paris

[edit] Code Share

Air Austral is launching flights to Bangkok in Thailand in alliance with Air Madagascar.

[edit] Fleet

The Air Austral fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2]:

• 3 Boeing 777-200ER
• 1 Boeing 737-500
• 1 Boeing 737-300
• 1 ATR 72-500

In March 2006, Air Austral's average fleet age was 7.7 years old.

[edit] External links

• Air Austral
• Air Austral Fleet Age
• air Austral Passenger Opinions

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006