Air Austral
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Air Austral is an airline based in St Denis, Réunion, France. It operates scheduled and non-scheduled services from Réunion. Its main base is Roland Garros Airport, St Denis[1].
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[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[1]. 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%).[citation needed] See Air Austral history
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[edit] Fleet
The Air Austral fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2007)[1] :
- 3 Boeing 777-200ER(14/30/316)
- 1 Boeing 737-500(18/96)
- 1 Boeing 737-300(18/112)
- 1 ATR 72-500
- 2 Boeing 777-300ER (leased from ILFC/to join fleet in January 2009)
In March 2006, Air Austral's average fleet age was 7.7 years old[3].
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c Flight International 27 March 2007
- ^ Airline Codes
- ^ Air Austral Fleet Age
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