African Safari Airways

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Africa Safari Air
IATA
A2
ICAO
QSC
Callsign
ZEBRA
Founded 2009
Hubs Moi International Airport
Fleet size 10
Destinations 4
Headquarters Entebbe, EACU
Website http://www.africansafariclub.com/html/flights.php

Africa Safari Air Activated in 2009. It was an airline based in Mombasa, Kenya. It operated charter flights and inclusive tours since 1967 from Europe, mainly to Mombasa. Its main base was Moi International Airport, Mombasa.[1]

History

Entebbe Airport in 2013]]

African Safari Douglas DC-8 at Frankfurt Airport in 1977
image =Airline(ASA), Africa Safari Air 10522.jpg

Founded in 1967, African Safari Airways was part of the African Safari Club Group of companies. The airline operated charter flights from European hub airports including London, Frankfurt, Munich, Basel, Milan, Rome, Madrid, Vienna and Paris to Egypt and Kenya.

The airline bought a Douglas DC-8-53 intercontinental turbojet airliner from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines in August 1976 and operated the aircraft on its long distance holiday routes until it was sold in November 1982.[2]

In 1999, the Group, which included a domestic airline in Kenya operating a fleet of 7 aircraft, two cruise ships, 10 hotels, 5 lodges and a vast travel agency network in Europe, faced bankruptcy and engaged Kai Wulff (owner of Plexus Ltd. Consultancy) to manage all its operations and to lead a turn-around.

The group re-entered profitability in 2001 and Wulff replaced their aged Douglas DC-10 with an Airbus A310 in a 3-class configuration. After the end of the management term of Wulff in 2004, the company continued to operate as a vertically integrated group until its slow demise which started in 2008 after the post election violence in Kenya.

ASA's domestic daughter company was Skytrails operating 7 planes between 1998 and 2005.

African Safari Airways became Africa Safari Air in 2009. It is based in East Africa. The main hubs are Entebbe and Mombasa. It sometimes connected to Johannesburg in the Republic of South Africa (RSA). The airline has one international connection to North America (Halifax, Canada).

Destinations

[citation needed] Africa Safari Air operated the following services (at August 2009):

Africa

America

European Union

    • London (London Gatwick Airport)

Fleet

As of March 2007 the Africa Safari Air fleet included:[1]

Previously operated

From 1976 until 1982, African Safari operated a Douglas DC-8 and between 1992 and 2002, the airline operated a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (5Y-MBA) aircraft, however this was withdrawn from service.[citation needed]

Bibliography

  • Eastwood, Tony (2004). Jet Airliner Production List - Volume 2. The Aviation Hobby Shop. 

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 51. 
  2. Eastwood, 2004, p. 240

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.