Air Afrique destinations

Air Afrique destinations

An Air Afrique Airbus A300B4-200 lands at Geneva Airport in 1982

Air Afrique came into being in 1961 as a joint venture between Air France, Union Aéromaritime de Transport (UAT), and eleven former French-speaking colonies in Western and Central Africa, namely Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Dahomey, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Upper Volta.[1] Initially, the company inaugurated its services flying routes within those countries, and linking them as well.[1] On 5 January 1962, the carrier inaugurated its first intercontinental flights with Boeing 707s leased from Air France serving the ParisDakarAbidjan and Paris–DoualaBrazzaville routes.[2]

The airline ceased operations in 2002.[3]:45[4] Following is a list of destinations the airline served all through its history. All destinations shown are currently terminated. Each destination is provided with the country name, the name of the airport served, and both its International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter designator (IATA airport code) and its International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) four-letter designator (ICAO airport code). The list also includes the airports that served either as a hub or as a focus city for the carrier, as well as the destinations served at the time of closure.

List

Hub
Focus city
#
Destination served at the time of closure
City Country/Region IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Abidjan Ivory CoastABJDIAPPort Bouet Airport #[3]:46
Abu Dhabi United Arab EmiratesAUHOMAAAbu Dhabi International Airport[5]
Accra GhanaACCDGAAKotoka International Airport[6]
Athens GreeceATHLGATEllinikon International Airport #[3]:46
Bamako MaliBKOGABSSenou International Airport #[3]:46
Bangui Central African RepublicBGFFEFFBangui M'Poko International Airport #[3]:46
Banjul GambiaBJLGBYDBanjul International Airport #[3]:46
Batouri CameroonOURFKKIBatouri Airport[7]
Beirut LebanonBEYOLBABeirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport[5]
Bissau Guinea-BissauOXBGGOVOsvaldo Vieira International Airport[6]
Bobo-Dioulasso Burkina FasoBOYDFOOBobo Dioulasso Airport[8]
Bordeaux FranceBODLFBDBordeaux–Mérignac Airport[6]
Brazzaville Republic of the CongoBZVFCBBMaya-Maya Airport #[3]:46
Casablanca MoroccoCMNGMMNMohammed V International Airport #[3]:46
Conakry GuineaCKYGUCYConakry International Airport[6]
Cotonou BeninCOODBBBCadjehoun Airport #[3]:46
Dakar SenegalDKRGOOYLéopold Sédar Senghor International Airport #[3]:46
Douala CameroonDLAFKKDDouala International Airport #[3]:46
Freetown Sierra LeoneFNAGFLLLungi International Airport[9]
Garoua CameroonGOUFKKRGaroua International Airport[7]
Geneva  SwitzerlandGVALSGGGeneva International Airport #[3]:46
Jeddah Saudi ArabiaJEDOEJNKing Abdulaziz International Airport[6]
Johannesburg South AfricaJNBFAJSOR Tambo International Airport[6]
Kano NigeriaKANDNKNMallam Aminu Kano International Airport[6]
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the CongoFIHFZAAN'djili Airport[6]
Lagos NigeriaLOSDNMMMurtala Mohammed International Airport[6]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria SpainLPAGCLPGran Canaria Airport[10]
Libreville GabonLBVFOOLLibreville International Airport #[3]:46
Lisbon PortugalLISLPPTLisbon Portela Airport[6]
Lomé TogoLFWDXXXLomé-Tokoin Airport #[3]:46
London United KingdomLGWEGKKGatwick Airport
London United KingdomLHREGLLHeathrow Airport
Lyon FranceLYSLFLLLyon-Saint Exupéry Airport[10]
Malabo Equatorial GuineaSSGFGSLMalabo International Airport[6]
Maroua CameroonMVRFKKLSalak Airport[7]
Marseille FranceMRSLFMLMarseille Provence Airport #[3]:46
Monrovia LiberiaROBGLRBRoberts International Airport[6]
N'Djamena ChadNDJFTTJN'Djamena International Airport #[3]:46
Nairobi KenyaNBOHKJKJomo Kenyatta International Airport[5]
New York United StatesJFKKJFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport #[3]:46[9]
Ngaoundéré CameroonNGEFKKNNgaoundéré Airport[7]
Niamey NigerNIMDRRNDiori Hamani International Airport #[3]:46
Nice FranceNCELFMNNice Côte d'Azur Airport[10]
Nouadhibou MauritaniaNDBGQPPNouadhibou International Airport[11]
Nouakchott MauritaniaNKCGQNNNouakchott International Airport #[3]:46
Ouagadougou Burkina FasoOUADFFDOuagadougou Airport #[3]:46
Paris FranceCDGLFPGCharles de Gaulle Airport #[3]:46[9]
Paris FranceLBGLFPBLe Bourget Airport[11]
Pointe Noire Republic of the CongoPNRFCPPPointe Noire Airport #[3]:46
Port-Gentil GabonPOGFOOGPort-Gentil International Airport[8]
Rome ItalyFCOLIRFLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport #[3]:46[9]
Saint-Louis SenegalXLSGOSSSaint-Louis Airport[8]
Yagoua CameroonGXXFKKJYagoua Airport[7]
Yaoundé CameroonNSIFKYSYaoundé Nsimalen International Airport[7]
Zurich  SwitzerlandZRHLSZHKloten Airport[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "AIR AFRIQUE MAKES ITS BOW" (PDF). Flight: 724. 25 May 1961. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  2. "Air Afrique Jet Services" (PDF). Flight International: 162. 1 February 1962. Retrieved 5 December 2011. On January 5 Air Afrique inaugurated its first intercontinental jet services on the Paris - Dakar - Abidjan and Paris - Douala - Brazzaville routes. Boeing 707s leased from Air France are used, and the new services to Paris connect with Air Afrique's regional network linking the capitals of 11 newly independent former French African States.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22
  4. Christina MacKenzie (19 February 2002  25 February 2002). "Air Afrique reaches end of the line" (pdf). Flight International: 36. Retrieved 30 March 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "World Airline Directory  Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 57. 4 April 2000  10 April 2000. Retrieved 16 June 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 "World Airline Directory  Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 53. 20 March 2001  26 March 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 "Air Afrique Timetable – Cameroon Domestic Network & Central Africa-West Africa-U.S.A.". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Air Afrique Timetable – Morocco-Canarias-Mauritania-Senegal, Senegal-Mali-Niger-Dahomey, Ivory Coast-Upper Volta & Freighter Network". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 "World Airline Directory  Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 39. 7 April 1998  7 April 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2011. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "World Airline Directory  Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)" (pdf). Flight International: 900. 10 April 1976. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  11. 11.0 11.1 "Air Afrique Timetable – West Africa-Europe". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.