AFRICAN AIRLINE DIRECTORY 2010 - World Airnews

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Fleet: This consists of various types of aircraft, such as
Cessna 207, Beech 55, Cessna 310, Beech 99, Piper
Navajo, Jet Corvette, Pier Aztec and Cessna 310.
This Madagascan operator provides charter and scheduled
services to domestic and regional destinations.
AERONAUTICA
(Angola)
CP 1228C, Luanda. E-mail: girglobalda@netangola.com
Executive: V. Amoesx (CEO).
Fleet: One An-32 and one Beech King Air 200.
This carrier operates passenger and cargo services on
a domestic basis.
AERONAV AIR SERVICES
(Kenya)
PO Box 74714, 00200 Nairobi.
Tel: +254 20 605997. Fax: +254 20 605829.
E-mail: sales@kenyaaeronav.com
Executives: Capt. J.M. Ririani (MD), Capt. T. Murage (chief
pilot), A. A. Juma (operations/marketing), J. Githinji (commercial
director).
Fleet: A mixed bag of Cessna 172, C206, Beech Baron 58,
Piper PA-34, Cessna 208 Grand Caravan and DHC-6 Twin
Otter aircraft.
Daily scheduled flights are operated to Ukunda,
Mombasa, Malindi, Amboseli and Lamu. The airline also
operates charters out of Wilson Airport and Ukunda to other
parts of eastern and central Africa.
AERONAUTICA GIRA GLOBO
(Angola)
c/o Transteco, 4 de Feveiro Luanda Airport.
Tel: +244 2 322 678. E-mail: giraglobalda@netangola.com
Executive: V Amoes (CEO).
Fleet: One each Antonov An-32, IL-76, ERJ135, Beech King
Air 200 and King Air B200.
Aeronautica is an airline based in Luanda. It operates
charter freight and passenger services in Angola. Its main
base is Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda
AERO-SERVICES
(Congo)
BP 1138, Point Noire.
Tel: +242 94 2221. Fax: 242 94 1441.
E-mail: info@aero-service.net
Executive: C Griesbaum (president).
Fleet: One each Antonov An-12BK, Casa 212-300, Casa
212-100, Cessna 404 Titan, C402B and two each Brittan
Norman BN2A-9s and two Antonov An-24RVs.
This operator provides commuter and charter services
within the Congo and neighbouring countries. It was founded
as a food freight company and later grew and developed to
an airline.
AFRICA CHARTER AIRLINE
(South Africa)
PO Box 25679, Lakefield, 1527
Tel: +27 11 395 3962. Fax: +27 11 395 3963.
E-mail: info@africacharterairline.com
Executives: J. Mark (CEO), Ms V. Pillay (finance), M. Winter
(operations), Ms. L. Peschl and Ms. C. Cramer (ground
operations), Capt. T. Eleftheriou (chief pilot), D. Krynauw
(engineering).
Fleet: Two Boeing 737-200 freighhters and one each B727-
200F freighter and B737-200F freighter. On order: One Boeing
737-200F freighter.
Africa Charter Airline was born out of Outsourcing for
Africa, an established name in the South African charter industry,
providing aircraft for short term leasing and contracts.
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The carrier arranges charters for private and corporate
groups ranging from small groups of 10, right through to
larger groups of exceeding 350. It is able to offer clients any
destination in the world, leasing in additional aircraft when
demand dictates.
AFRICA WEST AIRLINES
(Togo)
BP 10019, Lomé.
Tel: +228 226 8810. Fax: +228 226 1749.
E-mail: info@africawestcargo.com
Executives: C. Sitterlin (chairman), Y. Erbs (director).
Fleet: Three An-12s,two B747-200Fs, IL 76s and DC 8-62s.
This cargo airline operates services from Europe to Lomé
using a Boeing B747F under a code share with MK Airlines.
Other services from Lomé to Abidjan, Accra, Bangui,
Bamako, Brazzaville, Cotonou, Conakry, Douala, Freetown,
Libreville, Monrovia, Malabo, N’djamena, Niamey,
Ouagadougou, Pointe Noire and Port Gentil are operated
when required.
AFRICAN AIRLINE INVESTMENTS
(South Africa)
PO Box 720, Lanseria, 1748.
Tel: +27 11 701 3202. E-mail: gerda@african-airlines.net
Executives: Hugo van der Aiye (chairman), Andre van
Heerden (CEO), Gavin Branson (operations), Nico Pieters
(finance), Michael O’Brien (planning), Gert van Pyper, (chief
engineer), Gerda Muller (public relations).
Fleet: Seven BAE 146-200/300s, three Boeing 727-200Fs
and five Embraer 120 Brasilias.
This company’s core business is the leasing out of aircraft
on an ACMI basis to mainly passenger airlines operating
chiefly in Africa. Some of the current operations are
based in Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Democratic Republic
Congo, and soon in Togo. There is a BAe 146 and one
Brasilia at Lanseria Airport for the charter market.
AFRICAN AIR SERVICES COMMUTER
(Democratic Republic Congo)
200, Boulevard P.E Lumumba, C/ Ibanda, Bukavu - DRC
Tel: +243 99 35 14 090. E-mail: fey_mbwriza2002@yahoo.fr
Fleet: Two LET 410s.
From its Bukavu base in the east of DRC, the airline provides
charters and schedule services to Butembo, Isiro,
Bunia, Bumba, Buta, Watsa, Kisangani Goma, Kindu and
others town and villages in eastern region of the DRC. The
carrier also provides charter services to East Africa.
AFRICAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL
(Kenya)
PO Box 74772, Nairobi.
Tel: +254 20 82 4333. Fax: +254 20 82 3999.
Executives: Capt. M.H. Bulhan (managing director), Capt.
P. Ndavi (operations) and N. Kilonzi (chief engineer).
Fleet: One each Boeing 707-320B, B727-200, B727-200F
and Fokker F28-1000.
This airline operates to Mombasa, Eldoret, Muscat, Jeddah,
Hargeisha and Bujumbura.
AFRICAN EXPRESS AIRWAYS
(Kenya)
PO Box 91202, Nairobi.
Tel: +254 20824333. Fax: +254 20 823999.
E-mail: afex@nbnet.co.ke
Executives: Capt. M. H. Bulhan (CEO), A.K. Hawa (commercial),
Capt. T.M. Mwangi (chief pilot), K. Abai (chief engineer)
W. Kuto (operations), H. Kilonzi (technical).
Fleet: Two Boeing 727-200s, two DC-9-32s and two Boeing
747-200s.
The airline serves Mombasa, Moroni, Mayotee, Zanzibar,
Mogadishu, Hargeisha, Sharjah, Karachi, Muscat and
Eldoret.
AFRICAN SAFARI AIRWAYS
(Kenya)
PO Box 81443, Mombasa.
Tel: +254 451 4584909. E-mail: cork@ascag.net
Executives: K.J. Rudin (CEO), H.P. Rudin (director), Capt
C. Cork (operations), Capt. M. Staud (chief pilot), D. Hoyer
(chief engineer).
Fleet: one Airbus A319-200.
Established in 1967, this airline flies from Mombasa to
Luxor, Basel, Zurich, Munich, Berlin and Frankfurt on charter
flights.
AFRIJET BUSINESS SERVICE
(Gabon)
BP 10253, Libreville.
Tel: +241 44 5885/89. Fax: +241 44 5886.
E-mail: contact@afrijet.ga
Executive: J.B. Tomi.
Fleet: Two each Dassault Falcon 50s and Falcon 900s.
Afrijet Business Services operates corporate jet charters
from its Libreville base. No other information is available.
AFRIQIYAH AIRWAYS
(Libya)
PO Box 83428, Tripoli.
Tel: +218 21 444 4409. Fax: +218 21 444 9128.
E-mail: melmesshkhy@afriqiyah.aero
Executive: R. Ettir (CEO).
Fleet: Four Airbus A319s, three A320s, two A330-200s, two
A300B4-622Rs and one VIP A340-200. On order: Six A350-
800s, 11 A320s.
This Libyan carrier, 100% owned by the Libyan
Government, was established in 2001 and operates
scheduled domestic services to several destinations, as well
as regional flights to London, Dusseldorf, Manchester, Paris,
Brussels and Geneva in Europe, and Accra, Bamako, Dakar,
Johannesburg, Lomé, Lagos, Khartoum, Kano, N’djamena,
Niamey, Tripoli, Ouagadougou, Cotonou, and Abidjan, in
Africa.
AIR 26 LINHAS AEREAS
(Angola)
68B Rua Emilio M Bidi, Luanda
Tel: +224 222 329152. Fax: +224 222 397 045.
Executive: L Duart (CEO).
Fleet: Six Embraer Brasilias.
This airline operates from Luanda Quatro de Fevereiro
International Airport providing a domestic schedule and charter
service. The airline also started cargo services with a recently
acquired freighter-configured Brasilia.
AIR ALGERIE
(Algeria)
BP 130, DZ-16000 Dar-el-Beida.
Tel: +213 21 653340. Fax: +213 21 744425.
E-mail: contacts@airalgerie.dz
Executives: M.T. Benouis (president/director general), T.S.
Reda (assistant D-Gl), M.H. Rabia (financial), Capt. B. Anad
(flight operations), A. Boucetta (commercial), M. Zidane
(technical), R. Tebbi (transport).
Fleet: Five Airbus A330-200s, three Boeing 767-300ERs,
ten B737-800s, one Lockheed Martin L382G, five B737-
600s, one B737-200C, six ATR-72-500s.
On order: Seven B737-800s.
Air Algerie operates, in addition to a 37-point domestic
and regional network in North and West Africa, to France,
Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Austria, England, Germany,
Switzerland, Russia, Romania, Czech Republic and the Middle
East.
AIR ARABIA EGYPT
E-mail: contactus@airarabia.com
Fleet: Two Airbus A320s with more to be added to the fleet
in due course
Air Arabia (the first and largest low-cost carrier in the Middle
East and North Africa) and Travco Group, the Middle
East’s largest travel and hospitality group, partnered in a joint
venture agreement to launch a new low cost carrier based
in Egypt. The new carrier will serve Europe, Middle East and
Africa (EMEA) markets and will represent Air Arabia’s third
hub after UAE and Morocco.
Building upon Air Arabia’s existing services to 57 destinations
across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, the