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

Air Afrique came into being in 1961 (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

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Hub
Focus city
# Destination served at the time of closure
City Country/Region IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Abidjan  Ivory Coast ABJ DIAP Port Bouet Airport # [3]: 46 
Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates AUH OMAA Zayed International Airport [5]
Accra  Ghana ACC DGAA Kotoka International Airport [6]
Athens  Greece ATH LGAT Ellinikon International Airport # [3]: 46 
Bamako  Mali BKO GABS Senou International Airport # [3]: 46 
Bangui  Central African Republic BGF FEFF Bangui M'Poko International Airport # [3]: 46 
Banjul  Gambia BJL GBYD Banjul International Airport # [3]: 46 
Batouri  Cameroon OUR FKKI Batouri Airport [7]
Beirut  Lebanon BEY OLBA Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport [5]
Bissau  Guinea-Bissau OXB GGOV Osvaldo Vieira International Airport [6]
Bobo-Dioulasso  Burkina Faso BOY DFOO Bobo Dioulasso Airport [8]
Bordeaux  France BOD LFBD Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport [6]
Brazzaville  Republic of the Congo BZV FCBB Maya-Maya Airport # [3]: 46 
Casablanca  Morocco CMN GMMN Mohammed V International Airport # [3]: 46 
Conakry  Guinea CKY GUCY Conakry International Airport [6]
Cotonou  Benin COO DBBB Cadjehoun Airport # [3]: 46 
Dakar  Senegal DKR GOOY Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport # [3]: 46 
Douala  Cameroon DLA FKKD Douala International Airport # [3]: 46 
Freetown  Sierra Leone FNA GFLL Lungi International Airport [9]
Garoua  Cameroon GOU FKKR Garoua International Airport [7]
Geneva  Switzerland GVA LSGG Geneva Airport # [3]: 46 
Jeddah  Saudi Arabia JED OEJN King Abdulaziz International Airport [6]
Johannesburg  South Africa JNB FAJS O. R. Tambo International Airport [6]
Kano  Nigeria KAN DNKN Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport [6]
Kinshasa  Democratic Republic of the Congo FIH FZAA N'djili Airport [6]
Lagos  Nigeria LOS DNMM Murtala Mohammed International Airport [6]
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria  Spain LPA GCLP Gran Canaria Airport [10]
Libreville  Gabon LBV FOOL Libreville International Airport # [3]: 46 
Lisbon  Portugal LIS LPPT Lisbon Portela Airport [6]
Lomé  Togo LFW DXXX Lomé-Tokoin Airport # [3]: 46 
London  United Kingdom LGW EGKK Gatwick Airport [citation needed]
London  United Kingdom LHR EGLL Heathrow Airport [citation needed]
Lyon  France LYS LFLL Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport [10]
Malabo  Equatorial Guinea SSG FGSL Malabo International Airport [6]
Maroua  Cameroon MVR FKKL Salak Airport [7]
Marseille  France MRS LFML Marseille Provence Airport # [3]: 46 
Monrovia  Liberia ROB GLRB Roberts International Airport [6]
N'Djamena  Chad NDJ FTTJ N'Djamena International Airport # [3]: 46 
Nairobi  Kenya NBO HKJK Jomo Kenyatta International Airport [5]
New York  United States JFK KJFK John F. Kennedy International Airport # [3]: 46 [9]
Ngaoundéré  Cameroon NGE FKKN Ngaoundéré Airport [7]
Niamey  Niger NIM DRRN Diori Hamani International Airport # [3]: 46 
Nice  France NCE LFMN Nice Côte d'Azur Airport [10]
Nouadhibou  Mauritania NDB GQPP Nouadhibou International Airport [11]
Nouakchott  Mauritania NKC GQNN Nouakchott International Airport # [3]: 46 
Ouagadougou  Burkina Faso OUA DFFD Ouagadougou Airport # [3]: 46 
Paris  France CDG LFPG Charles de Gaulle Airport # [3]: 46 [9]
Paris  France LBG LFPB Paris–Le Bourget Airport [11]
Pointe Noire  Republic of the Congo PNR FCPP Pointe Noire Airport # [3]: 46 
Port-Gentil  Gabon POG FOOG Port-Gentil International Airport [8]
Rome  Italy FCO LIRF Rome Fiumicino Airport # [3]: 46 [9]
Saint-Louis  Senegal XLS GOSS Saint-Louis Airport [8]
Yagoua  Cameroon GXX FKKJ Yagoua Airport [7]
Yaoundé  Cameroon NSI FKYS Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport [7]
Zurich  Switzerland ZRH LSZH Zurich Airport [5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w
  4. ^ Christina MacKenzie (19–25 February 2002). "Air Afrique reaches end of the line" (pdf). Flight International: 36. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 57. 4–10 April 2000. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 53. 20–26 March 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Air Afrique Timetable – Cameroon Domestic Network & Central Africa-West Africa-U.S.A." Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  8. ^ a b c "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. ^ a b c d "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 39. 7 April 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  10. ^ a b c "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)" (pdf). Flight International: 900. 10 April 1976. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  11. ^ a b "Air Afrique Timetable – West Africa-Europe". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.