Air Afrique destinations

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 Paris–Dakar–Abidjan and Paris–Douala–Brazzaville routes.[2]

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

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 Coast	ABJ	DIAP	Port Bouet Airport ^† ^#	[3]^:46
Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	AUH	OMAA	Abu Dhabi 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 International Airport ^#	[3]^:46
Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	JED	OEJN	King Abdulaziz International Airport	[6]
Johannesburg	South Africa	JNB	FAJS	OR 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
London	United Kingdom	LHR	EGLL	Heathrow Airport
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	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	Leonardo da Vinci-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	Kloten Airport	[5]

References

"AIR AFRIQUE MAKES ITS BOW" (PDF). Flight: 724. 25 May 1961. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
"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.
- "Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 45)". Flight International. 12–18 March 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
- "Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 46)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
Christina MacKenzie (19–25 February 2002). "Air Afrique reaches end of the line" (pdf). Flight International: 36. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
"World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 57. 4–10 April 2000. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
"World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 53. 20–26 March 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
"Air Afrique Timetable – Cameroon Domestic Network & Central Africa-West Africa-U.S.A." Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
"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.
"World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 39. 7 April 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
"World Airline Directory – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)" (pdf). Flight International: 900. 10 April 1976. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
"Air Afrique Timetable – West Africa-Europe". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

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[Flight1961-724-1] "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.

[FI2002-3] "Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 45)". Flight International. 12–18 March 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.

"Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 46)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.

[4] "Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 45)". Flight International. 12–18 March 2002. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.

[5] "Directory: world airlines – Air Afrique (page 46)". Flight International. Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.

[4] Christina MacKenzie (19–25 February 2002). "Air Afrique reaches end of the line" (pdf). Flight International: 36. Retrieved 30 March 2011.

[FI2000-5] "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 57. 4–10 April 2000. Retrieved 16 June 2011.

[FI2001-6] "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 53. 20–26 March 2001. Retrieved 24 June 2011.

[USA-7] "Air Afrique Timetable – Cameroon Domestic Network & Central Africa-West Africa-U.S.A." Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.

[Maroc-8] "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.

[FI1998-9] "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique" (pdf). Flight International: 39. 7 April 1998. Retrieved 4 December 2011.

[FI1976-10] "World Airline Directory – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)" (pdf). Flight International: 900. 10 April 1976. Retrieved 8 October 2011.

[West_Africa-Europe-11] "Air Afrique Timetable – West Africa-Europe". Airline Timetable Images. August 1969. Retrieved 8 March 2011.