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class="infobox-label">Destinations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Air_Afrique_destinations" title="Air Afrique destinations">22</a> (at the time of closure)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Key people</th><td class="infobox-data">Saleh Ahmet Mahamet (<a href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman of the Board">Chairman of the Board</a>) (at the time of closure)<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-36-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/*/https://www.airafrique.com">airafrique.com</a> (currently unavailable)<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-45-2">[2]</a>: 45 </td></tr></tbody></table> Air Afrique was a <a href="/wiki/Pan-Africanism" title="Pan-Africanism">Pan-African</a> airline,<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_loses_half_its_fleet-3">[3]</a> that was mainly owned by many <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West African</a> countries for most of its history. It was established as the official <a href="/wiki/Transnationalism" title="Transnationalism">transnational</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="Air carrier">carrier</a> for <a href="/wiki/Francophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Francophone">francophone</a> <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Central Africa</a>, because many of these countries did not have the capability to create and maintain a <a href="/wiki/National_airline" class="mw-redirect" title="National airline">national airline</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_finally_goes_bust-4">[4]</a> and had its headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Airline_with_11_owners-5">[5]</a> The carrier was a member of the <a href="/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association" title="International Air Transport Association">International Air Transport Association</a> (IATA) as well as the <a href="/wiki/French_Union" title="French Union">French Union</a>'s smaller IATA-like ATAF.<a href="#cite_note-rk69-1.jpg-6">[6]</a> Air Afrique began a steady decline in the early 1980s, yet many years later the company was still considered the most reputable carrier in <a href="/wiki/West_Africa" title="West Africa">West Africa</a>,<a href="#cite_note-In_Africa,_Many_National_Airlines_Fly_on_a_Wing_and_a_Prayer-7">[7]</a> and even one of the top five <a href="/wiki/Airlines_of_Africa" title="Airlines of Africa">airlines of Africa</a>. Mismanagement, corruption, and the downturn in the aviation industry after the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">11 September 2001 attacks</a> led the airline to a crisis that ended with its liquidation in early 2002.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Even though there were plans to revive the airline with the creation of a new company,<a href="#cite_note-Hopes_rise_for_new_Air_Afrique-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-New_airline_for_West_Africa-9">[9]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_wound_up-10">[10]</a> they never materialised, as it was succeeded by short-lived <a href="/wiki/Afrinat_International_Airlines" title="Afrinat International Airlines">Afrinat International Airlines</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_early_years">The early years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The early years">edit</a>]</div> Air Afrique was originally conceived in February 1960 (1960-02) as a joint subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Union_A%C3%A9romaritime_de_Transport" title="Union Aéromaritime de Transport">Union Aéromaritime de Transport</a> (UAT) to take over the regional services these airlines had operated in <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FI1963-508-11">[11]</a> The new company was registered in September 1960 as Air Afrique (Société de Transports Aériens en Afrique).<a href="#cite_note-FI1966-933-12">[12]</a>: 933  During the first conference of Francophone countries that was held in <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a> in October 1960 (1960-10), the <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Ivory_Coast" title="List of heads of state of Ivory Coast">Ivorian president</a> <a href="/wiki/F%C3%A9lix_Houphou%C3%ABt-Boigny" title="Félix Houphouët-Boigny">Felix Houphouët Boigny</a> recommended the constitution of a multinational airline for these countries. Eleven heads of state that attended to the next conference, held at <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a> in December the same year, agreed to form the company. <a href="/wiki/Gambia" class="mw-redirect" title="Gambia">Gambia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a> decided to stay away from the project, as they had plans for setting up their own airlines with aid from the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviets</a>. The formation of the company took place during the third conference, held at <a href="/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9" title="Yaoundé">Yaoundé</a> in early 1961: Air Afrique (Société de Transports Aériens en Afrique) changed its name to Société pour le Développement du Transport Aérien en Afrique (SODETRAF); the eleven countries and SODETRAF would set up the new airline.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a> The Treaty of Yaoundé, signed on 28 March 1961 (1961-03-28),<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a> founded Air Afrique as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> between Air France and UAT, each of which had a 17% holding,<a href="#cite_note-FI1963-508-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1966-933-12">[12]</a>: 933 <a href="#cite_note-FI1963-629-14">[14]</a> while the eleven newly independent former <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French colonies</a> in West Africa, namely <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Côte d'Ivoire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Troubles_Tarnish_a_Once-Shining_African_Airline-15">[15]</a> contributed with the remaining 66% of the capital,<a href="#cite_note-FI1963-508-11">[11]</a> estimated in 500 millions of <a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">CFA francs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opoldine_Doualla-Bell_Smith" title="Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith">Léopoldine Doualla-Bell Smith</a>, a flight attendant, was invited to move to Air Afrique in 1960; she was then the only qualified African person in French aviation, and thus became the first employee hired by Air Afrique.<a href="#cite_note-issuu1-16">[16]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg/220px-Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg/330px-Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg/440px-Douglas_DC-6B_F-BGSN_Air_Afrique_RWY_22.09.63_edited-3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1044" data-file-height="683" /></a><figcaption>Air Afrique <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a>B at <a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport" title="Manchester Airport">Manchester Airport</a> in 1963</figcaption></figure> Cheikh Fall was appointed as the first <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a> of the company on 25 June 1961 (1961-06-25).<a href="#cite_note-Cheikh_Fall,_premier_PDG_d'Air_Afrique-17">[17]</a> It started operations on 1 August 1961 (1961-08-01) serving internal routes with 12 leased <a href="/wiki/DC-4" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-4">DC-4s</a> from Air France and UAT.<a href="#cite_note-FI1966-933-12">[12]</a>: 933 <a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a> On 15 October 1961 (1961-10-15), an Air France <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Constellation" title="Lockheed Constellation">Lockheed Constellation</a> that flew the <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>–<a href="/wiki/Port_Etienne" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Etienne">Port Etienne</a>–<a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a>–Abidjan–<a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>–<a href="/wiki/Douala" title="Douala">Douala</a> route on behalf of the company inaugurated the <a href="/wiki/Long-haul" class="mw-redirect" title="Long-haul">long-haul</a> operations.<a href="#cite_note-FI1966-933-12">[12]</a>: 933  Pressurised Douglas DC-6 aircraft were added to the fleet in the early 1960s, also leased from UAT.<a href="#cite_note-FI1962-551/2-19">[19]</a>: 552  On 5 January 1962 (1962-01-05), the carrier deployed <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707s</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_lease" title="Aircraft lease">leased</a> from Air France, on the Paris–Dakar–Abidjan and the Paris–Douala–<a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a> runs; these were the first <a href="/wiki/Jet_aircraft" title="Jet aircraft">jet aircraft</a> introduced on the carrier's intercontinental routes.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Two <a href="/wiki/DC-8" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-8">DC-8s</a> were the first jets ordered by the airline in December the same year.<a href="#cite_note-FI1966-933-12">[12]</a>: 933  Also in 1962, the carrier became a member of the International Air Transport Association.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable toccolours floatleft" style="font-size:85%;"> <caption>Air Afrique founder/shareholder countries </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>From </th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/23px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/35px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/45px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Benin" title="Benin">Benin</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/23px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/35px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/45px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Burkina_Faso" title="Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroon</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>1971<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-38/40-22">[22]</a>: 39  </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/20px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/31px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/40px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="750" /> <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>1976<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-38/40-22">[22]</a>: 39 <a href="#cite_note-Gabon-25">[nb 1]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Mali" title="Mali">Mali</a></td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">?</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/18px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/27px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/35px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/45px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a></td> <td>1978<a href="#cite_note-FI1979-1331-26">[25]</a></td> <td style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #EEE); color: var(--color-base, black); vertical-align: middle; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center;" class="table-Unknown">? </td></tr> <tr> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Togo_%283-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a></td> <td>1965<a href="#cite_note-FI1969-553-27">[26]</a></td> <td>2002 </td></tr></tbody></table> In January 1963 (1963-01), Cheikh Fall was appointed general manager of the company.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a> <a href="/wiki/Union_de_Transports_A%C3%A9riens" title="Union de Transports Aériens">Union de Transports Aériens</a> (UTA) was formed in October 1963 (1963-10) from the <a href="/wiki/Merger" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger">merger</a> of UAT and <a href="/wiki/Transports_A%C3%A9riens_Intercontinentaux" title="Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux">Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux</a> (TAI).<a href="#cite_note-FI1963-636-28">[27]</a> Following this, Air Afrique ownership was reorganised, with SODETRAF acquiring a 28% stake and the balance being held by the member states.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-30">[nb 2]</a> The first DC-8 was delivered in October 1963 (1963-10), and entered service a month later;<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881–82-31">[29]</a> the second aircraft of the type was handed over in January the next year, being deployed on the route to <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a> late that month.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">[30]</a> Air Afrique became the owner of its entire fleet in November 1963 (1963-11), following an agreement with UTA.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">[30]</a> Also in 1963, <a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a> flights, carrying pilgrims to <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>, commenced using the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1649_Starliner" title="Lockheed L-1649 Starliner">Starliner</a> aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> In April 1964 (1964-04), Air Afrique was authorised to connect several African countries with the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> and in November, the Paris–Abidjan run started calling at <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> on a weekly basis.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">[30]</a> By April 1965 (1965-04), Air Afrique had 2,500 employees. At this time, there were two DC-8-50s in service, along with three DC-4s and four DC-6s.<a href="#cite_note-FI1965-565-34">[32]</a> That month, the route to Paris, already stopping at Dakar and Geneva, began calling at <a href="/wiki/Roberts_International_Airport" title="Roberts International Airport">Robertsfield</a>. A month later, Air Afrique passengers started flying to the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> allocated on <a href="/wiki/Pan_Am" title="Pan Am">Pan Am</a> flights. Also in 1965, the company ordered two <a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Caravelles</a>; a third DC-8, a convertible (DC-8F) one that would be used to increase cargo capacity, was ordered in July. In 1966, the DC-8F entered the fleet and the carrier started withdrawing the DC-6s from service.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">[30]</a> <a href="/wiki/Togo" title="Togo">Togo</a> became the 12th state in joining the <a href="/wiki/Consortium" title="Consortium">consortium</a> in 1965,<a href="#cite_note-FI1969-553-27">[26]</a> but it was not until 1968 that this country held a participation in the carrier.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">[30]</a> By the mid-1960s, the carrier took over the Air France and UTA <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance" title="Aircraft maintenance">maintenance</a> facilities located at <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_S%C3%A9dar_Senghor_International_Airport" title="Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport">Dakar-Yoff Airport</a>. There, the company carried out the maintenance for its aircraft (excluding the jet fleet) and also undertook maintenance works for foreign carriers, including <a href="/wiki/Air_Mauritanie" title="Air Mauritanie">Air Mauritanie</a> and <a href="/wiki/Air_Senegal" title="Air Senegal">Air Senegal</a>, and even for air forces of neighbour countries. Another maintenance centre was located at <a href="/wiki/Douala_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Douala Airport">Douala Airport</a>. However, major maintenance works were provided by UAT at Le Bourget Airport.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> Air Afrique received two <a href="/wiki/Caravelle_11R" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravelle 11R">Caravelle 11Rs</a>, a mixed passenger-cargo version of the <a href="/wiki/Caravelle_10R" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravelle 10R">Caravelle 10R</a>,<a href="#cite_note-35">[33]</a> in September 1967 (1967-09).<a href="#cite_note-36">[34]</a> Two DC-4s were sold at the time in order for the company to afford the costs of these new aircraft. The Caravelles were deployed on African routes, replacing the DC-6s. In 1968, another DC-8-50 joined the fleet. By then, the route network included 22 African countries, along with <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, Marseille, <a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> and Paris in France, Geneva in <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> and New York in the United States (in agreement with Pan Am).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1970s">The 1970s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The 1970s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png/220px-Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png/330px-Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png/440px-Air_Afrique_Caravelle_10B1R_TU-TXQ_LBG_1977-06-11.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="668" /></a><figcaption>An Air Afrique <a href="/wiki/Sud-Aviation_Caravelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Sud-Aviation Caravelle">Caravelle</a> standing at <a href="/wiki/Le_Bourget_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Bourget Airport">Le Bourget Airport</a> in 1977. A third aircraft of the type was delivered in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a></figcaption></figure> The company ordered two <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30">McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s</a> in February 1970 (1970-02), boosting the order with one more aircraft of the type the same year.<a href="#cite_note-FI1970-225-37">[35]</a> Amid increasing tourism in Africa, in March the same year the airline acquired a 51% stake in Société de Développement Hôtelier & Touristique en Afrique d l'Ouest; Air Afrique also held interests in tourist agencies.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> At April the same year, the number of employees was 3,370 and the aircraft park stood at three DC-8s, one DC-8F, two Caravelle 11Rs, one DC-3 and four DC-4s.<a href="#cite_note-FI1970-467-38">[36]</a> In December 1970 (1970-12), a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8-63CF" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas DC-8-63CF">DC-8-63CF</a> entered the fleet and two <a href="/wiki/NAMC_YS-11A" class="mw-redirect" title="NAMC YS-11A">NAMC YS-11As</a> were purchased; these <a href="/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop">turboprop</a> airliners were transferred to <a href="/wiki/Air_Ivoire" title="Air Ivoire">Air Ivoire</a> in 1972. Air Afrique started flights to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> in its own right in January 1971 (1971-01), using DC-8-63 aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> In August the same year, <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_the_Central_African_Republic_and_Central_African_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire">Central African Republic's president</a> <a href="/wiki/Jean_Bedel_Bokassa" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean Bedel Bokassa">Jean Bedel Bokassa</a> stated that his country would leave the consortium to form their own airline, <a href="/wiki/Air_Centrafrique" title="Air Centrafrique">Air Centrafrique</a>; the withdrawal plans were shelved. Shortly afterwards, <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Cameroon" class="mw-redirect" title="List of heads of state of Cameroon">Cameroon's president</a> <a href="/wiki/Ahmadou_Ahidjo" title="Ahmadou Ahidjo">Ahmadou Ahidjo</a> was discontented with the airline both for the lack of <a href="/wiki/Cameroon" title="Cameroon">Cameroonians</a> in top management positions and for the location of the head office in Abidjan, as <a href="/wiki/Douala" title="Douala">Douala</a> was the city with the highest traffic among the points served by the carrier in Africa at the time, and Ahidjo believed the head office should be located there.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> In September, Cameroon withdrew its support from the consortium to run their own <a href="/wiki/National_carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="National carrier">national carrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cameroon_Airlines" title="Cameroon Airlines">Cameroon Airlines</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-38/40-22">[22]</a>: 39  which had been founded on 26 July 1971 (1971-07-26).<a href="#cite_note-FI1975-479-39">[37]</a> Ownership was reorganised following the Cameroon breakaway, with the remaining shareholder countries participating with 6.18% each and SODETRAF keeping a 28%.<a href="#cite_note-FI1977-920-40">[38]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png/220px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png/330px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png/440px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-33_TU-TCD_LFSB_1978-06-29.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="645" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Series_30" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-30</a> at <a href="/wiki/Euroairport" class="mw-redirect" title="Euroairport">Euroairport</a> in 1978. The DC-8 entered the fleet in 1963.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881-13">[13]</a></figcaption></figure> During 1971, a third Caravelle was incorporated into the fleet,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> and the regional headquarters for <a href="/wiki/Central_Africa" title="Central Africa">Central Africa</a> were moved from <a href="/wiki/Douala" title="Douala">Douala</a>, Cameroon to <a href="/wiki/Libreville" title="Libreville">Libreville</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FI1973-433-41">[39]</a> The move angered <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chadian</a> president <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Tombalbaye" title="François Tombalbaye">François Tombalbaye</a>, who also threatened to withdraw support to the <a href="/wiki/Multinational_enterprise" class="mw-redirect" title="Multinational enterprise">multinational enterprise</a> in 1972, something that finally did not occur. The carrier joined the Air France reservation system in 1973. The first <a href="/wiki/Wide-body_aircraft" title="Wide-body aircraft">wide-bodied</a> <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10">DC-10-30</a>, named ″Libreville″, was delivered on 28 February 1973 (1973-02-28), arriving in Dakar on 2 March. Starting 13 March, the type replaced the DC-8s on the Paris–<a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>–<a href="/wiki/Nouakchott" title="Nouakchott">Nouakchott</a>–Dakar, Paris–Dakar–<a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>, Paris–<a href="/wiki/Fort_Lamy" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort Lamy">Fort Lamy</a>–<a href="/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a>–<a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a>, Paris–<a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>–<a href="/wiki/Niamey" title="Niamey">Niamey</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>–Abidjan routes in a gradual manner. <a href="#cite_note-42">[40]</a> Late in 1973, a fourth Caravelle was acquired from <a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Jordanian Airlines">Royal Jordanian Airlines</a> and a Douglas DC-8-55F entered the fleet.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">[31]</a> Cheikh Fall was succeeded by Aoussou Koffi at the head of the company in 1974.<a href="#cite_note-Cheikh_Fall,_premier_PDG_d'Air_Afrique-17">[17]</a> At March 1975 (1975-03), the workforce had grown to 3,726 and the carrier's fleet comprised three Caravelles (one 10R and two 11Rs), one DC-3, five DC-8s (one DC-8-63CF, one <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Series_30" title="Douglas DC-8">DC-8-30</a> and three <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Series_50" title="Douglas DC-8">DC-8-50s</a>) and a DC-10-30.<a href="#cite_note-FI1975-464-43">[41]</a> In August, a third DC-8-55F was purchased. The second DC-10-30, ″Cotonou″, joined the fleet in 1976; prior to incorporation, the aircraft had been delivered in June 1975 (1975-06) and leased to <a href="/wiki/Thai_Airways_International" title="Thai Airways International">Thai Airways International</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199884-24">[24]</a> In 1976,<a href="#cite_note-Gabon-25">[nb 1]</a> Gabon left the consortium and formed <a href="/wiki/Air_Gabon" title="Air Gabon">Air Gabon</a>;<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-38/40-22">[22]</a>: 39  <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> was incorporated in 1978.<a href="#cite_note-FI1979-1331-26">[25]</a> A third DC-10-30 was ordered in 1977 and a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-200C" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-200C">Boeing 747-200C</a> in 1978.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199884-24">[24]</a> In 1979, the company placed an order with Airbus for one <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300#A300B4" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300B4</a>, intended to fly the Dakar–Paris route, and two <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310" title="Airbus A310">Airbus A310s</a>;<a href="#cite_note-FI1979-1448-44">[42]</a> the order was later homogenised to include three A300B4s.<a href="#cite_note-FI1981-1163-45">[43]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747F</a> was also ordered that year.<a href="#cite_note-FI1979-1226-46">[44]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1980s">The 1980s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The 1980s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png/220px-Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png/330px-Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png/440px-Air_Afrique_DC-10-30_TU-TAM_CDG_1980-8-14.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="882" /></a><figcaption>A McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1980. The airline received the first aircraft of the type in 1973.<a href="#cite_note-FI1973-668-47">[45]</a> With <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">registration</a> TU-TAM and named ″Cotonou″, this particular aircraft was the second DC-10-30 the company received, in 1976.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199884-24">[24]</a></figcaption></figure> In July 1980 (1980-07) the airline had 5,100 employees and a fleet that comprised a pair of <a href="/wiki/Caravelle_10R" class="mw-redirect" title="Caravelle 10R">Caravelle 10Rs</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">DC-8-50s</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8" title="Douglas DC-8">DC-8-50Fs</a>, one <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8-63" class="mw-redirect" title="Douglas DC-8-63">DC-8-63</a> and three <a href="/wiki/DC-10-30" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-10-30">DC-10-30s</a> that served 22 African nations and intercontinental routes to <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lyon" title="Lyon">Lyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>. Three aircraft (an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300B4</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310" title="Airbus A310">Airbus A310</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-200F" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-200F">Boeing 747-200F</a>) were on order.<a href="#cite_note-FI1980-271-48">[46]</a> A DC-8-55F was sold in 1981 ahead of the incorporation of new aircraft; that year, three Airbus A300s, a Boeing 747-200C and the third DC-10-30 named Niamey joined the fleet. The airline had to sell three Caravelles and two DC-8-63s to counter the financial difficulties that arose from the decline of passengers carried in 1983. On 1 March 1984, a Boeing 747-200F was leased to <a href="/wiki/National_Airlines_(1983)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Airlines (1983)">National Airlines</a>, which in turn sub-leased the aircraft to <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian_Airlines" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian Airlines">Saudi Arabian Airlines</a>. Business class was introduced on most of the aircraft during 1984.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199884-24">[24]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png/220px-Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png/330px-Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png/440px-Air_Afrique_Airbus_A300B4-203_TU-TAO_GVA_1982-5-20.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="661" /></a><figcaption>An Air Afrique <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300B4-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A300B4-200">Airbus A300B4-200</a> just departed from <a href="/wiki/Geneva_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Geneva International Airport">Geneva International Airport</a> in 1982. The type was first ordered in 1979.<a href="#cite_note-FI1979-1448-44">[42]</a></figcaption></figure> The carrier began a steep decline during the decade, just after the ″Africanisation″ of the airline, i.e. Africans holding all top positions, was completed. Since that time, overbooked flights became frequent, tickets reserved for the member states were never paid, and schedules were missed to such an extent that some flights arrived half a day later or even departed ahead of schedule without any explanation.<a href="#cite_note-Troubles_Tarnish_a_Once-Shining_African_Airline-15">[15]</a> Losses mounted to <a href="/wiki/French_franc" title="French franc">FRF</a> 68 million and FRF 6,8 million for 1983 and 1984, respectively; by contrast, the carrier made an FRF 17.6 million (US$2.47 million) profit during 1985. The number of passengers carried that year was 757,000, a 9.5% increase from the previous year.<a href="#cite_note-FI1986-8-49">[47]</a> Largely due to the acquisition of new aircraft or wet-leasing planes from other companies, at early 1985 the carrier had a total debt of US$250 million, with approximately a fifth of this amount being unpaid contributions from the member states. <a href="/wiki/Director-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Director-general">Director-general</a> Koffi Aoussou also attributed the losses to the rise in fuel prices (Air Afrique spent US$35 million in fuel in 1978 and almost US$63 million in 1984), to overstaffing, to the increase in competition (mainly from <a href="/wiki/Union_de_Transports_Aeriens" class="mw-redirect" title="Union de Transports Aeriens">UTA</a> in the European routes), and to poor performance of the member countries' economies.<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-7-50">[48]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg/220px-Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg/330px-Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg/440px-Boeing_B727-200_YU-AKL_Air_Afrique_F229-18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1777" data-file-height="1094" /></a><figcaption>A Boeing B727-200, leased from JAT, at Dakar-Yoff Airport in 1984</figcaption></figure> During 1985, Auxence Ickonga, former head of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Republic of the Congo">Congolese</a> state-owned oil company <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hydrocongo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hydrocongo (page does not exist)">Hydrocongo</a>, succeeded <a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivorian</a> Aoussou Koffi as <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Director_general" title="Director general">director general</a> of the airline with plans to reduce salaries, shrink the 5,600-strong staff by 515, and to sell a Boeing 747 for US$60 million in order to make the company economically viable.<a href="#cite_note-FI1985-7-27-7-51">[49]</a> By July 1986 (1986-07), the debt-to-equity ratio was 8:1, with obligations rising to FRF 1,800 million. At the same time, the fleet comprised three <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300" title="Airbus A300">A300s</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">Boeing 727s</a> (one chartered from Air France and the other from <a href="/wiki/Jat_Airways" title="Jat Airways">JAT</a>), two <a href="/wiki/DC-8" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-8">DC-8s</a> and three <a href="/wiki/DC-10" class="mw-redirect" title="DC-10">DC-10s</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747 cargo</a> that Ickonga intended to sell to alleviate the financial crisis was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Air Lines">Korean Air Lines</a> for US$60 million.<a href="#cite_note-FI1986-8-49">[47]</a> By the late 1980s, Air Afrique had accumulated debts for over 200 billion <a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">CFA francs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_Hands_Over_Four_Airbuses_To_Creditors-52">[50]</a> The consortium members (Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo)<a href="#cite_note-FI1989-12-53">[51]</a> sought assistance from France.<a href="#cite_note-Troubles_Tarnish_a_Once-Shining_African_Airline-15">[15]</a> On 2 March 1989,<a href="#cite_note-FI1990-15-54">[52]</a> Rolland Billecart —a high-ranking official of the <a href="/wiki/French_government" class="mw-redirect" title="French government">French government</a><a href="#cite_note-Troubles_Tarnish_a_Once-Shining_African_Airline-15">[15]</a>— entered the company,<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_Hands_Over_Four_Airbuses_To_Creditors-52">[50]</a> becoming the first non-African chairman and CEO of Air Afrique with plans to keep the company afloat that included the reduction of the workforce by 2,000.<a href="#cite_note-FI1989-12-53">[51]</a> The company carried 710,498 passengers in 1988 and recorded an FRF 288 million net loss for the year, whereas an FRF 7.3 million (US$1.3 million) net profit was posted the following year, with 754,314 passengers carried.<a href="#cite_note-FI1990-15-54">[52]</a> The workforce was cut by 1,600 in June 1989. The new management lobbied to restrict foreign airlines to serve the member countries in order for Air Afrique to take advantage of this situation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199884-24">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/Agadez" title="Agadez">Agadez</a> was made part of the route network in the fall of 1989. For a short period of time starting in late 1989, a 302-seater <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed L-1011">Lockheed L-1011</a>, a 137-seater <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a> and a Boeing 707 Freighter were leased from <a href="/wiki/American_Trans_Air" class="mw-redirect" title="American Trans Air">American Trans Air</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aeromaritime" class="mw-redirect" title="Aeromaritime">Aeromaritime</a> and <a href="/wiki/Naganagani" title="Naganagani">Naganagani</a>, respectively, in order to supplement the fleet.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199885-55">[53]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1990s">The 1990s</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The 1990s">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png/220px-Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png/330px-Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png/440px-Air_Afrique_A310_TU-TAC_CDG_1991-8-4.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="908" /></a><figcaption>An Air Afrique <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-300">Airbus A310-300</a> at <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport" title="Charles de Gaulle Airport">Charles de Gaulle Airport</a> in 1991. That year the carrier received the first aircraft of the type.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199885-55">[53]</a></figcaption></figure> At March 1990 (1990-03) the fleet consisted of three Airbus A300B4, one McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F and three DC-10-30.<a href="#cite_note-FI1990-48/49-56">[54]</a>: 49  In mid-1990, an order was placed with <a href="/wiki/Airbus" title="Airbus">Airbus</a> for four <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-300">Airbus A310-300s</a> plus four more options, with deliveries starting in mid-1992.<a href="#cite_note-FI1990-17-57">[55]</a> In 1990 Air France became UTA's controlling shareholder.<a href="#cite_note-58">[56]</a><a href="#cite_note-59">[57]</a> This resulted in UTA's stake in Air Afrique passing into Air France's hands. The first <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-304" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-304">Airbus A310-304</a> entered the fleet in 1991.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199885-55">[53]</a> In 1994 the fleet comprised 12 aircraft and the carrier had more than 4,200 employees.<a href="#cite_note-60">[58]</a> Cash position dramatically worsened that year after a 50% devaluation of the CFA franc, a situation that led to the seizure of one fourth of the fleet, due to debt defaults, in the forthcoming years.<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_peut-elle_redécoller?-61">[59]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_in_crisis_again-62">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-A310_seizure_forces_Afrique_suspension-63">[61]</a> Subsequently, the already indebted company had to lease in order to revert the lack of aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Airline_with_11_owners-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_in_crisis_again-62">[60]</a> It nevertheless suspended,<a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a> or reduced the frequency on some routes,<a href="#cite_note-West_African_optimist-64">[62]</a> and <a href="/wiki/Codeshare_agreement" title="Codeshare agreement">codeshared</a> others.<a href="#cite_note-Turn_off_the_TAP-65">[63]</a> During 1995, the airline transported 761,000 passengers, losing <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>19,000,000 (equivalent to $37,991,701 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-Revenue_and_Hope_Ebb_at_West_Africa's_Airline-66">[64]</a> Also in 1995, <a href="/wiki/DHL_Aviation" title="DHL Aviation">DHL</a> started participating into the airline.<a href="#cite_note-DHL_invests-67">[65]</a> One DC-10-30 was sold to <a href="/wiki/AOM_French_Airlines" title="AOM French Airlines">AOM French Airlines</a> in February 1996.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199885-55">[53]</a> Billecart left Air Afrique in 1997 and was succeeded by Sir Harry Tirvangadum, a <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritian</a> national, as Director General.<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_on_the_Path_of_Recovery-68">[66]</a> Billecart's management was plagued of accusations. He claimed he failed to restructure the company due to the excessive interference from the governments that owned it, whereas employees accused him of worsening Air Afrique's financial position by acquiring four Airbus A310-300s. Tirvangadum reduced the debts to just 31 billion CFA francs. From all the member states, only Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal provided their quota from a total of 20 billion CFA francs that were necessary to alleviate the financial difficulties of the carrier at that time.<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_Hands_Over_Four_Airbuses_To_Creditors-52">[50]</a> During Tirvangandum's mandate, Air Afrique entered a partnership with the <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_in_Partnership_With_World_Bank-69">[67]</a> which aimed operations to be restricted to Africa.<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_Hands_Over_Four_Airbuses_To_Creditors-52">[50]</a> In July 1998 (1998-07), the carrier reduced its fleet from 15 to 11 when four Airbus A310-300s were returned to the creditors.<a href="#cite_note-Africa:_Air_Afrique_Hands_Over_Four_Airbuses_To_Creditors-52">[50]</a> Late that year, debts rose to about US$300,000,000 (equivalent to $560,800,327 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-West_African_optimist-64">[62]</a> By that time, eleven countries on the <a href="/wiki/CFA_franc" title="CFA franc">CFA</a> zone were the major shareholders of the airline (70.4%), African and French investors had a participation of 13.7%, Air France had a 12.2% stake, and DHL owned 3.2%.<a href="#cite_note-West_African_optimist-64">[62]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_final_years">The final years</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The final years">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_(Air_Sofia)_AN12_LZ-SFK_(6736057029).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg/220px-Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg/330px-Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg/440px-Air_Afrique_%28Air_Sofia%29_AN12_LZ-SFK_%286736057029%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1514" /></a><figcaption>An Air Afrique An-12 wearing a hybrid Air Afrique/Air Sofia livery.</figcaption></figure> At April 2000<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit">[update]</a>, the carrier had 4,440 employees, the fleet comprised one <a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-12" title="Antonov An-12">Antonov An-12</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300-600R" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A300-600R">Airbus A300-600Rs</a>, three <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300B4-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A300B4-200">Airbus A300B4-200s</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A310-300">Airbus A310-300s</a>, two <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707-320C" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 707-320C">Boeing 707-320Cs</a>, five <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737-300" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 737-300">Boeing 737-300s</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_767-300ER" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 767-300ER">Boeing 767-300ER</a>, whereas two <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Airbus A330-200">Airbus A330-200s</a> were on order. At the same time, the route network included <a href="/wiki/Abidjan" title="Abidjan">Abidjan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bamako" title="Bamako">Bamako</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banjul" title="Banjul">Banjul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conakry" title="Conakry">Conakry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotonou" title="Cotonou">Cotonou</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douala" title="Douala">Douala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeddah" title="Jeddah">Jeddah</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg" title="Johannesburg">Johannesburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lagos" title="Lagos">Lagos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Libreville" title="Libreville">Libreville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lom%C3%A9" title="Lomé">Lomé</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malabo" title="Malabo">Malabo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monrovia" title="Monrovia">Monrovia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nairobi" title="Nairobi">Nairobi</a>, <a href="/wiki/N%27Djamena" title="N'Djamena">N'Djamena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niamey" title="Niamey">Niamey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nouakchott" title="Nouakchott">Nouakchott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>, Paris, <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> and <a href="/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich" class="mw-redirect" title="Zürich">Zürich</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a> In January 2001 (2001-01), Jeffrey Erickson, former CEO of <a href="/wiki/Trans_World_Airlines" title="Trans World Airlines">Trans World Airlines</a>, attempted to re-structure the heavily indebted carrier, backed by both a consultancy and a <a href="/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a> grant, setting up a 14-month privatization plan.<a href="#cite_note-Crisis_managers_set_to_rescue_debt-laden_Air_Afrique-70">[68]</a> At that time schedules were commonly missed as the airline was suffering a lack of aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-Crisis_managers_set_to_rescue_debt-laden_Air_Afrique-70">[68]</a> By June 2001 (2001-06), Air Afrique still ranked among the top five <a href="/wiki/Airlines_of_Africa" title="Airlines of Africa">African airlines</a> alongside <a href="/wiki/EgyptAir" class="mw-redirect" title="EgyptAir">EgyptAir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenya_Airways" title="Kenya Airways">Kenya Airways</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Maroc" title="Royal Air Maroc">Royal Air Maroc</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_African_Airways" title="South African Airways">South African Airways</a> but debts had risen to US$431,000,000 (equivalent to $741,634,279 in 2023).<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique's_mayday_call-71">[69]</a> Later that year, the airline appealed to the French carrier Air France –still a minor shareholder in Air Afrique– for negotiation capacity.<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_appeals_to_Air_France-72">[70]</a> Air France became the major shareholder of the company when its holding was raised to 35% after a cash injection.<a href="#cite_note-Air_France_to_up_stake_in_ailing_Air_Afrique-73">[71]</a> The eleven African Governments reduced its participation in Air Afrique to 22%, 5% belonged to the employees, and the remaining stake were owned by other investors.<a href="#cite_note-Air_France_to_up_stake_in_ailing_Air_Afrique-73">[71]</a> The plan Air France had in mind was to close down Air Afrique and set up a new airline using the same name.<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_est_en_bout_de_piste-74">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_rescue_bid-75">[73]</a> Despite this, Air Afrique went out of business in January 2002 (2002-01),<a href="#cite_note-Wanted:_An_Airline_For_All_of_Africa-76">[74]</a> in the wake of the downturn in the aviation industry created by the <a href="/wiki/September_11_attacks" title="September 11 attacks">2001-09-11 attacks</a>, and was never revived.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Less than a year earlier the company had about 4,600 employees to service a fleet of just six planes;<a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_est_en_bout_de_piste-74">[72]</a> at the time of closure, it had one leased operative aircraft,<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-36-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_finally_goes_bust-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-Hopes_rise_for_new_Air_Afrique-8">[8]</a> and partly owned <a href="/wiki/Air_Burkina" title="Air Burkina">Air Burkina</a> (17%), <a href="/wiki/Air_Mali_(2005)" title="Air Mali (2005)">Air Mali</a> (11.5%) and <a href="/wiki/Air_Mauritanie" title="Air Mauritanie">Air Mauritanie</a> (32%).<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-45-2">[2]</a>: 45  The carrier was declared bankrupt on 7 February 2002 (2002-02-07).<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-36-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-Wanted:_An_Airline_For_All_of_Africa-76">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kenya_Airways_targets_Tanzania-77">[75]</a> Air France took over most of Air Afrique routes.<a href="#cite_note-A_striking_end_for_Air_Afrique-78">[76]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Destinations">Destinations</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Destinations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Air_Afrique_destinations" title="Air Afrique destinations">Air Afrique destinations</a></div> At its heyday, the airline operated an extensive network within Central and Western Africa, as well as flights to Europe and North America. The scheduled network at the time of closure comprised 22 destinations: Abidjan, <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bamako" title="Bamako">Bamako</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bangui" title="Bangui">Bangui</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banjul" title="Banjul">Banjul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazzaville" title="Brazzaville">Brazzaville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>, Cotonou, Dakar, Douala, Geneva, <a href="/wiki/Libreville" title="Libreville">Libreville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lom%C3%A9" title="Lomé">Lomé</a>, Marseille, <a href="/wiki/N%27Djamena" title="N'Djamena">N'Djamena</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Niamey" title="Niamey">Niamey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nouakchott" title="Nouakchott">Nouakchott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouagadougou" title="Ouagadougou">Ouagadougou</a>, Paris, <a href="/wiki/Pointe-Noire" title="Pointe-Noire">Pointe-Noire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FI2002-45-2">[2]</a>: 46  <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fleet">Fleet</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fleet">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png/220px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png/330px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png/440px-Air_Afrique_DC-8-63CF_TU-TCF_CDG_1980-09-28.png 2x" data-file-width="1279" data-file-height="881" /></a><figcaption>An Air Afrique <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Super_sixties" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-63CF</a> at <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle_Airport" title="Charles de Gaulle Airport">Charles de Gaulle Airport</a> in 1980.</figcaption></figure> The airline historically operated a wide variety of aircraft:<a href="#cite_note-Airline_with_11_owners-5">[5]</a><a href="#cite_note-Air_Afrique_takes_first_Airbus_A330-200_on_lease_for_fleet_upgrade-79">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[78]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300#A300B2" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300B2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300#A300B4" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300B4-200</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300#A300-600" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300-600R</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A310" title="Airbus A310">Airbus A310-300</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airbus_A330" title="Airbus A330">Airbus A330-200</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antonov_An-12" title="Antonov An-12">Antonov An-12</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707-320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707-320C</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">Boeing 727-200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737-200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737-200 Cargo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_737_Classic" title="Boeing 737 Classic">Boeing 737-300</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-100" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-100">Boeing 747-100</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747-200" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 747-200">Boeing 747-200</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_747" title="Boeing 747">Boeing 747-200F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boeing_767" title="Boeing 767">Boeing 767-300ER</a><a href="#cite_note-FI2000-57-18">[18]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle#Variants" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Caravelle 10R</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sud_Aviation_Caravelle#Variants" title="Sud Aviation Caravelle">Caravelle 11R</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1970-82">[80]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convair_990" class="mw-redirect" title="Convair 990">Convair 990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-3" title="Douglas DC-3">Douglas DC-3</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1970-82">[80]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-4" title="Douglas DC-4">Douglas DC-4</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1970-82">[80]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Variants" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-30</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Variants" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-50</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Variants" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-50F</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-8#Super_sixties" title="Douglas DC-8">Douglas DC-8-63CF</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748" title="Hawker Siddeley HS 748">Hawker Siddeley HS 748</a></li> <li>Lockheed Constellation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Starliner" class="mw-redirect" title="Lockheed Starliner">Lockheed Starliner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar" title="Lockheed L-1011 TriStar">Lockheed L-1011 TriStar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10-30" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30">McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30</a><a href="#cite_note-FI1976-81">[79]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-11" title="McDonnell Douglas MD-11">McDonnell Douglas MD-11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_MD-81" class="mw-redirect" title="McDonnell Douglas MD-81">McDonnell Douglas MD-81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAMC_YS-11" title="NAMC YS-11">NAMC YS-11</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents">edit</a>]</div> According to <a href="/wiki/Aviation_Safety_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Aviation Safety Network">Aviation Safety Network</a>, Air Afrique experienced seven accidents/incidents; only two of them led to fatalities.<a href="#cite_note-83">[81]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Accidents_involving_fatalities">Accidents involving fatalities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Accidents involving fatalities">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1963-5-3: The first <a href="/wiki/Hull-loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Hull-loss">hull-loss</a> accident experienced by the company, as well as the deadliest one, occurred when a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_DC-6" title="Douglas DC-6">Douglas DC-6B</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">registration</a> F-BIAO, operating an international scheduled <a href="/wiki/Douala_International_Airport" title="Douala International Airport">Douala International Airport</a>–<a href="/wiki/Murtala_Muhammed_International_Airport" title="Murtala Muhammed International Airport">Lagos-Ikeja International Airport</a> flight, crashed into <a href="/wiki/Mt._Cameroon" class="mw-redirect" title="Mt. Cameroon">Mt. Cameroon</a> when flying at too low altitude on a prohibited route. There were 55 fatalities.<a href="#cite_note-84">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-85">[83]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Incidents_involving_fatalities">Incidents involving fatalities</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Incidents involving fatalities">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1987-7-24: A McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 operating <a href="/wiki/Air_Afrique_Flight_056" title="Air Afrique Flight 056">Flight 56</a>,<a href="#cite_note-86">[84]</a> an international scheduled Brazzaville–Rome–Paris service was <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking" title="Aircraft hijacking">hijacked</a> while flying over <a href="/wiki/Milan" title="Milan">Milan</a> by a <a href="/wiki/Shia_Islam" title="Shia Islam">Shiite</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanese</a>, 21-year-old man named Hussein Ali Mohammed Hariri, member of the <a href="/wiki/Hezbollah" title="Hezbollah">Party of God</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Give_Life_Term_To_a_Lebanese_Man_in_a_Fatal_Hijacking-87">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Fear_Terrorism_After_Hijack_Capture-88">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lebanese_Hijacker_Captured_After_Killing_Passenger-89">[87]</a> There were 148 passengers (64 of them <a href="/wiki/French_people" title="French people">French</a>) and 15 crew members on board.<a href="#cite_note-Lebanese_Hijacker_Captured_After_Killing_Passenger-89">[87]</a> The hijacker demanded the release of two of his brothers imprisoned on <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorism</a> charges in <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a>, one of whom was accused of hijacking the <a href="/wiki/TWA_Flight_847" title="TWA Flight 847">TWA Flight 847</a> in 1985, and also to be flown to <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Fear_Terrorism_After_Hijack_Capture-88">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lebanese_Hijacker_Captured_After_Killing_Passenger-89">[87]</a> While refuelling at <a href="/wiki/Geneva_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Geneva International Airport">Geneva International Airport</a>, a French passenger was shot to death by Hariri,<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Fear_Terrorism_After_Hijack_Capture-88">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lebanese_Hijacker_Captured_After_Killing_Passenger-89">[87]</a> as a sign of his determination after his demands were not met. During a moment of distraction, some of the passengers on board managed to escape from the jetliner using the rear doors; a <a href="/wiki/Flight_attendant" title="Flight attendant">steward</a> that jumped on Hariri was shot and injured by him.<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Give_Life_Term_To_a_Lebanese_Man_in_a_Fatal_Hijacking-87">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Fear_Terrorism_After_Hijack_Capture-88">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-Lebanese_Hijacker_Captured_After_Killing_Passenger-89">[87]</a> After a standoff the aircraft was stormed by the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss police">Swiss police</a> and the hijacker was overpowered.<a href="#cite_note-Swiss_Give_Life_Term_To_a_Lebanese_Man_in_a_Fatal_Hijacking-87">[85]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Non-fatal_hull-losses">Non-fatal hull-losses</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Non-fatal hull-losses">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>1971-2-28: A <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-54_Skymaster#Variants" title="Douglas C-54 Skymaster">Douglas C-54A-DO</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">tail number</a> TT-DAA, that operated a freighter service, crashed into the ground ahead of the runway on final approach to <a href="/wiki/Sarh_Airport" title="Sarh Airport">Fort Archambault Airport</a>, Chad, when the pilot misinterpreted the actual height of the aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-90">[88]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balafon" title="Balafon">Balafon</a> was the name of the <a href="/wiki/In-flight_magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="In-flight magazine">in-flight magazine</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[89]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airlines_of_Africa" title="Airlines of Africa">Airlines of Africa</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Afrique&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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International">Flight International</a>. 95 (3135): 553. 10 April 1969. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121105121522/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1969/1969%20-%201806.html">Archived</a> from the original on 5 November 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+Airline+Survey+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique+%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multinationale%29&rft.volume=95&rft.issue=3135&rft.pages=553&rft.date=1969-04-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1969%2F1969%2520-%25201806.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1963-636-28"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1963-636_28-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201829.html">"Air commerce – Union de Transports Aeriens"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 84 (2849): 636. 17 October 1963. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131231150843/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%201829.html">Archived</a> from the original on 31 December 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Air+commerce+%E2%80%93+Union+de+Transports+Aeriens&rft.volume=84&rft.issue=2849&rft.pages=636&rft.date=1963-10-17&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1963%2F1963%2520-%25201829.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1975-177-29"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1975-177_29-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%201431.html">"Air transport – The eleven member countries"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 108 (3465): 177. 7 August 1975. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131012041459/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%201431.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Air+transport+%E2%80%93+The+eleven+member+countries&rft.volume=108&rft.issue=3465&rft.pages=177&rft.date=1975-08-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1975%2F1975%2520-%25201431.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881–82-31"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199881–82_31-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFGuttery1998">Guttery (1998)</a>, p. 81–82. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882-32">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882_32-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882_32-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882_32-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882_32-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199882_32-4">e</a> <a href="#CITEREFGuttery1998">Guttery (1998)</a>, p. 82. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883-33">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuttery199883_33-8">i</a> <a href="#CITEREFGuttery1998">Guttery (1998)</a>, p. 83. </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1965-565-34"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1965-565_34-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%202117.html">"World airline survey – Air Afrique"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 87 (2927): 565. 15 April 1965. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103600/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%202117.html">Archived</a> from the original on 7 April 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+survey+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique&rft.volume=87&rft.issue=2927&rft.pages=565&rft.date=1965-04-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1965%2F1965%2520-%25202117.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200753.html">"Convertible Caravelle airborne"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 735. 11 May 1967. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131012065045/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%200753.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Convertible+Caravelle+airborne&rft.pages=735&rft.date=1967-05-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1967%2F1967%2520-%25200753.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201997.html">"Air transport"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 593. 12 October 1967. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131012082907/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1967/1967%20-%201997.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 October 2013. <q>One of Air Afrique's newly delivered Sud Caravelle 11Rs, TU-TCY, on the <a href="/wiki/Airport_apron" title="Airport apron">apron</a> at Abidjan during its positioning flight to Yaoundé, Cameroons [<a href="/wiki/Sic" title="Sic">sic</a>], where it is now based. The airline's second 11R, TU-TCO, is based at Dakar. Both these Passenger - cargo Caravelle variants were flown out from Toulouse to Dakar via Casablanca on 22 September.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Air+transport&rft.pages=593&rft.date=1967-10-12&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1967%2F1967%2520-%25201997.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1970-225-37"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1970-225_37-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%201555.html">"Atlas uniting on DC-10"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 98 (3205): 225. 13 August 1970. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131023041915/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%201555.html">Archived</a> from the original on 23 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Atlas+uniting+on+DC-10&rft.volume=98&rft.issue=3205&rft.pages=225&rft.date=1970-08-13&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1970%2F1970%2520-%25201555.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1970-467-38"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1970-467_38-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200517.html">"World airlines 1970 – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 97 (3185): 467. 26 March 1970. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131102024752/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1970/1970%20-%200517.html">Archived</a> from the original on 2 November 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airlines+1970+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique+%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multinationale%29&rft.volume=97&rft.issue=3185&rft.pages=467&rft.date=1970-03-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1970%2F1970%2520-%25200517.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1975-479-39"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1975-479_39-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200543.html">"World airline directory – Cameroon Airlines"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 108 (3445): 479. 20 March 1975. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140103193649/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200543.html">Archived</a> from the original on 3 January 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+directory+%E2%80%93+Cameroon+Airlines&rft.volume=108&rft.issue=3445&rft.pages=479&rft.date=1975-03-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1975%2F1975%2520-%25200543.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1977-920-40"><a 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+directory+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique+%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multionatinale%29&rft.volume=111&rft.issue=3552&rft.pages=920&rft.date=1977-04-09&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1977%2F1977%2520-%25200976.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1973-433-41"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1973-433_41-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%200735.html">"World airline survey – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 433. 22 March 1973. <a 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Retrieved 19 January 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+survey+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique+%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multinationale%29&rft.pages=433&rft.date=1973-03-22&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1973%2F1973%2520-%25200735.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timetableimages.com/ttimages/rk/rk73/rk73-01.jpg">"Air Afrique Timetable"</a>. TimeTabelImages. Retrieved 31 December 2021.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=TimeTabelImages&rft.atitle=Air+Afrique+Timetable&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimetableimages.com%2Fttimages%2Frk%2Frk73%2Frk73-01.jpg&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1975-464-43"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1975-464_43-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200528.html">"World airline directory – Air Afrique(Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 108 (3445): 464. 20 March 1975. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140103201806/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200528.html">Archived</a> from the original on 3 January 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+directory+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multinationale%29&rft.volume=108&rft.issue=3445&rft.pages=464&rft.date=1975-03-20&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1975%2F1975%2520-%25200528.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1979-1448-44">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FI1979-1448_44-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FI1979-1448_44-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201514.html">"Airliner market"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 3659 (115): 1448. 5 May 1979. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121105122731/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201514.html">Archived</a> from the original on 5 November 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Airliner+market&rft.volume=3659&rft.issue=115&rft.pages=1448&rft.date=1979-05-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1979%2F1979%2520-%25201514.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1981-1163-45"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1981-1163_45-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201149.html">"Airliner market"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 1163. 25 April 1981. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121105122910/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%201149.html">Archived</a> from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013. <q>Air Afrique has chosen to purchase two Airbus A300B4-200s instead of two A310s previously on order, increasing its total A300 buy to three.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Airliner+market&rft.pages=1163&rft.date=1981-04-25&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1981%2F1981%2520-%25201149.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1979-1226-46"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1979-1226_46-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201282.html">"Airliner market"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 3657 (115): 1226. 21 April 1979. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131023041912/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1979/1979%20-%201282.html">Archived</a> from the original on 23 October 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Airliner+market&rft.volume=3657&rft.issue=115&rft.pages=1226&rft.date=1979-04-21&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1979%2F1979%2520-%25201282.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1973-668-47"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1973-668_47-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%201136.html">"Air transport"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 668. 3 May 1973. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140201195335/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1973/1973%20-%201136.html">Archived</a> from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2013. <q>Air Afrique's first DC-10-30 at the <a href="/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas" title="McDonnell Douglas">McDonnell Douglas</a> <a href="/wiki/Long_Beach,_California" title="Long Beach, California">Long Beach</a> factory before delivery to the airline's headquarters in Libreville.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Air+transport&rft.pages=668&rft.date=1973-05-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1973%2F1973%2520-%25201136.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1980-271-48"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1980-271_48-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%201890.html">"World airline directory – Air Afrique (Société Aérienne Africaine Multinationale)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 118 (3716): 271. 26 July 1980. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0015-3710">0015-3710</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121114155631/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1980/1980%20-%201890.html">Archived</a> from the original on 14 November 2012.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=World+airline+directory+%E2%80%93+Air+Afrique+%28Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9+A%C3%A9rienne+Africaine+Multinationale%29&rft.volume=118&rft.issue=3716&rft.pages=271&rft.date=1980-07-26&rft.issn=0015-3710&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1980%2F1980%2520-%25201890.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1986-8-49">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FI1986-8_49-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FI1986-8_49-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%201502.html">"Air Afrique celebrates jubilee with profit"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>. 130 (4018): 8. 5 July 1986. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0015-3710">0015-3710</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131231170115/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%201502.html">Archived</a> from the original on 31 December 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Flight+International&rft.atitle=Air+Afrique+celebrates+jubilee+with+profit&rft.volume=130&rft.issue=4018&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1986-07-05&rft.issn=0015-3710&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flightglobal.com%2Fpdfarchive%2Fview%2F1986%2F1986%2520-%25201502.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAir+Afrique" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FI1985-7-50"><a href="#cite_ref-FI1985-7_50-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation journal cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200299.html">"Air Afrique struggles to control costs"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Flight_International" title="Flight International">Flight International</a>: 7. 2 February 1985. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121104154900/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1985/1985%20-%200299.html">Archived</a> from the original on 4 November 2012. 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