AirQuarius Aviation

AirQuarius Aviation
IATA ICAO Callsign
- AQU QUARIUS
Founded 1997
Ceased operations February 2012
Hubs Lanseria Airport
Secondary hubs Cape Town International Airport
Fleet size 1
Headquarters Johannesburg, South Africa
Key people Gavin Branson August 1967 - October 2014
Website http://www.airquarius.com/ defunct
AirQuarius (ZS-GAV) "Karen" Boeing 737-200.

AirQuarius Aviation was an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, operating chartered flights and aircraft leasing contracted by companies throughout Africa and the Middle East. The airline's base was at Lanseria Airport, Johannesburg.[1]

History

AirQuarius was established and started operations in 1999 by its owner Gavin Branson and has 120 employees.[1] The airline specialized in operating flights to political crisis areas. As such, AirQuarius was the only operator into Baghdad or Basra during the Iraq War. Other missions included UN flights into Afghanistan or Sudan.

AirQuarius stopped operating on 7 February 2012.[2]

Fleet

AirQuarius operated Fokker 70, Fokker F28 and Boeing 737-200 aircraft at various times.[3]

References


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