Air Madagascar destinations

An Air Madagascar Boeing 767-300ER on short final to Suvarnabhumi Airport in 2011.

Air Madagascar was established as Madair on 1 January 1962 by Air France and the original 1947-formed Air Madagascar —subsidiary of Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) at that time[1]— when it took over the domestic routes operated by these two airlines.[2] Air France and Air Madagascar initially had a 44% and 36% stake in Madair, respectively, while the Malagasy government held the balance.[3] On 20 October 1961,[4] intercontinental services were started, flying a weekly Tananarive–Djibouti–Nice–Paris service using a DC-7 leased from TAI.[5]

Madair changed its name to Air Madagascar in 1963.[6] That year, a regional service to the Comoro Islands was launched using DC-4 equipment. An agreement with Air France permitted the company to start Boeing 707 flights to Paris via Djibouti; they commenced in July 1964. Johannesburg was made part of the route network on 6 August 1967.[4]

By March 1970, the carrier operated an extensive domestic network plus regional routes to the Comoro Islands, Johannesburg and Réunion Island and a weekly intercontinental 707 service to Paris via Djibouti and Marseille.[7] Thirty years later, Dzaoudzi, Johannesburg, Mauritius, Moroni, Nairobi, Paris, Rome, Singapore and St. Denis de la Reunion comprised the international list of destinations, whereas Ambanja, Ambatomainty, Ambatondrazaka, Analalava, Ankavandra, Antalaha, Antsalova, Antsiranana, Antsohihy, Belo, Besalampy, Farafangana, Fianarantsoa, Fort Dauphin, Mahanoro, Maintirano, Majunga, Mampikony, Manakara, Mananara, Mananjary, Mandritsara, Manja, Maroansetra, Miandrivazo, Morafenobe, Morombe, Morondava, Nossi-Be, Port Berge, Sambava, Soalala, Ste Marie, Tamatave, Tambohorano, Tsaratanana, Tsiroanomandidy, Tulear, Vatomandry and Vohemar made up the domestic route network.[8] Air Madagascar launched flights to Guangzhou on 6 July 2009.[9]

Following is a list destinations served by the carrier as part of its scheduled services, as of December 2013.[10] Each entry below is provided with the country and the name of the airport served. Terminated destinations are also listed.

List

Country City Airport Notes Refs
ChinaGuangzhouGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportTerminated[11]
ComorosAnjouanOuani Airport—[10]
ComorosMoroniPrince Said Ibrahim International Airport—[10]
DjiboutiDjiboutiDjibouti-Ambouli International AirportTerminated[12]
FranceMarseilleMarseille Provence Airport—[10]
FranceNiceNice Côte d'Azur AirportTerminated[5]
FranceParisParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport—[10]
GermanyMunichMunich AirportTerminated[13]
ItalyMilanMalpensa AirportTerminated[14]
ItalyRomeLeonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino AirportTerminated[8]
KenyaNairobiJomo Kenyatta International Airport—[10]
MadagascarAmbanjaAmbanja AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarAmbatomaintyAmbatomainty Airport—[10]
MadagascarAmbatondrazakaAmbatondrazaka AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarAmbilobeAmbilobe AirportTerminated[13]
MadagascarAnalalavaAnalalava AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarAndriamenaAndriamena AirportTerminated[13]
MadagascarAnkavandraAnkavandra Airport—[10]
MadagascarAntalahaAntsirabato Airport—[10]
MadagascarAntananarivoIvato International AirportHub[10]
MadagascarAntsalovaAntsalova Airport—[10]
MadagascarAntsirananaArrachart Airport—[10]
MadagascarAntsohihyAmbalabe AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarBelo sur TsiribihinaBelo sur Tsiribihina Airport—[10]
MadagascarBesalampyBesalampy Airport—[10]
MadagascarBorizinyPort Bergé AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarFarafanganaFarafangana Airport—[10]
MadagascarFianarantsoaFianarantsoa AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarMahajangaAmborovy Airport—[10]
MadagascarMaintiranoMaintirano Airport—[10]
MadagascarMampikonyMampikony AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarManakaraManakara AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarMananjaryMananjary Airport—[10]
MadagascarMandritsaraMandritsara AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarManjaManja Airport—[10]
MadagascarMaroantsetraMaroantsetra Airport—[10]
MadagascarMiandrivazoMiandrivazo AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarMorafenobeMorafenobe Airport—[10]
MadagascarMorombeMorombe Airport—[10]
MadagascarMorondavaMorondava Airport—[10]
MadagascarNosy BeFascene Airport—[10]
MadagascarSainte-MarieSainte Marie Airport—[10]
MadagascarSambavaSambava Airport—[10]
MadagascarSoalalaSoalala Airport—[10]
MadagascarTambohoranoTambohorano AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarTolagnaroTôlanaro Airport—[10]
MadagascarToamasinaToamasina Airport—[10]
MadagascarToliaraToliara Airport—[10]
MadagascarTsaratananaTsaratanana AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarTsiroanomandidyTsiroanomandidy Airport—[10]
MadagascarVatomandryVatomandry AirportTerminated[8]
MadagascarVohemarVohemar AirportTerminated[8]
MauritiusPort LouisSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport—[10]
MayotteDzaoudziDzaoudzi Pamandzi International Airport—[10]
RéunionSaint-DenisRoland Garros Airport—[10]
SeychellesMahéSeychelles International AirportTerminated[13]
SingaporeSingaporeSingapore Changi AirportTerminated[8]
South AfricaJohannesburgOR Tambo International Airport—[10]
SwitzerlandZurichZurich AirportTerminated[12]
ThailandBangkokSuvarnabhumi AirportTerminated[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The World's airlines – Air Madagascar". Flight International 81 (2770): 553. 12 April 1962. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Madagascar's New Airline". Flight International: 162. 1 February 1962. Archived from the original on 20 January 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "THE WORLD'S AIRLINES – Madair" (pdf). Flight International: 570. 12 April 1962. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
  4. 1 2 Guttery (1998), p. 113.
  5. 1 2 "AIR COMMERCE..." (pdf). Flight International: 772. 17 May 1962. Retrieved 18 August 2011. This DC-7C is leased from the French independent TAI by Madair, the recently formed flag carrier of the Republic of Madagascar. It is used to operate a once-weekly Paris-Nice-Djibouti-Tananarive service
  6. ↑ "AIR COMMERCE... – Madair No More" (pdf). Flight International: 8. 3 January 1963. Retrieved 18 August 2011. The Madagascan airline Madair has changed its name to Air Madagascar.
  7. ↑ "World airlines 1970 – Air Madagascar (Société National Malgache de Transports Aériens)". Flight International 97 (3185): 469. 26 March 1970. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "World Airline Directory – Air Madagascar". Flight International 157 (4722): 62. 4–10 April 2000. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original (pdf) on 7 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "Air Madagascar inaugurates Guangzhou route". Airline Route. 7 July 2009. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Programme de vols" [Schedules]. Air Madagascar (in French). Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Air Madagascar Moves Forward Asia Service Cancellation to Jan 2016". Airline Route. 4 December 2015. Archived 6 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  12. 1 2 "Air Madagascar (Société Nationale Malgache de Transports Aériens)" (pdf). Flight International: 59. 24–30 March 1993. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
  13. 1 2 3 4 "World Airline Directory – Air Madagascar" (pdf). Flight International: 42. 1–7 April 1998. Retrieved 12 July 2011.
  14. ↑ "Air Madagascar 2008 Long-Haul Schedule". Airline Route. 11 March 2008. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013.

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