Int'Air Îles

Int'Air Îles
IATA ICAO Callsign
I7 IIA INTER ILES
Founded 2007 (as Inter Îles Air)
Operating bases Ouani Airport
Alliance Vanilla Alliance
Fleet size 6
Destinations 6
Company slogan Premier airline of the islands of the moon
Key people Seffoudine Inzoudine, Chairman
Ahmed Inzoudine, CEO
Website inter-iles-air.com

Int'Air Îles is a regional airline based at Ouani Airport, Anjouan in the Comoros. It was founded in 2007 as Inter Îles Air and rebranded to its current name in March 2015. Using a fleet of six turboprop aircraft, the airline serves all three islands of the Comoros, the French territory of Mayotte, Tanzania, and Madagascar.

Int'Air Îles is a founding member of the Vanilla Alliance, formed in September 2015 between several airlines based in the Indian Ocean.

In 2015, Int'Air Îles entered in partnership with OMARJEE AVIATION based in Mauritius to develop new routes in the Indian Ocean region.

An Int'Air Îles Saab 340 at Moroni Airport in September 2013

History

Int'Air Îles was founded in 2007 as Inter Îles Air.[1]

On 27 November 2012, the airline's sole Embraer 120 made a water landing shortly after takeoff from Moroni Airport; all 29 occupants of the aircraft were rescued. Int'Air Îles suspended operations until 18 May 2013, resuming flights with a new Saab 340.[2]

In early November 2013, Int'Air Îles sided with Mahoran airline Ewa Air when the Comorian Government revoked the latter airline's traffic rights to Moroni. The two airlines jointly wrote a letter to the Comorian Ministry of Transport, urging it to return the rights.[3] The dispute was resolved toward the end of the month. Traffic rights were returned to Ewa Air, and Int'Air Îles was permitted to resume flights to Dzaoudzi.[4]

On 13 March 2015, the airline rebranded to its current name and unveiled a new livery.[5]

On 22 June 2015, Ouani Airport in Anjouan required Int'Air Îles to pay an international tax on its flights from the airport to the French island of Mayotte, including 4 million Comorian francs in debt. The airline had previously been paying a domestic tax, eight times lower than the international tax.[6] Ouani Airport said that if Int'Air Îles did not pay off the debt before 29 June, it would be banned from the airport. The airline refused to pay, citing the fact that the Comorian Government considers Mayotte an island of the Comoros and thus a domestic destination; Int'Air Îles then suspended all operations. On 1 July the Ministry of Transport announced that Int'Air Îles had been charging higher prices for tickets to Mayotte than to the Comoros; thus they had to make up for it. An agreement was soon reached, with Int'Air Îles settling to pay its debts for April and May,[7] and agreeing to start paying the international tax.[8] The airline resumed all flights on 14 July.[8]

On 21 September 2015, Int'Air Îles became a founding member of the Vanilla Alliance, designed to foster cooperation between the airlines of the Indian Ocean and to improve air service in the region. The other founding airlines are Air Austral, Air Madagascar, Air Mauritius, and Air Seychelles.[9][10]

Destinations

As of late 2015, Int'Air Îles serves six destinations in the Indian Ocean. It is planning flights to Saint-Pierre, Réunion and Mauritius.[11]

Country/Territory Island/City Airport Notes Refs
Comoros Anjouan Ouani Airport Hub
Comoros Grand Comore Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport
Comoros Mohéli Mohéli Bandar Es Eslam Airport
Madagascar Mahajanga Amborovy Airport
[12]
Mayotte Pamanzi Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport

Fleet

Current

As of late 2015, Int'Air Îles operates a fleet of six aircraft.[13]

Int'Air Îles fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
British Aerospace 146 — 1 90 either an Avro RJ85 or an Avro RJ100[14]
Cessna 207 1 — 5
Cessna 208 Caravan 2 — 12
Cessna 404 Titan 1 — 11
Embraer 120 1 — 30 arrived in July 2015[12]
Let L-410 Turbolet 1 — 19

Historical

Int'Air Îles retired fleet
Aircraft Introduced Retired Notes
Saab 340 2013 2014 wet-leased from AeroJet, Ukraine[15]
Embraer 110 2014 ? wet-leased from Aberdair Aviation[16]

Accidents and incidents

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile on Inter Iles Air". CAPA - Centre for Aviation. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Comorian carrier, Inter Îles Air, resumes ops with a Saab 340". Ch-aviation. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Inter Îles Air, Ewa Air in bid to resolve Comoros/France impasse". Ch-aviation. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "France, Comoros dispute resolved, Ewa Air begins maiden Moroni flights". Ch-aviation. 19 November 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Comores : Inter îles Air change de nom et veut accroître sa desserte régionale avec Int’Air îles". LINFO.re. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Comores: la compagnie aérienne Inter îles Air menacée de fermeture". Radio France Internationale. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Nadjah, Dar (15 July 2015). "Affaire Inter Iles Air : De la suspension des vols au consensus provisoire". Habari Za Komori. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Comoros' Int'Air Îles settles dispute, resumes operations". Ch-aviation. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016. (Subscription required.)
  9. ↑ "Vanilla Alliance agreements signed in Antananarivo". Ch-aviation. 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "Inter Iles Air. Vers la création d’un centre de maintenance à Ndzuani". Al-watwan. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Destinations". Int'Air Iles. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  12. 1 2 Abdou, Ali (29 July 2015). "Transport aérien : Inter île air a inauguré sa nouvelle desserte Moroni-Majunga". Al-watwan. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Flotte Inter Îles Air". Int'Air Îles. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Comoros' Inter Îles Air rebrands as Int'Air Îles; eyes ARJs". Ch-aviation. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2016. (Subscription required.)
  15. ↑ Hewitt, Juliet (3 July 2013). "Saab 340 ACMI lease arranged in the Comoros Islands". SkyWorld Aviation. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Comorian carrier, Inter Îles Air, wet-leasing a Kenyan EMB-110". Ch-aviation. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. ↑ Theodorou, Christine (27 November 2012). "Passengers survive after plane ditches in Indian Ocean". CNN. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Amir, Ahmed Ali (27 November 2012). "Plane crashes off Comoros, all 29 on board survive". Reuters. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  19. ↑ "ASN Aircraft Accident: Embraer EMB-120ER Brasilia D6-HUA Moroni-Prince Said Ibrahim In Airport (HAH)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "Crash au large de Moroni : tous les passagers ont survécu". Imaz Press Réunion. 27 November 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2016.

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