Africa One
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| Founded | 29 April 2002 | ||||||
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| Parent company | Avient Aviation | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
| Key people | Frederick Obbo (CEO) | ||||||
Africa One was a privately owned pan-African airline that was financed by Boeing Capital Corporation. It was initially based in Entebbe, Uganda, with aircraft wet leased from Africa One Services, registered in Ireland. Africa One Congo, although having a very similar name, was not related to the company and the company was not the operator of the An-26 that crashed in the DRC in 2007. Africa One operated in years 2002–2004.
History[]
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Destinations[]
Africa One initially was announced 29 April 2002 using DC-9s to serve Entebbe, Lagos, Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Banjul Gambia with bi-weekly service from those cities to London Gatwick[citation needed] and Dubai by DC-10.
Fleet[]
Africa One used A320, DC-10 and DC-9 on their operations
Further reading[]
- Airline launch 2004-07-08
- archived Boeing announcement 2002-05-06
- archived 50 top companies (as of 2002-08-05)
- BBC News re launch
- press release on launch
- 28/5 Nove africke aerolinie AfricaOne zahajily provoz lety do Gatwicku z Nigerie a Ugandy (in Czech)
References[]
Categories:
- Airlines of Africa