Auric Air
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| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2001 | ||||||
| AOC # | 22 | ||||||
| Operating bases | 3 | ||||||
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| Secondary hubs | |||||||
| Fleet size | 17 | ||||||
| Destinations | 42+ (Connecting Tourist Circuits of East Africa) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mwanza, Tanzania | ||||||
| Key people | Nurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director) Sajid Hussein (Accountable Manager) Deepesh Gupta (Commercial Manager) Manoj Sunder Salian (Chief Pilot) Abdulla Essak (Quality & Safety Manager) Ajay Badiani (Contracts Manager) Omar Mselem (Head Ground Support) Viviano Karubi (Arusha Station Manager) Hajra Swaleh (Zanzibar Station Manager) | ||||||
| Website | Auric airline website | ||||||
Auric Air 5H-KKC at JNIA.
Auric Air Services Limited is a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, Operating from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) Dar-es-salaam, Arusha Airport and Mwanza Airport. The Company offers scheduled flights to 42 destinations within East Africa as well as on demand private non-scheduled air charter.[1][2][3]
Destinations[]
Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[4]
| Hub | |
| Future | |
| On inducement basis |
Fleet[]
The Auric Air Cessna Model no 208.
Auric Air fleet consists of the following seventeen aircraft (as of August 2019):[6]
| Aircraft | In Service |
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| Cessna 208B | |
| Cessna 208B-EX | |
| Total | 17 |
Accidents and incidents[]
- On 23 September 2019, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, registration number 5H-AAM, was damaged beyond repair when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Seronera Airstrip, under unclear circumstances. The pilot, Nelson Mabeyo, and the other passenger who was a student pilot both died in the crash.[7][8]
References[]
- ^ "Company Profile". Auric Air. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- ^ "Profile". Pilot Career Centre. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Profile". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Flight Schedule" (PDF). Auric Air. 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ THOME, WOLFGANG H. "Tanzania airline announces flights to Dodoma". eturbonews.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
- ^ "Air Fleet". Auric Air. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network (23 September 2019). "Aviation Safety Network: Record ID# 20190923-0". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- ^ Alex Malanga (24 September 2019). "Auric Air plane crash pilot was set to leave for Bombardier training in Canada". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
External links[]
Categories:
- Airlines of Tanzania
- Airlines established in 2001
- 2001 establishments in Tanzania