Global InformationList of Madagascar Airlines destinations information
Madagascar Airlines 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]
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FI1962-162was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "THE WORLD'S AIRLINES – Madair" (pdf). Flight International: 570. 12 April 1962. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- ^ a b Guttery (1998), p. 113.
- ^ "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
- ^ "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.
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