Madagascar Airlines

Madagascar Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
MD[1] MGY AIR MADAGASCAR
Founded1961 (1961)
HubsIvato International Airport
Frequent-flyer programNamako
AllianceVanilla Alliance
Subsidiaries
Tsaradia
Fleet size10
Destinations14[2]
HeadquartersAntananarivo, Madagascar
Key people
Websitemadagascarairlines.com

Madagascar Airlines is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[5][6][7] It is the flag carrier of Madagascar;[8] it operates services to Europe, Asia and neighbouring African and Indian Ocean island destinations, from its main base, Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo.[9] It also operates an extensive domestic network.

The airline was formed in 1947 to feed into flights by Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux and Air France, and upon the independence of Madagascar, it became the national airline. Initially operating services on domestic routes, the airline saw expansion in the late 1960s and 1970s, when it began international flights to destinations such as France and South Africa.

In recent years the airline has been a subject of failed privatisation measures. These are now on hold and the loss making airline is majority owned by the Malagasy government.

  1. ^ "Madagascar Airlines". www.iata.org. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ https://madagascarairlines.com/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Madagascar Airlines axes E2 plan, ends ACMI long haul ops was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 155710.article was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "REGLEMENT GRAND TIRAGE AU SORT AIR MADAGASCAR[permanent dead link]." Air Madagascar. Retrieved on 3 February 2011. "La Société Nationale Malgache de Transport Aérien, Société Anonyme au capital de 33 885 440 000 Ariary ayant son siège social au 31, Avenue de l’Indépendance Analakely 101 Antananarivo"
  6. ^ "Your Advantages[permanent dead link]." Air Madagascar. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "NAMAKO AIR MADAGASCAR 17, Avenue de l'indépendance Antananarivo 101"
  7. ^ "Home[permanent dead link]." Air Madagascar Head Office (Analakely - Avenue de l’Indépendance) Retrieved on 21 June 2010.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Madagascar Airlines obtains own AOC, OL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Flight International 27 March 2007