Madagascar Airlines
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Founded | 1962 | ||||||
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Hubs | Ivato International Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Namako | ||||||
Alliance | Vanilla Alliance | ||||||
Subsidiaries | |||||||
Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
Destinations | 14[1] | ||||||
Headquarters | Antananarivo, Madagascar | ||||||
Key people | |||||||
Website | madagascarairlines |
Madagascar Airlines is an airline based in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[4][5][6] It is the flag carrier of Madagascar;[7] it operates services to Europe, Asia and neighbouring African and Indian Ocean island destinations, from its main base, Ivato International Airport in Antananarivo.[8] 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.
History
Formative years
Air Madagascar was formed in March 1947 by
On 1 January 1962, Madair took over service to some 58 points in Madagascar, and on 14 October the name of the airline was changed to Air Madagascar, because of a negative image of the name Madair.[9] In 1962 Air Madagascar carried 103,000 passengers, 7,500 tons of freight and 375 tons of mail and flew a distance of 2,400,000 kilometres (1,500,000 mi).[12] On 31 December 1962, the company was renamed to Société Nationale Malgache des Transports Aériens — Air Madagascar.[13] A DC-3 of the airline crashed at Farafangana on 15 July 1963, killing five people. Flights to the Comoro Islands with DC-4s began in 1963.[9] On 14 May 1963, the Malagasy government increased its share capital to 460 million CFA francs, and its shareholding from 20 to 30.44%.[14]
Jet age
In October 1963 the airline signed an agreement with Air France, which saw Air Madagascar beginning a service to Paris, via Djibouti, in July 1964 with a
In 1971 four
In September 1997, the airline ordered an additional three ATR 42 for delivery in October.[21] Services to Singapore began in October 1998, and were suspended in 2002.[22]
Towards privatisation
As part of reorganisation plans to get the airline ready for privatisation, in January 1998, the airline announced that it would replace the Boeing 747-200 Combi with a
In 2002, Lufthansa Consulting was awarded a management contract with Air Madagascar, with a view to improving the airlines' efficiency and making it an attractive enterprise for privatisation.[26] The airline's creditors in November 2002 agreed to forgive half of the company's debts and rescheduled the rest over a three-year period. Because of the political crisis, the first half of 2001 saw a 66% drop in passenger traffic and a 71% drop in freight, which damaged the airline's revenues.[27] The airline resumed flights to Paris from Antananarivo on 27 April 2003, taking over from Blue Panorama Airlines which had been operating on its behalf since the crisis began.[28]
The first
On 17 June 2009, the airline introduced non-stop flights between Nosy Be and Paris.[30]
In 2011 Air Madagascar was put on the
In 2012 an agreement was reached with
Madagascar Airlines
In April 2023, the operations of Air Madagascar and it subsidiary Tsaradia were took over by Madagascar Airlines, whose AOC was obtained to serve as a transitional process in the restructuring plans of both former airlines that were in a bankruptcy process.[7][33] International operations were suspended in November 2023 to focus on domestic flights.[2][3]
Corporate affairs
Ownership
As of 2019[update], the airline is majority-owned by the Malagasy state (89.56%), with other shareholders being ARO (an insurance company)(5.53%), SONAPAR (or Société Nationale de Participations, the government's national shareholding company) (2.53%), Air France (1.65%), NY Havana (0.32%) and staff (0.39%).[34]
Business trends
Air Madagascar has been reported as making heavy losses, requiring government support to keep trading.[35]
Full formal accounts do not seem to be regularly published; recent available figures (largely from AFRAA reports, although these have inconsistencies) are shown below (for years ending 31 December):
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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Turnover (MGAm) | |||
Net profit (MGAm)
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loss | loss | loss |
Number of employees (at year end) | 1,017 | 928 | 812 |
Number of passengers (000s) | 437 | 488 | 479 |
Passenger load factor (%) | 63.9 | 66.3 | 61 |
Number of aircraft (at year end) | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Notes/sources | [36] | [37] | [34] |
Destinations
Air Madagascar serves destinations in Africa, Asia and Europe.
Air Madagascar has codeshare agreements with the following airlines (as of June 2018):[38]
Fleet
Current fleet
As of April 2020, the Air Madagascar fleet consists of the following aircraft:[39][40]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |||
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C | Y+ | Y | Total | ||||
Airbus A340-300
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1 | — | 30 | 21 | 224 | 275 | |
ATR 72-500 | 2 | — | — | — | 70 | 70 | |
ATR 72-600 | 2 | — | — | — | 70 | 70 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 1 | — | 8 | — | 156 | 164 | |
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter | 3 | — | — | — | 19 | 19 | |
Total | 10 | 0 |
Fleet development
During the mid-2000s, Air Madagascar was looking to renew their fleet. The two ageing
Historical fleet
Air Madagascar has previously operated the following aircraft:[citation needed]
- ATR 42-300
- ATR 42-500
- Boeing 707
- Boeing 737-200
- Boeing 737-300
- Boeing 747-200M
- Boeing 767-200ER
- Boeing 767-300ER
- Boeing 777-200ER
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Nord 262
See also
References
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