SonAir
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| Founded | February 16, 1998 | |||
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| Hubs | Quatro de Fevereiro Airport | |||
| Focus cities | Luanda | |||
| Fleet size | 7 | |||
| Destinations | 6 | |||
| Company slogan | "Wings of Tranquility" | |||
| Parent company | Sonangol Group | |||
| Headquarters | Luanda, Angola | |||
| Key people | João Alves Andrade (President), Manuel Vicente (CEO) | |||
| Website | www.sonairsarl.com | |||
SonAir Airline Services, S.A. (Portuguese SonAir - Serviço Aéreo, S.A.), known as SonAir, is a subsidiary of Sonangol Group, the National Petroleum Company of Angola. Its core business is helicopter transportation services to the oil industry operating in Angola, by ferrying people from and to onshore and offshore facilities, and beyond that they also provide worldwide air services for other businesses and single entities. Occasionally the company provides charter services within Africa. Domestically they also provide air transportation to several business groups - private and government, outside the oil business.
The company is also the first to provide direct transportation of passengers and cargo between Angola and the United States. The airline provides thrice-weekly services from Houston to Luanda on a Boeing 747-400 (10 First Class, 143 Business Class and 36 Economy Class seats), operated on an Outsourced ACMI basis by Atlas Air.[1][2]
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[edit] Destinations
As of July 2011 SonAir operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[1][3]
[edit] Domestic
[edit] International
- Houston (George Bush Intercontinental Airport) (flights operated by Atlas Air)[4]
[edit] Fleet
As of July 2011 the Sonair fleet includes:[1][5][6][7]
- 01 Airbus A319CJ
- 03 Boeing 737-700
- 02 Boeing 747-400 (Operated by Atlas Air)
- 01 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 02 Fokker 50
On order:
- 02 Airbus A340-500 (Operated by Hi Fly)
Offshore helicopters:
- 5 Eurocopter Dauphin AS 365N3
- 8 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma
- 9 Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++
- 10 Eurocopter EC225
[edit] See also
- Gazpromavia, an airline based in Moscow, Russia that operates passenger and cargo charters, mainly in support of the oil and gas industry.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Atlas Air Selected To Operate Premium Charter Service Between Houston and Luanda, Angola". Retrieved: 15 June 2010
- ^ Atlas expands into premium-passenger charter service retrieved 26 October 2009
- ^ Sonair Domestic timetable. Retrieved: 30 July 2011
- ^ Houston Express Timetable retrieved July 30, 2011
- ^ Flight International 2008 World Airliner Census (online version) Retrieved: 9 December 2008
- ^ First A319CJ for Sonair
- ^ CH-Aviation Fleetlist Retrieved: 30 July 2011
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