Auric Air
Appearance
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Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2001 | ||||||
AOC # | 22 | ||||||
Operating bases | 3 | ||||||
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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 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
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.