Karinou Airlines

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Karinou Airlines was an airline based in Bangui, Central African Republic. It operated scheduled passenger services to a range of destinations across Africa.

Karinou Airlines
737 operated by Karinou Airline
IATA ICAO Call sign
U5 KRN [1] -
Commenced operations2012 as African Airlines
HubsBangui M'Poko International Airport
Focus citiesBangui
Fleet size2
Destinations10
HeadquartersBangui, Central African Republic
Websitekarinouairlines.com (suspended)

History

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Karinou Airlines commenced charter operations under African Airlines. The business model was not working for the airline. Subsequently, less than one year later they rebranded as Karinou Airlines, changing their business model from charter to scheduled operations.[2]

Shortly after the rebranding, in early 2013, Karinou Airlines began operating scheduled passenger flights to ten destinations across the African continent reportedly using a capital base of US$100 million.[3]

In March 2013, after rebel fighters moved into Bangui, President Francois Bozizé was shown to have fled to the Democratic Republic of Congo on board a Karinou Airlines aircraft.[4]

Destinations

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Karinou Airlines serves the following destinations (as of August 2013):[5]

Destinations
Country City Airport
  Central African Republic Bangui Bangui M'Poko International Airport (hub)
  Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport
  Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport
  Cameroon Yaoundé Yaoundé Nsimalen International Airport
  Chad N'Djamena N'Djamena International Airport
  Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa N'djili Airport
  Equatorial Guinea Malabo Malabo International Airport
  Gabon Libreville Léon-Mba International Airport
  Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport
  Republic of the Congo Pointe-Noire Agostinho-Neto International Airport

Fleet

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A Karinou Airlines Boeing 737-200 at Brazzaville Airport.

The Karinou Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[6]

Karinou Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Service Order Notes
Airbus A319-100 0 2
Boeing 737-200 1 0
Boeing 737-300 1 0
Total 2 2

References

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  1. ^ "Aircraft Company/Telephony/Three-Letter Designator Encode" (PDF). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
  2. ^ "LNC Media". January 17, 2013.
  3. ^ "The African Aviation Tribune". January 1, 2013.
  4. ^ "BBC News". March 25, 2013.
  5. ^ "LNC Media". January 17, 2013.
  6. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 9.
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