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]
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| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2001 | ||||||
| AOC # | 22 | ||||||
| Operating bases | 3 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
| 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) Naveed Anaraki (Director of Operations) Abdulnur Mtungi (Chief Pilot) Archibald Homwe (Director of Safety and Quality Manager) Ajay Badiani (Contracts Manager) Abdullatif Musa (Director of Maintenance) Samwel Urio (Arusha Station Manager) Hajra Swaleh (Zanzibar Station Manager) | ||||||
| Website | Auric Air website | ||||||
Destinations
editScheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[4]
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| Future | |
| On inducement basis |
Fleet
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Auric Air fleet consists of the following nineteen aircraft (as of August 2024):[6]
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Passengers | Notes | |||
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| C | P | Y | Total | |||
| Cessna 208B | 4 | – | – | 12 | 12 | [7] |
| Cessna 208B-EX | 13 | – | – | 12 | 12 | [7] |
| Dash 8 Q103/ Q202 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 39 | [8][9] |
| Pilatus PC-12 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 8 | [10] |
| Total | 20 | |||||
Accidents and incidents
edit- 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.[11][12]
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "Auric Air 2023-2024 Schedule" (PDF). Auric Air.
- ^ "Daily Flights to Serengeti | Cheap flights to Serengeti". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Auric Air has been chosen to provide specific requirements of operating into bush airstrips within Tanzania's world famous game parks". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ a b "Cessna Caravan C208BEX". auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "DHC Dash 8-103". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Dash 8 takes Auric to a higher plane | Times Aerospace". www.timesaerospace.aero. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
- ^ "Pilatus PC12". auricair.com. Retrieved 2024-08-22.
- ^ 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.