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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 sixteen aircraft (as of February 2023):[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] |
Total | 19 |
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.[10][11]
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.