Karinou Airlines

Karinou Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
U5 KRN [1] -
Commenced operations 2012 (as African Airlines)
Hubs Bangui, Central African Republic
Fleet size 2
Destinations 10
Company slogan Discover Africa with us
Headquarters Bangui, Central African Republic
Website http://karinou.worldticket.net/en/
A Karinou Airlines Boeing 737-200 at Brazzaville Airport.

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

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

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

 Central African Republic

 Benin

 Cameroon

 Chad

 Democratic Republic of Congo

 Equatorial Guinea

 Gabon

 Republic of the Congo

Fleet

The Karinou Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[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

  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 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 9.

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