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'''Colin Larkin''' was the main [[writer]], creative [[editor]] and [[founder]] of the internationally renowned ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' <ref> Larkin, Colin (ed.), The Encyclopedia Of Popular Music (4th Edition 10 vols) Oxford University Press (UK/USA) 2006 </ref>, described by [[Jools Holland]] as 'without question the most useful reference work on popular music' and by [[The Times]] as 'the standard against which all others must be judged’.<ref> This information was obtained from [http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-hianewmqf.RefLocID-hiacg5002001.Lang-EN.htm Hi-Arts.co.uk]</ref>
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| destinations = 16
| IATA = I5
| ICAO = CMM
| callsign = CAMALI
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| founded = [[April 2005]]
| headquarters = [[Bamako]], [[Mali]]
| key_people =
| hubs = [[Senou International Airport]]
| secondary_hubs = [[Conakry International Airport]], [[Ouagadougou Airport]], [[Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport]].
| focus_cities =
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| website = http://www.camaero.com/
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'''Compagnie Aerienne du Mali''' (abbreviated as '''CAM''') is an airline based in [[Mali]] and was formed by the [[Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development]] <small>[http://www.akdn.org/agency/akfed.html (AKFED)]</small> through its subsidiary IPS, West Africa and the Government of Mali in [[April 2005]]. Its inaugural flight was made on [[7 June]] [[2005]] from [[Bamako]] to [[Mopti]] to [[Gao]] and back with a [[Dash 8]]. The initial aim is to focus on Mali's internal network.
Along with the ten volume [[encyclopedia]], Larkin has produced countless notable offshoots, including the ''All-Time Top 1000 Albums'' <ref> Larkin, Colin, All-Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2000</ref>, the ''Guinness Who’s Who Of [[Jazz]]''<ref> Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who's Who Of Jazz (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995</ref>, the ''Guinness Who’s Who Of [[Blues]]''<ref> Larkin, Colin (ed.), Guinness Who’s Who Of Blues (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995</ref> and the ''Virgin Encyclopedia Of [[Heavy Rock]]''<ref> Larkin, Colin (ed.), Virgin Encyclopedia Of Heavy Rock, The, Virgin Books (UK), 1999.</ref>. The compiler of the most extensive database of popular music in Europe and the USA, a writer and book designer by trade, Larkin has over 650,000 copies in print to date.


== Destinations ==
==Background and education==


As of June 2008, Compagnie Aérienne du Mali operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:<ref>http://www.camaero.com/pages/flighttimetable/flighttimetable_search.aspx?language=fr</ref>
Colin Larkin was born in [[Dagenham]], [[Essex]] (1949). The post-war years in [[Dagenham]] proved lucrative for the [[Ford]] motor company <ref> The number of workers on the Dagenham site increased from 12,000 to 35,000 as Ford met the demand of 360,000 military vehicles, vans and army trucks. [http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/htg_fib/-/htg_fib_WW21970/-/-/-/- History of Ford in Britain]</ref>, but Larkin was raised in relative poverty, in the [[suburban]], [[industrial]] [[wasteland]] that surrounded the Ford plant, in the largest area of [[council housing]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. The [[Becontree]] estate in Dagenham began as a conglomeration of 27,000 "homes for heroes", and had no recognisable [[town centre]].


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[[Image:Mannings Supreme Waltzer, spinning 02.jpg|thumb|right|250px| ''A waltzer in motion''. The operator walks the boards to spins the cars]]
!rowspan="2"|City||colspan="2"|Airport Code||rowspan="2"|Airport Name||rowspan="2"|Aircraft||rowspan="2"|Remarks
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!IATA||ICAO
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|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Mali}} '''Mali'''
|-
|[[Bamako]]||align=center|BKO||align=center|GABS||[[Senou International Airport]]||align=center|MD87 - S340||'''Main Hub'''
|-
|[[Kayes]]||align=center|KYS||align=center|GAKY||[[Kayes Airport]]||align=center|S340||Flights to BKO
|-
|[[Mopti]]||align=center|MZI||align=center|GAMB||[[Mopti Airport]]||align=center|S340||Flights to BKO and TOM
|-
|[[Timbuktu]]||align=center|TOM||align=center|GATB||[[Timbuktu Airport]]||align=center|S340||Flights to BKO and MZI
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Benin}} '''Benin'''
|-
|[[Cotonou]]||align=center|COO||align=center|DBBB||[[Cadjehoun Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to BZB, DKR and OUA
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} '''Burkina Faso'''
|-
|[[Ouagadougou]]||align=center|OUA||align=center|DFFD||[[Ouagadougou Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to ABJ, ACC, BKO, COO, DKR, DLA, LBV, LFW, NIM. '''Secondary Hub'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Cameroon}} '''Cameroon'''
|-
|[[Douala]]||align=center|DLA||align=center|FKKD||[[Douala International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to BKO, CKY, DKR, LBV, LFW, OUA. '''Focus City'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} '''Republic of the Congo'''
|-
|[[Brazzaville]]||align=center|BZV||align=center|FCBB||[[Maya-Maya Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to BKO and COO
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Côte d'Ivoire}} '''Côte d'Ivoire'''
|-
|[[Abidjan]]||align=center|ABJ||align=center|DIAP||[[Port Bouet Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to BKO, DKR, GKY, LFW, OUA. '''Focus City'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Gabon}} '''Gabon'''
|-
|[[Libreville]]||align=center|LBV||align=center|FOOL||[[Libreville International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to BKO, CKY, DKR, DLA, LFW, OUA. '''Focus City'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Ghana}} '''Ghana'''
|-
|[[Accra]]||align=center|ACC||align=center|DGAA||[[Kotoka International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to OUA
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Guinea}} '''Guinea'''
|-
|[[Conakry]]||align=center|CKY||align=center|GUCY||[[Conakry International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to ABJ, BKO, BZB, DKR, DLA, LBV and ORY. '''Secondary Hub'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Niger}} '''Niger'''
|-
|[[Niamey]]||align=center|NIM||align=center|DRRN||[[Diori Hamani International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to OUA
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Senegal}} '''Senegal'''
|-
|[[Dakar]]||align=center|DKR||align=center|GOOY||[[Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to ABJ, BKO, BZB, CKY, COO, DLA, LBV, LFW. '''Secondary Hub'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|Togo}} '''Togo'''
|-
|[[Lomé]]||align=center|LFW||align=center|DXXX||[[Lomé-Tokoin Airport]]||align=center|MD87||Flights to ABJ, BKO, DKR, DLA, LBV and OUA. '''Focus City'''
|-
|colspan="6"|{{flagicon|France}} '''France'''
|-
|[[Paris]]||align=center|ORY||align=center|LFPO||[[Paris-Orly Airport]]||align=center|319||Flights to BKO
|-
|}


== Fleet ==
Larkin spent much of his early childhood in the twilight world of the travelling [[fair]], where his father moonlighted on the [[waltzer]]s to make ends meet. The contrast between daily life in the [[gas lighting|gas lit]] council houses on the [[Becontree]] estate and life amid the electric guzzling, gaudy extravagance of the fairground rides, could not have been more marked. It was in the [[neon]] lit fairground, against a background of [[Little Richard]] on the wind-up [[78 rpm]] [[turntables]], Larkin acquired his passion for the world of [[popular music]]<ref> ''Who'd Put the Everley Brothers above Elvis'', Evening Standard 20th December 2006. </ref>, and coincidentally, his taste for exotic pattern and vivid colour, which would re-surface in later years in books on [[Islamic Art]] and [[Architecture]], and [[Oriental rug]]s.
The Compagnie Aérienne du Mali fleet consists of the following aircraft (at [[May 2008]]):


*2 [[McDonnell Douglas MD-87]] (which are operated by [[Celestair]]) TZ-RMA and TZ-RMB
In the 1950's Larkin attended the ''South East Essex County Technical High School'' and from there he obtained an [[apprenticeship]] enabling him to take a sandwich course at the [[London College of Printing]] (now the London College of Communication). There he studied [[typography]] and book [[design]].<ref> All about the guru of groove, Colin Larkin, editor of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/online_products/larkinbio.pdf Oxford University Press online]</ref> and was consequently influenced by the [[typeface]] [[designer]] [[Eric Gill]], who was associated with the [[Arts and Crafts movement]].
*1 [[Saab 340A]] (which is operated by [[Norse Air]]) ZS-PML


== References ==
==Back to Square One==


<references/>
Larkin began work in [[commercial art]], advertising design groups and for the book publisher Pearson [[Longmans]] and in 1967 he began his career as a writer, writing first for music [[journals]] and [[magazines]] about the new and exploding [[West Coast]] USA music scene. At Longmans he became senior book Designer/Art Editor, but in 1976 he left to found his own Book Publishing company, ''Scorpion Publishing''. From the beginning Larkin was driven to publish books that other companies would not go near, and more significantly, books about music and musicians. Notable titles at this time include ''Timeless Flight: The Definitive Story of The Byrds'' and ''Bob Dylan’s Unreleased Recordings''.<ref> ''All about the guru of groove, Colin Larkin, editor of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' [http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.com/pdf/online_products/larkinbio.pdf OUP.com]</ref>


== External links ==
(pending)
*[http://www.camaero.com/ Compagnie Aérienne du Mali]
*[http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=CAM&al_op=1 Compagnie Aérienne du Mali Fleet]


[[Category:Airlines of Mali]]
==References==
[[Category:Aga Khan Development Network]]
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[[Category:Airlines established in 2005]]
[[Category:African Airlines Association]]


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==External Links==

* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3068646.ece ''With a Head full of Hits'', Times Online]

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/colin-larkin-how-i-stay-on-top-of-pop-694106.html ''Colin Larkin: How I stay on top of pop'', Independent]

* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/12/07/bmlarkin07.xml ''Why I gave up my life for nine million words about pop'', Telegraph]

* [http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-hianewmqf.RefLocID-hiacg5002001.Lang-EN.htm Founder, Editor & Writer of the World's Greatest Reference Book on Popular Music Comes to goNORTH!]

* [http://www.scena.org/blog/2007/12/sincerest-form-of-flattery.html ''The sincerest form of flattery'' La Scena Musicale]

* [http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780195313734 Oxford University Press]

* [http://blog.oup.com/2006/11/shoot_the_desig/ Shoot the Designer]

* [http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public/book/omo_epm Oxford Music online]


==Books==

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Jazz'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Sixties Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Indie And New Wave Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Heavy Metal'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1992.

Larkin, Colin (ed.),'' Guinness Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'' (1st Edition, 4 Vols), Guinness Publishing 1992.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Encyclopedia Of Popular Music Concise Edition'', Guinness Publishing 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Seventies Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.),'' Guinness Who’s Who Of Folk Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Soul Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Blues'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Fifties Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Country Music'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1993.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Stage Musicals'' , Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994.

Larkin, Colin, ''All Time Top 1000 Albums'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Rap, Dance & Techno'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Film Musicals & Musical Films'', Guinness Publishing 1994

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Reggae'', Guinness Publishing (UK), 1994.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who's Who Of Jazz'' (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'' (2nd Edition, 6 Vols), Guinness 1995 (UK),

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Indie And New Wave'' (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing 1995.
Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Blues'' (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Guinness Who’s Who Of Heavy Metal'' (2nd Edition), Guinness Publishing (UK), 1995.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'', Concise Edition, Virgin Books (UK), 1997.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Seventies Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 1997.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Sixties Music,'' Virgin Books (UK), 1997.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 1997.

Larkin, Colin, (ed) ''The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Rock'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.
(also published in the USA as ''The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Rock''. USA 1998)

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Fifties Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Indie & New Wave'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of R&B And Soul'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin, ''The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums'' (2nd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Country Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Reggae'', Virgin Books (UK), 1998.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Stage & Film Musicals'', Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Heavy Rock'', Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz'' (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin, ''The Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums'' (Pocket Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Dance Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Stage & Film Musicals'', Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'', Concise (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 1999.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'' (3rd Edition, 8 vols). Macmillan (UK/USA) 1999

Larkin, Colin, ''All-Time Top 1000 Albums'' (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2000.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Nineties Music'', Virgin Books (UK), 2000.

Larkin, Colin, (ed) ''The Virgin Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Pop & Rock'', Virgin Books (UK), 2002,(also published in the USA as ''The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Pop & Rock'' (USA 2002).

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 60s Music'',(3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 50s Music'', (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 70s Music'', (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'', Concise (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2002.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Virgin Encyclopedia Of 80s Music'', (3rd Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2003.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''Virgin Encyclopedia Of Jazz'' (4th Edition), Virgin Books (UK), 2004.

Larkin, Colin (ed.), ''The Encyclopedia Of Popular Music'' (4th Edition 10 vols) Oxford University Press (UK/USA) 2006.

Larkin, Colin (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Concise 5th Edition'', Omnibus Press 2007.

Revision as of 16:27, 12 October 2008

Compagnie Aérienne du Mali
IATA ICAO Callsign
I5 CMM CAMALI
FoundedApril 2005
HubsSenou International Airport
Secondary hubsConakry International Airport, Ouagadougou Airport, Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport.
Fleet size3
Destinations16
HeadquartersBamako, Mali
Websitehttp://www.camaero.com/

Compagnie Aerienne du Mali (abbreviated as CAM) is an airline based in Mali and was formed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) through its subsidiary IPS, West Africa and the Government of Mali in April 2005. Its inaugural flight was made on 7 June 2005 from Bamako to Mopti to Gao and back with a Dash 8. The initial aim is to focus on Mali's internal network.

Destinations

As of June 2008, Compagnie Aérienne du Mali operates scheduled passenger flights to the following destinations:[1]

City Airport Code Airport Name Aircraft Remarks
IATA ICAO
Mali Mali
Bamako BKO GABS Senou International Airport MD87 - S340 Main Hub
Kayes KYS GAKY Kayes Airport S340 Flights to BKO
Mopti MZI GAMB Mopti Airport S340 Flights to BKO and TOM
Timbuktu TOM GATB Timbuktu Airport S340 Flights to BKO and MZI
Benin Benin
Cotonou COO DBBB Cadjehoun Airport MD87 Flights to BZB, DKR and OUA
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Ouagadougou OUA DFFD Ouagadougou Airport MD87 Flights to ABJ, ACC, BKO, COO, DKR, DLA, LBV, LFW, NIM. Secondary Hub
Cameroon Cameroon
Douala DLA FKKD Douala International Airport MD87 Flights to BKO, CKY, DKR, LBV, LFW, OUA. Focus City
Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo
Brazzaville BZV FCBB Maya-Maya Airport MD87 Flights to BKO and COO
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan ABJ DIAP Port Bouet Airport MD87 Flights to BKO, DKR, GKY, LFW, OUA. Focus City
Gabon Gabon
Libreville LBV FOOL Libreville International Airport MD87 Flights to BKO, CKY, DKR, DLA, LFW, OUA. Focus City
Ghana Ghana
Accra ACC DGAA Kotoka International Airport MD87 Flights to OUA
Guinea Guinea
Conakry CKY GUCY Conakry International Airport MD87 Flights to ABJ, BKO, BZB, DKR, DLA, LBV and ORY. Secondary Hub
Niger Niger
Niamey NIM DRRN Diori Hamani International Airport MD87 Flights to OUA
Senegal Senegal
Dakar DKR GOOY Dakar-Yoff-Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport MD87 Flights to ABJ, BKO, BZB, CKY, COO, DLA, LBV, LFW. Secondary Hub
Togo Togo
Lomé LFW DXXX Lomé-Tokoin Airport MD87 Flights to ABJ, BKO, DKR, DLA, LBV and OUA. Focus City
France France
Paris ORY LFPO Paris-Orly Airport 319 Flights to BKO

Fleet

The Compagnie Aérienne du Mali fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2008):

References

  1. ^ http://www.camaero.com/pages/flighttimetable/flighttimetable_search.aspx?language=fr

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