Air Côte d'Ivoire

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Air Côte d'Ivoire
Air Côte d'Ivoire logo
Airbus A319-100 Air Cote d'Ivoire
IATA code : HF
ICAO code : VRE
Call sign : COTE D'IVOIRE
Founding: 2011
Seat: Abidjan , Ivory CoastIvory CoastIvory Coast 
Turnstile :

Abidjan Airport

Home airport : Abidjan Airport
Management: René Decurey ( CEO )
Frequent Flyer Program : sMiles
Fleet size: 10 (+ 3 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: www.aircotedivoire.com

Air Côte d'Ivoire is the national airline of the Ivory Coast , based in Abidjan and based at Abidjan Airport .

history

Air Côte d'Ivoire was founded in 2011 as the successor company to Air Ivoire . The company was built up with the help of Air France , so the fleet largely consists of former Air France aircraft and its subsidiary Hop! . The owners of the company are the state with 65%, Air France-KLM with 20% and Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development with 15%.

In April 2016 it was announced that Air Côte d'Ivoire was the first African airline to order two new Airbus A320neo .

In July 2020, the airline received US $ 24 million from the government to keep its flight operations. Air Côte d'Ivoire got into financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

Destinations

Air Côte d'Ivoire flies from Abidjan to national destinations in West and Central Africa .

fleet

Several Air Côte d'Ivoire Airbus A319-100s

As of March 2020, the Air Côte d'Ivoire fleet consists of ten aircraft with an average age of 8.9 years:

Aircraft type active ordered Remarks Seats
( Business / Economy )
Airbus A319-100 4th 118 (16/102)
108 (12/96)
Airbus A320-200 2 148 (16/132)
Airbus A319neo 2
Airbus A320neo 1
De Havilland DHC-8-400 4th 67 (7/60)
total 10 3

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Côte d'Ivoire  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. First customer in Africa: Air Cote d'Ivoire orders Airbus A320 Neo , accessed on May 6, 2016
  2. ^ Gov't hands Air Côte d'Ivoire $ 24mn in funding. ch-aviation, July 1, 2020.
  3. aircotedivoire.com - Réseau sous-régional (French) accessed on June 16, 2020
  4. ^ Air Côte d'Ivoire Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
  5. aircotedivoire.com - Notre Flotte (French) accessed on September 24, 2015
  6. a b Air Cote d'Ivoire switches to a smaller model - Airbus enlarges the order book for the A319 Neo. Aero Telegraph, Jan. 11, 2019.