- Mauritania Airways
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MAURITANIA AIRWAYSFounded 2006 Commenced operations November 2007 Ceased operations December 2010 Hubs Nouakchott International Airport Fleet size 3 (upon closure) Destinations 12[citation needed] Parent company Tunisair Headquarters Nouakchott, Mauritania Website fly-mauritaniaairways.com (defunct) Mauritania Airways S.A. was an airline based in Nouakchott, Mauritania, operating out of Nouakchott International Airport.
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History
The company was established in December 2006, but made its first flight only on 7 November 2007.[1] It replaced Air Mauritanie, the former national airline, which had suffered from prolonged financial difficulties and had been liquidated in October of the same year.[citation needed] Mauritania Airways was a joint venture between Mauritanian and Tunisian interests: Tunisair owned 51 percent, Mauritanian businessman Mohamed Ould Bouamatou owned 39 percent, and the Government of Mauritania owned the remaining 10 percent.[citation needed]
In November 2010, the airline was banned from European airspace by the European Commission, quoting "persisting deficiencies in its operations and maintenance",[2] thus losing the rights to continue its scheduled services to Paris-Orly Airport, France and Gran Canaria Airport, Spain. Subsequently, Mauritania Airways discontinued all flights and went out of service on 23 December 2010. Again, a new Mauritanian flag carrier was formed, this time called Mauritania Airlines International.[3]
Destinations
As of January 2010, Mauritania Airways offered scheduled flights to the following destinations:
- Africa
- Benin
- Cape Verde
- Praia - Praia Airport
- Côte d'Ivoire
- The Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Niger
- Niamey - Niamey Airport
- Republic of the Congo
- Senegal
- Tunisia
- Europe (flights were suspended following the EU ban)
- France
- Spain
- Las Palmas - Gran Canaria Airport
Fleet
Upon its closure in December 2010, the Mauritania Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[4]
Fleet Aircraft Total Passengers
(Business/Economy)Notes ATR 42-300 1 48 (0/0/48) Boeing 737-700 2 145 (0/12/133) leased from Tunisair Total 3 Incidents
On 28 July 2010 at 01:30 local time, Mauritania Airways Flight 620 from Dakar, Senegal to Conakry, Guinea, which was operated using a Boeing 737-700 (registered TS-IEA), overran the runway upon landing in heavy rain at Conakry International Airport. Approximately 10 persons amongst the 91 passengers and 6 crew members on board suffered injuries, but there were no fatalities, even though the aircraft was substantially damaged.[5]
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References
- ^ allAfrica.com (26 September 2007). "Inauguration du siège de Mauritania Airways fruit d'un partenariat tuniso-mauritanien" (in French). http://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200711262081.html.
- ^ FlightGlobal (23 November 2010). "Mauritania Airways blacklisted by Europe". http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/11/23/350078/tunisair-linked-mauritania-airways-blacklisted-by-europe.html.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (30 December 2010). "Mauritania Airways suspension prompts sit-in". http://news.ph.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4550870.
- ^ Mauritania Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
- ^ Aviation Safety Network (2 August 2010). "Atterrissage raté de Mauritania Airways à Conakry" (in French and English). http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100728-2.
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