Toumaï Air Chad (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية التشادية توماي) was the national flag carrierairline of Chad. It operated domestic services within Chad as well as scheduled international services to other African nations from its main base at N'Djamena International Airport. International flights appeared to have been operated by primarily South African crews, but there is no recent confirmation of this, and flights were grounded in July 2012 because of safety concerns. Scheduled flights appear to be suspended, but recent reports (September 2013) indicate that Toumaï Air Tchad had resumed limited operations on Hajj charter flights.
Effective January 20, 2009, the U.S. Embassy in N'Djamena prohibited its employees from using Toumaï Air for official travel due to safety and maintenance concerns.[citation needed]
Effective July 6, 2012, Chadian authorities suspended international flights operated by Toumaï Air after an investigation by the international aviation body IATA revealed serious safety problems. Toumaï Air had just one aircraft left, a Fokker 28, after losing its leased Boeing 737-200 to creditors.[2]
In September 2013 it was reported that the airline had resumed limited operations with an ex-Georgian Star International B737-300 being deployed on Hajj charter flights from N'Djamena to Madinah, Saudi Arabia, and was also using a leased B747-200 for the duration of the pilgrimage.[3]
Destinationsedit
The current destinations Toumaï Air Tchad serves are:
toumaï, tchad, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, september, 2. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Toumai Air Tchad news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message Toumai Air Chad Arabic الخطوط الجوية التشادية توماي was the national flag carrier airline of Chad It operated domestic services within Chad as well as scheduled international services to other African nations from its main base at N Djamena International Airport International flights appeared to have been operated by primarily South African crews but there is no recent confirmation of this and flights were grounded in July 2012 because of safety concerns Scheduled flights appear to be suspended but recent reports September 2013 indicate that Toumai Air Tchad had resumed limited operations on Hajj charter flights Toumai Air Tchadالخطوط الجوية التشادية تومايIATA ICAO Callsign 9D THE TOUMAI AIRFounded2004Ceased operations2014HubsN Djamena International AirportFleet size1Destinations16HeadquartersN Djamena ChadKey peopleMahamat Baba Abatcha General Manager Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2 1 Suspended destinations 2 2 Africa 2 3 Asia 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External linksHistory editFounded in 2004 as Toumai Air Service and soon after rebranded Toumai Air Tchad was a member of the International Air Transport Association 1 Effective January 20 2009 the U S Embassy in N Djamena prohibited its employees from using Toumai Air for official travel due to safety and maintenance concerns citation needed Effective July 6 2012 Chadian authorities suspended international flights operated by Toumai Air after an investigation by the international aviation body IATA revealed serious safety problems Toumai Air had just one aircraft left a Fokker 28 after losing its leased Boeing 737 200 to creditors 2 In September 2013 it was reported that the airline had resumed limited operations with an ex Georgian Star International B737 300 being deployed on Hajj charter flights from N Djamena to Madinah Saudi Arabia and was also using a leased B747 200 for the duration of the pilgrimage 3 Destinations editThe current destinations Toumai Air Tchad serves are nbsp Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Seasonal as hajj service Suspended destinations edit Destinations as of July 2008 before suspension of flights Africa edit nbsp Benin Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport nbsp Cameroon Douala Douala International Airport Yaounde Yaounde Nsimalen International Airport nbsp Central African Republic Bangui Bangui M Poko International Airport nbsp Chad Abeche Abeche Airport Am Timan Am Timan Airport Faya Largeau Faya Largeau Airport Moundou Moundou Airport N Djamena N Djamena International Airport Hub Sarh Sarh Airport nbsp Cote d Ivoire Abidjan Port Bouet Airport nbsp Gabon Libreville Libreville International Airport nbsp Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Maya Maya Airport nbsp Togo Lome Lome Tokoin Airport Asia edit nbsp Saudi Arabia Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport Seasonal nbsp United Arab Emirates Dubai Dubai International Airport Fleet editThe Toumai Air Tchad fleet included the following aircraft as of 10 April 2012 update Aircraft In Service Notes Boeing 737 300 1References edit Toumai Air Service Airline History Retrieved 6 February 2022 Chad bans national carrier over safety concerns Reuters July 6 2012 Retrieved April 16 2017 Toumai Air Tchad on ch aviation www ch aviation ch Retrieved October 21 2013 External links edit 1 Portals nbsp Africa nbsp Aviation nbsp Companies nbsp This article relating to an African airline is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Chad related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toumai Air Tchad amp oldid 1176724666, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
