Air Comores

Air Comores SA was the flag carrier of the Comoros that operated from 1966 to 1995. The airline was 49% owned by Air France, with the remaining 51% owned by the Comorian state.^[1]

Air Comores was founded in 1966 as a charter operator.^[2] The airline began service with a Piper PA-23 Aztec B and a Piper PA-23 Apache 160 on routes within the Comoros Islands. The airline then procured two De Havilland D.H.114 from the French carrier UTA. ^[2]The airline continued to expand its fleet by acquiring two Douglas DC-6s and two Douglas DC-3s. In the early 1970s the airline added two Nord 262s to the fleet. The airline ceased operations in 1974.^[2]

In 1975 the airline re-started under a new name, Société Nationale des Transport Aériens and began operations with four Douglas DC-4s. By the late 1980s the carriers fleet included a Boeing 737-200 (leased from South African Airways) and a Fokker F27 Friendship. The airline operated the same route network from the previous Air Comores. By 1995 the airlines fleet included one Fokker F27, three Douglas DC-4s and a Boeing 737-200. However by September of the same year the airline ceased operations after the company failed to pay its debt. ^[3][2]

The airlines route network remained basically unchanged throughout its entire existence:

•  Comoros
  • Anjouan – Ouani Airport
  • Mohéli – Mohéli Bandar Es Eslam Airport
  • Moroni – Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport
•  France
  • Dzaoudzi – Dzaoudzi–Pamandzi International Airport

•  Tanzania
  • Dar es Salaam – Julius Nyerere International Airport

The Air Comores fleet by 1995 consisted of the following aircraft:

• 1 Boeing 737-200
• 1 Fokker F.27
• 4 Douglas DC-4

• List of defunct airlines of the Comoros

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