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Founded | 2001 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2001 | ||||||
AOC # | 22 | ||||||
Operating bases | 3 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 19 | ||||||
Destinations | 42+ (Connecting Tourist Circuits of East Africa) | ||||||
Headquarters | Mwanza, Tanzania | ||||||
Key people | Nurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director) Sajid Hussein (Accountable Manager) Deepesh Gupta (Commercial Manager) Naveed Anaraki (Director of Operations) Abdulnur Mtungi (Chief Pilot) Archibald Homwe (Director of Safety and Quality Manager) Ajay Badiani (Contracts Manager) Abdullatif Musa (Director of Maintenance) Samwel Urio (Arusha Station Manager) Hajra Swaleh (Zanzibar Station Manager) | ||||||
Website | Auric Air website |
Auric Air Services Limited is a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, Operating from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) Dar-es-salaam, Arusha Airport and Mwanza Airport. The Company offers scheduled flights to 42 destinations within East Africa as well as on demand private non-scheduled air charter. [1] [2] [3]
Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations: [4]
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Auric Air fleet consists of the following nineteen aircraft (as of August 2024): [6]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Passengers | Notes | |||
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C | P | Y | Total | |||
Cessna 208B | 4 | – | – | 12 | 12 | [7] |
Cessna 208B-EX | 12 | – | – | 12 | 12 | [7] |
Dash 8 Q103/ Q202 | 2 | — | — | 39 | 39 | [8] [9] |
Pilatus PC-12 | 1 | – | – | 8 | 8 | [10] |
Total | 19 |
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