Founded | 2008 |
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Ceased operations | 2009 |
Hubs | Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport |
Fleet size | 2 |
Destinations | 2 |
Headquarters | Cotonou, Benin |
Key people | Thiburce Montcho (CEO) |
Website | http://www.cotair.info/ |
COTAIR - an acronym for Côte Atlantique Inter Régional - was an airline based in Cotonou, Benin. It was established in 2008 and operated scheduled domestic flights in Benin and non-scheduled regional charter flights in West Africa. Its main base was Cotonou Cadjehoun Airport (COO). [1] COTAIR ceased operations on 31 December 2009 [2]
COTAIR operated domestic services from Cotonou to Parakou. Additionally it offered on-demand charter-flights throughout western Africa. [1]
COTAIR was on the list of air carriers banned from operating within the European Union.
The COTAIR fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 20 June 2010): [1]
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