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]

Auric Air
IATAICAOCallsign
UIAUKAURIC SERVICES
Founded2001
Commenced operations2001
AOC #22
Operating bases3
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Fleet size19
Destinations42+ (Connecting Tourist Circuits of East Africa)
HeadquartersMwanza, Tanzania
Key peopleNurmohamed 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)
WebsiteAuric Air website
Auric Air 5H-KKC at JNIA.

Destinations edit

Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[4]

Hub
Future
On inducement basis
CityCountryIATAICAOAirportRefs
Arusha  TanzaniaARKHTARArusha Airport
Chem Chem  TanzaniaChem Chem Airstrip
Dar es Salaam  TanzaniaDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport
Entebbe  UgandaEBBHUENEntebbe International Airport
Ifakara  TanzaniaIfakara Airstrip
Iringa  TanzaniaIRIHTIRIringa Airport
Kigali  RwandaKGLHRYRKigali International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport  TanzaniaJROHTKJKilimanjaro International Airport
Lake Manyara  TanzaniaLKYHTLMLake Manyara Airport
Mafia Island  TanzaniaMFAHTMAMafia Airport
Migori  KenyaHKMNMigori Airport
Moshi  TanzaniaQSIHTMSMoshi Airport
Mwanza  TanzaniaMWZHTMWMwanza Airport
Pangani  TanzaniaKwajoni Airstrip
Pemba Island  TanzaniaPMAHTPEPemba Airport
Ruaha National Park  TanzaniaMsembe Airstrip
Saadani National Park  TanzaniaSaadani Airstrip
Selous Game Reserve  TanzaniaBeho Beho Airstrip
Kiba Airstrip
Matambwe Airstrip
Mbuyu Airstrip
Mtemere Airstrip
Siwandu Airstrip
Stiegler's Airstrip
Serengeti National Park  TanzaniaFort Ikoma Airstrip
Grumeti Airstrip
Kogatende Airstrip
Lamai Airstrip
Lobo Airstrip
Mwiba Airstrip
Ndutu Airstrip
Sasakwa Airstrip
SEUHTSNSeronera Airstrip[5]
Kusini Airstrip
Rubondo Island  TanzaniaRubondo Airstrip
Tanga  TanzaniaTGTHTTGTanga Airport
Tarime  TanzaniaTarime Airstrip
Usa River  TanzaniaDolly Airstrip
Zanzibar  TanzaniaZNZHTZAAbeid Amani Karume International Airport

Fleet edit

The Auric Air Cessna Model no 208.

Auric Air fleet consists of the following sixteen aircraft (as of February 2023):[6]

Auric Air fleet
AircraftIn FleetPassengersNotes
CPYTotal
Cessna 208B41212[7]
Cessna 208B-EX131212[7]
Dash 8 Q103/ Q20223939[8][9]
Total19

Accidents and incidents edit

  • On 23 September 2019, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, registration number 5H-AAM, was damaged beyond repair when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Seronera Airstrip, under unclear circumstances. The pilot, Nelson Mabeyo, and the other passenger who was a student pilot both died in the crash.[10][11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Company Profile". Auric Air. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Profile". Pilot Career Centre. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Profile". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Auric Air 2023-2024 Schedule" (PDF). Auric Air.
  5. ^ "Daily Flights to Serengeti | Cheap flights to Serengeti". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  6. ^ "Auric Air has been chosen to provide specific requirements of operating into bush airstrips within Tanzania's world famous game parks". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  7. ^ a b "Cessna Caravan C208BEX". auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  8. ^ "DHC Dash 8-103". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  9. ^ "Dash 8 takes Auric to a higher plane | Times Aerospace". www.timesaerospace.aero. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  10. ^ Aviation Safety Network (23 September 2019). "Aviation Safety Network: Record ID# 20190923-0". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  11. ^ Alex Malanga (24 September 2019). "Auric Air plane crash pilot was set to leave for Bombardier training in Canada". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 18 February 2020.

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