Toumaï Air Chad ( ar, الخطوط الجوية التشادية توماي) was the national flag carrier

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Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

. 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 N'Djamena International Airport ( ar, مطار انجمينا الدولي; french: Aéroport international de N'Djaména) serves N'Djamena, the capital city of Chad. It is the country's only international airport. The airport is dual use, w ...

. 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

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charter flights.

History

Founded in 2004 as Toumaï Air Service and soon after rebranded Toumaï Air Tchad was a member of the

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. 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. Effective July 6, 2012, Chadian authorities suspended international flights operated by Toumaï Air after an investigation by the international aviation body

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revealed serious safety problems. Toumaï Air had just one aircraft left, a Fokker 28, after losing its leased Boeing 737-200 to creditors. 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,

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, and was also using a leased B747-200 for the duration of the pilgrimage.

Destinations

The current destinations Toumaï Air Tchad serves are: * **

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( King Abdulaziz International Airport) (Seasonal as hajj service)

Suspended destinations

Destinations as of July 2008, before suspension of flights:

Africa

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( Cadjehoun Airport) * ** Douala (

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) ** Yaoundé (

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) * **

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( Bangui M'Poko International Airport) * ** Abéché (

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) **

Am Timan Am Timan (Arabic: أم تيمان, ''ʾUmm Tīmān'') is a city in Chad and is the capital of the region of Salamat. Am Timan is also known as Dabengat in Chad, which mean the resources of the products. Most of economy comes from Salamat region s ...

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) **

Faya-Largeau Faya-Largeau (also known as Faya, ar, فايا لارجو or ) is the largest city in northern Chad and was the capital of the region of Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti. It is now in the Borkou Region, which was formed in 2008 from the Borkou Departmen ...

(

Faya-Largeau Airport Faya-Largeau Airport ( ar, مطار فايا لارجو) is an airport serving Faya-Largeau, the largest city in northern Chad. It is located in Chad's Borkou Region. Since 2013, three French Rafale are parked in Faya-Largeau to protect the Ch ...

) ** Moundou (

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) ** N'Djamena (

) Hub **

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( Sarh Airport) * **

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( Port Bouet Airport) * **

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( Libreville International Airport) * **

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( Maya-Maya Airport) * ** Lomé ( Lomé-Tokoin Airport)

Asia

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( King Abdulaziz International Airport) (Seasonal) * **

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( Dubai International Airport)

Fleet

The Toumaï Air Tchad fleet included the following aircraft ():

References

External links

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