The 1970s Air Afrique

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an air afrique caravelle standing @ le bourget airport in 1977. third aircraft of type delivered in 1971.


the company ordered 2 mcdonnell douglas dc-10-30s in february 1970 (1970-02), boosting order 1 more aircraft of type same year. amid increasing tourism in africa, in march same year airline acquired 51% stake in société de développement hôtelier & touristique en afrique d l ouest; air afrique held interests in tourist agencies. @ april same year, number of employees 3,370 , aircraft park stood @ 3 dc-8s, 1 dc-8f, 2 caravelle 11rs, 1 dc-3 , 4 dc-4s. in december 1970 (1970-12), dc-8-63cf entered fleet , 2 namc ys-11as purchased; these turboprop airliners transferred air ivoire in 1972. air afrique started flights new york in own right in january 1971 (1971-01), using dc-8-63 aircraft. in august same year, central african republic s president jean bedel bokassa stated country leave consortium form own airline, air centrafrique; withdrawal plans shelved. shortly afterwards, cameroon s president ahmadou ahidjo discontented airline both lack of cameroonians in top management positions , location of head office in abidjan, douala city highest traffic among points served carrier in africa @ time, , ahidjo believed head office should located there. in september, cameroon withdrew support consortium run own national carrier, cameroon airlines, had been founded on 26 july 1971 (1971-07-26). ownership reorganised following cameroon breakaway, remaining shareholder countries participating 6.18% each , sodetraf keeping 28%.



a douglas dc-8-30 @ euroairport in 1978. dc-8 entered fleet in 1963.


during 1971, third caravelle incorporated fleet, , regional headquarters central africa moved douala, cameroon libreville in gabon. move angered chadian president françois tombalbaye, threatened withdraw support multinational enterprise in 1972, did not occur. carrier joined air france reservation system in 1973. first wide-bodied dc-10-30, named ″libreville″, delivered on 28 february 1973 (1973-02-28), arriving in dakar on 2 march. starting 13 march, type replaced dc-8s on paris–bordeaux–nouakchott–dakar, paris–dakar–abidjan, paris–fort lamy–dakar–brazaville, paris–marseilles–niamey–cotonou–abidjan routes in gradual manner. late in 1973, fourth caravelle acquired royal jordanian airlines , douglas dc-8-55f entered fleet. cheikh fall succeeded aoussou koffi @ head of company in 1974.


at march 1975 (1975-03), workforce had grown 3,726 , carrier s fleet comprised 3 caravelles (one 10r , 2 11rs), 1 dc-3, 5 dc-8s (one dc-8-63cf, 1 dc-8-30 , 3 dc-8-50s) , dc-10-30. in august, third dc-8-55f purchased. second dc-10-30, ″cotonou″, joined fleet in 1976; prior incorporation, aircraft had been delivered in june 1975 (1975-06) , leased thai international airways. in 1976, gabon left consortium , formed air gabon; sierra leone incorporated in 1978. third dc-10-30 ordered in 1977 , boeing 747-200c in 1978. in 1979, company placed order airbus 1 airbus a300b4, intended fly dakar–paris route, , 2 airbus a310s; order later homogenised include 3 a300b4s. boeing 747f ordered year.





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