Celestair
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Celestair Group represents an alliance of three airlines under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development, AKFED, and benefits from technical and operative support from other airlines owned by the Aga Khan
Aga Khan
Aga Khan is the hereditary title of the Imam of the largest branch of the Ismā'īlī followers of the Shī‘a faith. They affirm the Imamat of the descendants of Ismail ibn Jafar, eldest son of Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq, while the larger Twelver branch of Shi`ism follows Ismail's younger brother Musa...

, such as Meridiana
Meridiana
Meridiana fly is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport in Olbia, Sardinia, Italy. It is Italy's second largest airline operating domestic and European services, as well as intercontinental flights. The airline mainly operates out of Cagliari-Elmas Airport,...

 and Eurofly
Eurofly
Eurofly was a privately owned airline based in Milan, Italy. Listed on MTA Stock Exchange and controlled by Meridiana, it was Italy’s leading carrier in leisure flights market and mainly operated international, medium to long haul, point-to-point flights....

 of Italy.
The Celestair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2009 ):
  • 8 McDonnell Douglas MD-87 (three aircraft are operated for Air Uganda
    Air Uganda
    Air Uganda is the designated national airline for Uganda. The company was formed in 2007 and began commercial flight operations on November 15, 2007...

    , two aircraft are operated for Air Burkina
    Air Burkina
    Air Burkina is an airline headquartered in the Air Burkina Storey Building in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is the national airline, operating scheduled services to one domestic destination , as well as regional services to Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana...

     and two aircraft are operated for Compagnie Aérienne du Mali
    Compagnie Aerienne du Mali
    Air Mali, formerly Compagnie Aerienne du Mali , is an airline headquartered in Bamako, Mali, that was formed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development through its subsidiary IPS, West Africa and the government of Mali in April 2005. Its inaugural flight was made on 7 June 2005 from Bamako to...

    ).


Members

Member airline Country Joined
Air Burkina
Air Burkina
Air Burkina is an airline headquartered in the Air Burkina Storey Building in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is the national airline, operating scheduled services to one domestic destination , as well as regional services to Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana...

Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso – also known by its short-form name Burkina – is a landlocked country in west Africa. It is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Côte d'Ivoire to the southwest.Its size is with an estimated...

 
2007
Air Mali
Air Mali
Air Mali, formerly Compagnie Aerienne du Mali , is an airline headquartered in Bamako, Mali, that was formed by the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development through its subsidiary IPS, West Africa and the government of Mali in April 2005. Its inaugural flight was made on 7 June 2005 from Bamako to...

 Mali
Mali
Mali , officially the Republic of Mali , is a landlocked country in Western Africa. Mali borders Algeria on the north, Niger on the east, Burkina Faso and the Côte d'Ivoire on the south, Guinea on the south-west, and Senegal and Mauritania on the west. Its size is just over 1,240,000 km² with...

 
2009
Air Uganda
Air Uganda
Air Uganda is the designated national airline for Uganda. The company was formed in 2007 and began commercial flight operations on November 15, 2007...

 Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

2007

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