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Following a meeting of the Board of Directors of Air
Madagascar has the airline, following an extensive search for a
strategic partner and investor, recommended to the government of
Madagascar that Reunion’s home airline, Air Austral, be considered as
the preferred airline.
There has been sustained speculation over the upcoming
privatisation exercise of the Malagasy national airline after seven
carriers were shortlisted, Air Austral among them.
Air Madagascar has also received a renewal of the coveted
IOSA certification while the European Union’s EASA, short for European
Aviation Safety Agency has renewed their EASA Part 145 approvals for the
airline, a major accomplishment since exiting the notorious EU aviation
black list some time ago.
Air Austral and Air Madagascar are already cooperating with
a code shared flight to China and once the government in Antananarivo
approves the deal both Reunion, where Air Austral is based and
Madagascar are expected to reap major benefits through increased air
travel.
Air Austral, through their subsidiary EWA Air based in
Mayotte, now also offers a once a week connection to Tanzania’s
commercial capital Dar es Salaam though passengers out of St. Denis
Roland Garros International Airport need to change planes in Mayotte for
the final sector.
In a related development was it also learned that Air
Austral apparently plans to launch flights to New York’s JFK in October
this year, though details are presently sketchy apart from suggestions
the flight will route via Frankfurt.
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