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| − | | callsign=BURKINA
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| − | | company_slogan = ''Le sentiment d'une bonne compagnie''<br>(''The feeling of a good company'')
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| − | | frequent_flyer = Celestars
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| − | | headquarters=Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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| − | | website= {{URL|https://www.air-burkina.com/
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| − | '''Air Burkina S. A. (corporation) | SA''' is the flag carrier|national airline of Burkina Faso, operating scheduled services from its main base at Ouagadougou Airport.<ref name="FI">Flight International 27 March 2007</ref> to one domestic destination, Bobo-Dioulasso, as well as regional services to Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal and Ghana. From 2001 to 2017, the airline was majority owned by an Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development|AKFED/IPS consortium, but is now back in government ownership, with reports that a new investor is being sought.<ref name="Gov">{{cite news |publication-date=12 May 2017B/Faso gov’t takes over Air Burkina management |publisher=Journal du Cameroun.com |access-date=22 July 2017 }}</ref><ref name="Gov2">{{cite news |publication-date=12 May 2017 ''Air Burkina prend son envol avec le gouvernement burkinabè'' (French) |publisher=VOAAfrique |access-date=22 July 2017 }}</ref>
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| − | == History ==
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| − | The airline was established on 17 March 1967 under the name '''Air Volta'''. It was originally part owned by the Burkinabé government, part by Air France and part privately held. It purchased its first aircraft, an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante|Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante, in 1978 and added a second, a Fokker F28, in 1983.<ref name="PNA">{{cite news |publication-date=26 February 2001Air Burkina Set to Extend Its Network |agency=Panafrican News Agency |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | Over the years, the airline has had serious debt problems, reaching a deficit of one billion CFA francs in 1992 (approx. Euro|€]]1,500,000). In part to address its debt problem, the Burkina Faso government privatised Air Burkina on 21 February 2001, transferring 56% of the shares to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development|AKFED/Industrial Promotion Services|IPS consortium, part of the Aga Khan Development Network.<ref name="FI"/> At that time, the government retained 14% of shares.<ref name="PNA"/> In 2001, following Air Burkina's privatisation and the liquidation of Air Afrique, the airline's debt had largely been alleviated and it was predicting an annual revenue of around 3.5 billion CFA francs (more than Euro|€]]5,000,000).<ref name="PNA"/><ref>{{cite report 2003African Economic Outlook: Burkina Faso |publisher=African Development Bank and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |page=93 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | The company saw a general strike in 2002, when workers demanded a 25% wage increase. In the resulting conflict, the director-general of Air Burkina was forced to resign. {{Citation needed|date=April 2007}}
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| − | In August 2022 press reports said that the majority shareholder, AKFED & IPS, will be called in for talks by the Government after its most recent Council of Ministers meeting resolved to discuss the airline's financial state. According to the Burkinabé Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport, a report presented to government claimed the Burkinabé national carrier "faces a difficult financial and economic situation." <ref>{{cite web Ouagadougou mulls Air Burkina's future with AKFED|publisher=ch aviation|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref> In May 2017 it was announced that the government had taken over the management of Air Burkina, following the signing of a contract of management cessation with AKFED, with the sale of shares to be made at a symbolic franc.<ref name="Gov"/> There were also reports that a new investor was being sought.<ref name="Gov2"/>
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| − | ==Corporate affairs==
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| − | The airline is currently (May 2022) owned by the Government of Burkina Faso.<ref name="Gov"/>
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| − | From 2001 to 2017, the company has been majority owned by an Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development|AKFED/IPS consortium and was therefore a member of the Celestair alliance of African airlines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Felix |first1=Bate |last2=Nyambura-Mwaura |first2=Helen |last3=Coulibaly |first3=Loucoumane |editor1-last=Fletcher |editor1-first=Pascal |editor2-last=Macdonald |editor2-first=Alastair|editor3-last=Waterman |editor3-first=Will |publication-date=7 June 2012 Pan-African airline dream faces tough take-off |agency=Reuters |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | ===Business trends===
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| − | Financial and other business figures for Air Burkina are not fully available, as the company was privately owned until 2017. In the absence of the accounts, some information has been made available, usually in the press, as shown below:
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| − | | align=center|<ref>{{cite web Notre historique (Our History) | publisher=Air Burkina|language=French|accessdate=9 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918023611/https://www.air-burkina.com/notrehistorique.html|archive-date=18 September 2013|dead-url=yes|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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| − | | align=center|<ref>{{cite web Profile of Air Burkina|publisher=AirValid|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref>
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| − | | align=center|<ref name="AFRAA">{{cite webAir Burkina profile at AFRAA /component/k2/item/50-air-burkina-sa|accessdate= {{date|2013-10-08}}|archive-url= Web: ://afraa.org/index. /component/k2/item/50-air-burkina-sa|archive-date= 2015-06-10|dead-url= yes|df= }}</ref>
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| − | | align=center|<ref>{{cite newsAnnual Report 2014|agency= African Airlines Association|date= 2014 }}</ref>
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| − | | align=center|<ref>{{cite report 28 August 2022AFRAA Annual Report 2015 ?view=download&alias=644-afraa-annual-report-2015&category_slug=annual-reports-1&option=com_docman&Itemid=160 |publisher=African Airlines Association |pages=12, 69 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | | align=center|<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->Air Burkina News |magazine=Air Burkina Inflight Magazine |publisher=A To Z Brand Solutions for Air Burkina |pages=62, 67 |year=2016 |volume=2016 |issue=3 |access-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>
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| − | ===Head office===
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| − | Air Burkina is headquartered in the Air Burkina Building (French language|French: ''Immeuble Air Burkina'') in Avenue de la Nation, Ouagadougou.<ref>"[https://.archive.org/*/https://www.air-burkina.com/pages/en/contattaci/contattaci.aspx?language=en Contact-us." Air Burkina. Retrieved on 19 October 2009.</ref><ref>"[https://.air-burkina.com:8080/airburkina/contactez-nous.jsp Contactez-nous{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." Air Burkina. Retrieved on 8 December 2011. "Agence Centrale Ouagadougou 29, Av. de la Nation Immeuble Air Burkina 01 BP 1459 Ouagadougou 01"</ref>
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| − | == Destinations ==
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| − | Air Burkina serves the following destinations (as of May 2022):<ref>{{Cite web Air Burkina English » Our network|website=www.air-burkina.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>
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| − | !style="background-color:#330000;color: white"|City
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| − | !style="background-color:#330000;color: white" width=50px|IATA
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| − | |Abidjan||{{CIV}}||align=center|ABJ||align=center|DIAP||Port Bouet Airport||
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| − | |Accra||{{GHA}}||align=center|ACC||align=center|DGAA||Kotoka International Airport||
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| − | |Bamako||{{MLI}}||align=center|BKO||align=center|GABS||Senou International Airport||
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| − | |Bobo-Dioulasso||{{BUR}}||align=center|BOY||align=center|DFOO||Bobo Dioulasso Airport||
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| − | |Cotonou||{{BEN}}||align=center|COO||align=center|DBBB||Cadjehoun Airport||
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| − | |Dakar||{{SEN}}||align=center|DSS||align=center|GOOY||Blaise Diagne International Airport||align=center|
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| − | |Lomé]]||{{TOG}}||align=center|LFW||align=center|DXXX||Lomé-Tokoin Airport||
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| − | |Niamey||{{NIG}}||align=center|NIM||align=center|DRRN||Diori Hamani International Airport||
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| − | |Ouagadougou||{{BUR}}||align=center|OUA||align=center|DFFD||bgcolor=#D0E7FF|Ouagadougou Airport||
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| − | ===Codeshare agreements===
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| − | Air Burkina has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:<ref name="CAPA Air Burkina profile">{{cite web Profile on Air Burkina |website=CAPA|publisher=Centre for Aviation|access-date=2016-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102160506/https://centreforaviation.com/profiles/airlines/air-burkina-2j |archive-date=2016-11-02|dead-url=no}}</ref>
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| − | * Air France
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| − | * ASKY Airlines
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| − | * Kenya Airways
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| − | ==Fleet==
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| − | ===Current fleet===
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| − | {{As of|2019|4, the Air Burkina fleet consists of the following aircraft:<ref>{{Cite web Air Burkina English » Our fleet|website=www.air-burkina.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-01}}</ref>
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| − | Air Burkina 2012 - A Bombardier CRJ200 (foreground) and an MD-87 of Air Burkina, seen at Ouagadougou Airport in December 2012]]
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| − | ===Historical fleet===
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| − | The airline has operated various aircraft in the past, including two Bombardier CRJ200]]s and two McDonnell Douglas MD-87]]s.
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| − | ==References==
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| − | {{reflist|2
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| − | *[https://.aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank
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| − | *[https://.oag-flights.com{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | {{Portal|Burkina Faso|Aviation}}
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| − | {{Commons category|Air Burkina
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| − | *[https://.air-burkina.com/ Air Burkina {{fr icon
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| − | *[https://.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft. ?search=set&airline=2J&al_op=1 Air Burkina Fleet
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| − | {{African Airlines Association}}
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| − | IATA members|africa}}
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| − | Category:Airlines of Burkina Faso
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| − | Category:Aga Khan Development Network
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| − | Category:IATA members
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| − | Category:Airlines established in 1967]]
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| − | Category:1967 establishments in Upper Volta
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