Auric Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
UI AUK AURIC SERVICES
Founded2001
Commenced operations2001
AOC #22
Operating bases3
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Fleet size18
Destinations42+ (Connecting Tourist Circuits of East Africa)
HeadquartersMwanza, Tanzania
Key peopleNurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director)
Sajid Hussein (Accountable Manager)
Deepesh Gupta (Commercial Manager)
Abdulnur Mtungi (Chief Pilot)
Archibald Homwe (Director of Safety)
Ajay Badiani (Contracts Manager)
Omar Mselem (Head Ground Support)
Samwel Urio (Arusha Station Manager)
Hajra Swaleh (Zanzibar Station Manager)
WebsiteAuric airline website
Auric Air 5H-KKC at JNIA.

Auric Air Services Limited is a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, Operating from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) Dar-es-salaam, Arusha Airport and Mwanza Airport. The Company offers scheduled flights to 42 destinations within East Africa as well as on demand private non-scheduled air charter.[1][2][3]

Destinations

Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[4]

Hub
Future
On inducement basis
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Arusha TanzaniaARKHTARArusha Airport
Chem Chem  Tanzania Chem Chem Airstrip
Dar es Salaam TanzaniaDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport
Entebbe UgandaEBBHUENEntebbe International Airport
Ifakara TanzaniaIfakara Airstrip
Iringa TanzaniaIRIHTIRIringa Airport
Kigali RwandaKGLHRYRKigali International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport TanzaniaJROHTKJKilimanjaro International Airport
Lake Manyara TanzaniaLKYHTLMLake Manyara Airport
Mafia Island TanzaniaMFAHTMAMafia Airport
Migori KenyaHKMNMigori Airport
Moshi TanzaniaQSIHTMSMoshi Airport
Mwanza TanzaniaMWZHTMWMwanza Airport
Pangani TanzaniaKwajoni Airstrip
Pemba Island TanzaniaPMAHTPEPemba Airport
Ruaha National Park TanzaniaMsembe Airstrip
Saadani National Park TanzaniaSaadani Airstrip
Selous Game Reserve TanzaniaBeho Beho Airstrip
Kiba Airstrip
Matambwe Airstrip
Mbuyu Airstrip
Mtemere Airstrip
Siwandu Airstrip
Stiegler's Airstrip
Serengeti National Park TanzaniaFort Ikoma Airstrip
Grumeti Airstrip
Kogatende Airstrip
Lamai Airstrip
Lobo Airstrip
Mwiba Airstrip
Ndutu Airstrip
Sasakwa Airstrip
SEUHTSNSeronera Airstrip[5]
Kusini Airstrip
Rubondo Island TanzaniaRubondo Airstrip
Tanga TanzaniaTGTHTTGTanga Airport
Tarime TanzaniaTarime Airstrip
Usa River  Tanzania Dolly Airstrip
Zanzibar TanzaniaZNZHTZAAbeid Amani Karume International Airport

Fleet

The Auric Air Cessna Model no 208.

Auric Air fleet consists of the following sixteen aircraft (as of February 2023):[6]

Auric Air fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Passengers Notes
C P Y Total
Cessna 208B 4 – – 12 12 [7]
Cessna 208B-EX 12 12 12 [7]
Dash 8 Q103/ Q202 2 — — 39 39 [8][9]
Total 18

Accidents and incidents

  • On 23 September 2019, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, registration number 5H-AAM, was damaged beyond repair when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Seronera Airstrip, under unclear circumstances. The pilot, Nelson Mabeyo, and the other passenger who was a student pilot both died in the crash.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Company Profile". Auric Air. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Profile". Pilot Career Centre. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Profile". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Auric Air 2023-2024 Schedule" (PDF). Auric Air.
  5. ↑ "Daily Flights to Serengeti | Cheap flights to Serengeti". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Auric Air has been chosen to provide specific requirements of operating into bush airstrips within Tanzania's world famous game parks". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  7. 1 2 "Cessna Caravan C208BEX". auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  8. ↑ "DHC Dash 8-103". www.auricair.com. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  9. ↑ "Dash 8 takes Auric to a higher plane | Times Aerospace". www.timesaerospace.aero. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  10. ↑ Aviation Safety Network (23 September 2019). "Aviation Safety Network: Record ID# 20190923-0". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Alex Malanga (24 September 2019). "Auric Air plane crash pilot was set to leave for Bombardier training in Canada". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
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