Air Cote d’Ivoire Launching First Flight – 15 percent stake by AKFED

Air Cote d’Ivoire, the airline created by the Cote d’Ivoire government in partnership with Air France, will launch its first flights by the end of July, an official source said Tuesday.

“The first flights will be undertaken by Airbus 352 planes that we will hire from a group recommended to us by Air France,” the head of the piloting committee Abdoulaye Coulibaly said at the sidelines of the signing of an agreement for the company’s creation.

The Cote d’Ivoire government has a majority stake of 51 percent, Air France has 20 percent and the Agha Khan Group 15 percent, with remaining shares distributed to other private partners.

via BERNAMA – Air Cote d’Ivoire Launching First Flights End Of July.
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