Monday, September 22, 2014

Air Afrique poster, 1961


This was the year this airline, mainly owned by West African countries for most of its history, commenced.  Its headquarters was in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

Air Afrique began a steady decline in the early 1980s, yet several years later the company was still considered the most reputable carrier in West Africa. Mismanagement, corruption and the downturn in the aviation industry after the Muslim terrorist attacks of 9/11 ended with its liquidation in early 2002.

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