Auric Air

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Auric Air
File:AuricAirLogo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
UI AUK AURIC SERVICES
Founded2001
Commenced operations2001
AOC #22
Operating bases3
Hubs
Secondary hubs
Fleet size19
Destinations42+
HeadquartersMwanza, Tanzania
Key peopleNurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director)
Websitewww.auricair.com
File:Auric air Cessna 5H-KKC at JNIA.jpg
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]

It is currently on the List of airlines banned in the European Union.[4]

Destinations

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Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[5]

Hub
Future
On inducement basis
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Arusha File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania ARK HTAR Arusha Airport
Chem Chem File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Chem Chem Airstrip
Dar es Salaam File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania DAR HTDA Julius Nyerere International Airport
Entebbe File:Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda EBB HUEN Entebbe International Airport
Ifakara File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Ifakara Airstrip
Iringa File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania IRI HTIR Iringa Airport
Kigali File:Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda KGL HRYR Kigali International Airport
Kilimanjaro International Airport File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania JRO HTKJ Kilimanjaro International Airport
Lake Manyara File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania LKY HTLM Lake Manyara Airport
Mafia Island File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania MFA HTMA Mafia Airport
Migori File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya HKMN Migori Airport
Moshi File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania QSI HTMS Moshi Airport
Mwanza File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania MWZ HTMW Mwanza Airport
Pangani File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Kwajoni Airstrip
Pemba Island File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania PMA HTPE Pemba Airport
Ruaha National Park File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Msembe Airstrip
Saadani National Park File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Saadani Airstrip
Selous Game Reserve File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Beho Beho Airstrip
Kiba Airstrip
Matambwe Airstrip
Mbuyu Airstrip
Mtemere Airstrip
Siwandu Airstrip
Stiegler's Airstrip
Serengeti National Park File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Fort Ikoma Airstrip
Grumeti Airstrip
Kogatende Airstrip
Lamai Airstrip
Lobo Airstrip
Mwiba Airstrip
Ndutu Airstrip
Sasakwa Airstrip
SEU HTSN Seronera Airstrip [6]
Kusini Airstrip
Rubondo Island File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Rubondo Airstrip
Tanga File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania TGT HTTG Tanga Airport
Tarime File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Tarime Airstrip
Usa River File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania Dolly Airstrip
Zanzibar File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania ZNZ HTZA Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

Fleet

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File:Auric Air Fleet.jpg
The Auric Air Cessna Model no 208.

Auric Air fleet consists of the following nineteen aircraft (as of August 2024):[7]

Auric Air fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Passengers Notes
C P Y Total
Cessna 208B 4 – – 12 12 [8]
Cessna 208B-EX 13 – – 12 12 [8]
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-Q100 1 — — (as of August 2025)[9]
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-Q200[10][11] 1 — — (as of August 2025)[9]
Pilatus PC-12 1 – – 8 8 [12]
Total 20

Accidents and incidents

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  • 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.[13][14]

References

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