Auric Air

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Tanzanian airline

title: "Auric Air" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["airlines-of-tanzania", "airlines-established-in-2001", "2001-establishments-in-tanzania", "airlines-banned-in-the-european-union"] description: "Tanzanian airline" topic_path: "general/airlines-of-tanzania" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auric_Air" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Tanzanian airline ::

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FieldValue
airlineAuric Air
imageAuricAirLogo.png
image_size180px
IATAUI
ICAOAUK
callsignAURIC SERVICES
founded2001
commenced2001
aoc22
bases3
hubs* Mwanza Airport
secondary_hubs
fleet_size19
destinations42+
headquartersMwanza, Tanzania
key_peopleNurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director)
website
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| airline = Auric Air | image = AuricAirLogo.png | image_size = 180px | alt = | IATA = UI | ICAO = AUK | callsign = AURIC SERVICES | founded = 2001 | commenced = 2001 | ceased = | aoc = 22 | bases = 3 | hubs = * Mwanza Airport | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = 19 | destinations = 42+ | parent = | num_employees = | headquarters = Mwanza, Tanzania | key_people = Nurmohamed Hussein (Managing Director) | website = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Auric_air_Cessna_5H-KKC_at_JNIA.jpg" caption="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.

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

Destinations

Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:

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On inducement basis
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CityCountryIATAICAOAirportRefs
ArushaARKHTARArusha Airport
Chem ChemChem Chem Airstrip
Dar es SalaamDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport
EntebbeEBBHUENEntebbe International Airport
IfakaraIfakara Airstrip
IringaIRIHTIRIringa Airport
KigaliKGLHRYRKigali International Airport
Kilimanjaro International AirportJROHTKJKilimanjaro International Airport
Lake ManyaraLKYHTLMLake Manyara Airport
Mafia IslandMFAHTMAMafia Airport
MigoriHKMNMigori Airport
MoshiQSIHTMSMoshi Airport
MwanzaMWZHTMWMwanza Airport
PanganiKwajoni Airstrip
Pemba IslandPMAHTPEPemba Airport
Ruaha National ParkMsembe Airstrip
Saadani National ParkSaadani Airstrip
Selous Game ReserveBeho Beho Airstrip
Kiba Airstrip
Matambwe Airstrip
Mbuyu Airstrip
Mtemere Airstrip
Siwandu Airstrip
Stiegler's Airstrip
Serengeti National ParkFort Ikoma Airstrip
Grumeti Airstrip
Kogatende Airstrip
Lamai Airstrip
Lobo Airstrip
Mwiba Airstrip
Ndutu Airstrip
Sasakwa Airstrip
SEUHTSNSeronera Airstrip
Kusini Airstrip
Rubondo IslandRubondo Airstrip
TangaTGTHTTGTanga Airport
TarimeTarime Airstrip
Usa RiverDolly Airstrip
ZanzibarZNZHTZAAbeid Amani Karume International Airport
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Fleet

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Auric_Air_Fleet.jpg" caption="The Auric Air Cessna Model no 208."] ::

Auric Air fleet consists of the following nineteen aircraft (as of August 2024): ::data[format=table title="Auric Air fleet"]

AircraftIn FleetPassengersNotesCPYTotalTotal20
Cessna 208B4––1212title=Cessna Caravan C208BEXurl=https://auricair.com/General/cessna_caravan_c208Bexaccess-date=2023-03-12website=auricair.com}}
Cessna 208B-EX13––1212
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-Q1001——title=Global Airline Guide 2025 - Chair Airlinesmagazine=Airliner Worlddate=September 2025page=76}}
De Havilland Canada DHC-8-Q2001——(as of August 2025)
Pilatus PC-121––88
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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.

References

References

  1. "Company Profile". Auric Air.
  2. "Profile". Pilot Career Centre.
  3. "Profile". LinkedIn.
  4. "The EU air safety list - European Commission".
  5. "Auric Air 2023-2024 Schedule".
  6. "Daily Flights to Serengeti {{!}} Cheap flights to Serengeti".
  7. "Auric Air has been chosen to provide specific requirements of operating into bush airstrips within Tanzania's world famous game parks".
  8. "Cessna Caravan C208BEX".
  9. (September 2025). "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Chair Airlines".
  10. "DHC Dash 8-103".
  11. "Dash 8 takes Auric to a higher plane {{!}} Times Aerospace".
  12. "Pilatus PC12".
  13. Aviation Safety Network. (23 September 2019). "Aviation Safety Network: Record ID# 20190923-0". Aviation Safety Network.
  14. Alex Malanga. (24 September 2019). "Auric Air plane crash pilot was set to leave for Bombardier training in Canada". [[The Citizen (Tanzania)]].

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