Air Niger

The airline was formed in 1966 by the government of Niger with assistance from Air France and Union des Transports Aériens, taking over services from the defunct Aero Niger.

Besides former air taxi and charter operations of Aero Niger, the new airline took over Air France domestic services in Niger and to Upper Volta, Nigeria and Chad.

[1] The airline operated services from Niamey to Tahoua, Maradi, Zinder and Agadez.

Plans were made to extend its network to Upper Volta, Chad and Nigeria.

Throughout the 1970s its fleet comprised two DC-3s, and by the late 1980s it was operating two Hawker Siddeley HS.748s on domestic services and to Lomé in Togo.