Air CEMAC
Air CEMAC was a planned multinational airline which was created a year before the fall of the Pan African airline Air Afrique but would only comprise of the nations of Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Chad and Central Africa Republic and would have had a similar model to Asky Airlines.[1]
History
Air Cemac was created in 2001 with its headquarters in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. It was built at the expense of the Congolese state and inaugurated on March 8.[2]
As launching the airline required significant financial and logistical resources, negotiations were initiated with Royal Air Maroc, SN Brussels, and South African Airways (SAA), but these proved unsuccessful. The failure of the talks with SAA in 2010 stemmed from a disagreement regarding the location of the Air CEMAC hub: SAA considered it economically more logical to base it in Douala which was the economic capital of both Cameroon and the sub-region whereas the CEMAC heads of state believed it should be located in Brazzaville.[3]
Following these setbacks, talks were initiated with Air France in 2012. However, they have struggled to reach a conclusion due to two sticking points
- Air France is requesting that Air CEMAC hold a monopoly on regional traffic across the six CEMAC member countries, and that national airlines be restricted to operating routes within their respective states;
- Air France would seeking a one-third stake in Air CEMAC in order to secure a blocking minority that would protect it against any strategic decision capable of jeopardizing the company's future.[3]
However several factors went against this.
Cameroon did not wish to reduce it's new flag carrier Camair-Co to a domestic airline and the Republic of Gabon was in talks wth Saudi group Nexus Aero International to form a new National airline. Another factor for it's failure was that several airline with active bases in Douala would pull out of Air CEMAC as a result.[4]
The airline would also have spent all of the funds it had and would not end up commencing flight operations in 2013.[5]
The airline was abandoned in 2015 following chronic mismanagement.[6][7]
References
- ↑ Seid Abakar, SENOUSSI; SALEH, MOUSSA KABIR; Ratangar, DJIMNADJINGAR; YAHYAOUI, Yahya (2026-04-10). "Optimal Monetary Zone and Economic Growth: Case of the CEMAC Countries (CHAD, CAMEROON, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, GABON, EQUATORIAL GUINEA, CONGO BRAZZAVILLE)". INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS. 09 (04). doi:10.47191/ijmra/v9-i4-08. ISSN 2643-9840.
- ↑ [dead link].
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 [dead link].
- ↑ "Centrafrique : Liquidation d'Air CEMAC un échec de l'intégration Sous-régionale". abangui.com. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
- ↑ "Air CEMAC: Difficiles négociations avec Air France".
- ↑ "Air CEMAC".
- ↑ "Aerotelegraph".
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