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Defunct South African airline, 1997–2012

AirQuarius Aviation

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
-	AQU	QUARIUS

Founded

1997

Ceased operations

February 2012

Hubs

Lanseria Airport

Secondary hubs

Cape Town International Airport

Fleet size

Headquarters

Johannesburg, South Africa

Key people

Gavin Branson August 1967 – October 2014

Website

https://www.airquarius.com/defunct

AirQuarius (ZS-GAV) "Karen" Boeing 737-200.

AirQuarius Aviation was anairline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, operating chartered flights andaircraft leasing contracted by companies throughoutAfrica andAsia. The airline's base was atLanseria Airport, Johannesburg.^[1]

History

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AirQuarius Aviation (Pty) Ltd was established by Gavin Branson in 1997 and started operations in 2001, doing business asAirQuarius Air Charter. The name was changed to Branson Air (Pty) Ltd, doing business as AirQuarius in 2007.^{[citation needed]} At one time, it had 120 employees.^[1] The airline specialized in operating flights to political crisis areas. As such, AirQuarius was the only operator into Baghdad orBasra during theIraq War.^[2] Other missions includedUN flights into Afghanistan and Sudan.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, it was alleged that an air operating certificate was awarded to an AirQuarius Charters aircraft on the basis of an inspection form which the inspector said was not written or signed by him.^[3]

AirQuarius stopped operating on 7 February 2012.^[3]

Fleet

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AirQuarius operatedFokker 28,^[3]Fokker 100,Hawker Siddeley HS 748 andBoeing 737-200 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

References

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^^a ^b"Directory: World Airlines".Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 71.
^"Landing in Baghdad".Air & Space Magazine. Retrieved4 November 2020.
^^a ^b ^c"AirQuarius flights".Southafrica.to. 7 February 2012. Retrieved7 May 2017.

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