Tsaradia was a domestic airline based in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...
,
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
. Based out of
Ivato International Airport
Ivato International Airport is the main international airport serving Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, located northwest of the city centre. Ivato Airport is the main hub for Madagascar Airlines and is located in the commune of Ivato ...
in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...
, Tsaradia serves the domestic destinations.
Tsaradia's name translates to "good flight" or "good travel" in
Malagasy, the indigenous language of
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
. The logo depicts a colorful and stylized leaping
ring-tailed lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of fiv ...
, an animal endemic to Madagascar.
History
Tsaradia was launched as a subsidiary of Air Madagascar after a strategic partnering between
Air Austral
Air Austral is a French airline that is also the flag carrier of the Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of Réunion. The airline is based at Roland Garros Airport. It operates scheduled services from Réu ...
and Air Madagascar.
The airline was originally planned to launch in April 2018 but commenced operations on 2 July 2018.
Air Madagascar took over Tsaradia's operations and became ''Madagascar Airlines'' in October 2021. Tsaradia flights ceased operations entirely on 26 May 2024, as Madagascar Airlines assumed full control of all its routes and fleet.
Fleet

The Tsaradia fleet consists of the following aircraft:
See also
*
List of defunct airlines of Madagascar
This is a list of airlines operating in Madagascar.
Active
Defunct
See also
*List of airlines of Africa
*List of defunct airlines of Africa
References
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References
Defunct airlines of Madagascar
Airlines established in 2018
Airlines disestablished in 2024
2018 establishments in Africa
2024 disestablishments in Africa
Companies based in Antananarivo
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