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Tsaradia is a domestic
airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...
based in
Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
,
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. It is a subsidiary of
Air Madagascar ''Société Nationale Malgache de Transports Aériens S.A.'',REGLEMENT ...
and commenced operations on 2 July 2018.


History

Tsaradia was launched as a subsidiary of Air Madagascar after a strategic partnering between
Air Austral and Air Madagascar. The airline was originally planned to launch in April 2018 but commenced operations on 2 July 2018. 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 Air Madagascar and is located in the commune of Ivato. H ...
in
Antananarivo Antananarivo ( French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana, is the capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known as Antananarivo-Renivohitra ("Antananarivo-Mother Hill" or "An ...
, Tsaradia serves the domestic markets. As a result, Air Madagascar no longer flies to domestic destinations since they are exclusively served by the Tsaradia subsidiary. Tsaradia's name translates to "good flight" or "good travel" in Malagasy, the indigenous language of
Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...
. The logo depicts a colorful and stylized leaping
ring-tailed lemur The ring-tailed lemur (''Lemur catta'') is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur due to its long, black and white ringed tail. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the ''Lemur'' ge ...
, an animal that is endemic to Madagascar.


Fleet

The Tsaradia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2019):


References

Airlines of Madagascar Airlines established in 2018 2018 establishments in Africa Companies based in Antananarivo {{Africa-airline-stub