Air Horizon

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Air Horizon
IATA ICAO Callsign
8C HZT HORIZON TOGO
Founded 2004
Ceased operations 2007
Hubs Lomé-Tokoin Airport
Fleet size 3
Headquarters Lomé, Togo

Air Horizon, formerly known as Transtel Togo,[1] was an airline based in Lomé, Togo operating flights within Africa, the Middle East and Asia out of Lomé-Tokoin Airport. The airline was founded in 2004 and shut down in 2007.[2]

Fleet

As of March 2007, the Air Horizon fleet included the following aircraft:[1]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 24 July 2001, Vickers Viscount 3D-OHM of Transtel was damaged beyond economic repair in a take-off accident at N'Djamena International Airport when the aircraft departed the runway, damaging the engines and propellors.[3] Although written off by the insurers, the aircraft was repaired. Repairs were almost complete when a soldier accidentally discharged his gun, puncturing a fuel tank.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flight International 27 March 2007
  2. Air Horizon at airlineupdate.com
  3. Flight International, 22-28 January 2002, p47
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