Air Horizon

For the Alaska Air Group subsidiary, see Horizon Air.
Not to be confused with Air Horizont.
Air Horizon
IATA ICAO Call sign
8C HZT HORIZON TOGO
Founded2004
Ceased operations2007
HubsLomé-Tokoin Airport
Fleet size3
HeadquartersLomé, Togo

Air Horizon, formerly known as Transtel Togo, 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.[1]

Fleet

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

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 propellers.[2] 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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Air Horizon at airlineupdate.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
  2. ^ "cessna caravan | 2002 | 0213 | Flight Archive". www.flightglobal.com. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  3. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Vickers 802 Viscount 3D-OHM N'Djamena Airport (NDJ)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2021-09-30.


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