Operated as calibrator of air navigation equipment, this Dakar (Senegal) based ATR-42 usually visits Madagascar twice a year. Owner and operator of this 1988 ATR-42 is the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar, abbreviated ASECNA (stands for Agence pour la Sécurité de la Navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar).

Built 1971, flew with Air Madagascar till May 2008. It then went on the FAA register as N901WW before heading to Papua New Guinea as P2-MCZ, where it had a landing accident. After repair it went to InterCaribbean Airways as VQ-TGW and at the time of the upload registered in the Maldives as 8Q-TAM.

A rare visitor to the island of Madagascar, and a long way from home.

Air Madagascar received a total of six Twin Otters (5R-MGA through 5R-MGF) between 1971 and 1976. 5R-MGF is seen here wearing the new Air Madagascar livery, introduced in 2003 at a time when Lufthansa Consulting was assisting the malagasy airline to re-launch it's operation after a political crisis in 2001/2002. In July of 2018, this airframe has been transferred to Tsaradia, the new domestic brand of Air Madagascar.

A severe cyclone named "Gafilo" hit Madagascar in March 2004. South Africa offered help and airlifted four Oryx helicopters to Antananarivo. 1237 is seen here after being flown in by an IL-76, re-assembled and ready for a technical flight, before assisting the relief efforts throughout the island. A total of 50 Oryx helicopters were built for the SAAF by Atlas / Denel.