Air Madagascar is the national airlines of Madagascar (IATA Code: MD) with their hub and headquarters at Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Originally the airline was founded in 1947 as a feeder service to connect with Air France and Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux. Then following the independence of Madagascar it became the national carrier in 1962. The 1960's and 1970's saw Air Madagascar go through a rapid expansion which included 58 domestic points, International routes to Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Rome, Munich, and the Comores. Then into the late 1970's and early 80's they further expanded services to Mauritius, Reunion Island, and Seychelles. Air Madagascar started their first service to South East Asia in October 1998 when they launched services to Singapore Change Airport, these were then suspended in 2002. The government of Madagascar wanted to privatise the airline so in 2002 Lufthansa Consulting took over as management of the airline. 2011 Air Madagascar was put on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union due to their ageing fleet of aircraft. In 2006 Air Madagascar fleet had an average age of close to 37 years so they scrapped these aircraft for ones that are around half that age. As of 2018 they have a reduced fleet of only 9 aircraft and cover only 17 destinations. They now fly again to Europe using aircraft that they lease from other airlines. In July 2018 they set up a subsidiary airline called Tsaradia which they own outright, Tsaradia operates purely domestic flights , including main cities such as Tamatave, Fort-Dauphin and Tulear, and major tourist cities of Nosy Be, Diego Suarez and Sainte-Marie.
As of summer 2020 Air Madagascar now serves 3 long haul destinations (Paris, Marseilles and Guangzhou), in addition they operate to four regional destinations: Reunion, Mauritius, Comoros and Mayotte. Air Madagascar have interline agreements in place with Alitalia and AirFrance which allows passengers to reach Madagascar from all major airports in France and Italy. Premium Economy Class (Vanilla Class) The Vanilla class has a total of 21seats that can be reclined to 123° in a configuration of 3/3/3. The space between seats is in premium economy class is 98 cm. (compared to 81 cm in Economy class). Each seat is also equipped with a noise reducing headset and a power socket for your electronic devices. Increased baggage allowances in premium economy class with passengers allowing to checkin 2 items of 32kg each and take onboard 2 items for a maximum size of 18kg.