MA60 made maiden flight to Bafoussam on Saturday

The two MA60 aircraft, whose maiden flight took place on Saturday, January 23, 2016, are an important lever in boosting the activities of the national airline of Cameroon, Camair-co.

Jean-Paul Nana Sandjo repeated it in an interview with the newspaper La Nouvelle Expression, on newsstands on Monday, January 25, 2016.

According to Jean-Paul Nana Sandjo, the MA60 is too important. "We must put the modules tailored to each portion. It is useless to put a 737 with 140 seats Douala-Yaoundé when you have 40 people on board.

You will have lost a lot of money. If you put an MA60, from 20 people in flight, you do not lose money. It is better to make five rotations from Douala-Yaoundé than to make one with a 737.

They are more suited to the home network," he said. Speaking of the home network, a plan was established to serve the hinterland. After Garoua, the MA60 are announced in Bafoussam, West regional capital.

"Bafoussam, in principle, if all goes well, it's next Saturday. Other domestic destinations, only Bafoussam is operational. Bertoua and Bamenda are not yet. As soon as the airport is ready, we go there," said the CEO of camair-co.

Commissioning MA60 aircraft comes after a long battle with the Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority and the Ministry of Transport, including reliability.

Jean-Paul Nana Sandjo reassured its future passengers: "Last night [Saturday], the Deputy Director General of Camair-Co and myself were the first to fly on this plane with access cards on board. We have made the flight to Yaounde-Douala course to appreciate the plane and enjoy the comfort of MA60 before anyone else. It is safe, reliable aircraft.

Passengers on board will confirm that. These aircraft has 48-seat and behave like others in its class," he said in the columns of La Nouvelle Expression.

To confirm the DG of Camair-Co's statement, the company facesda shortage of qualified local staff. This forces him to recruit foreign crews. "We need pilots. Cameroonian pilots have an advantage, but we do not have any. What do you want us to do?

For MA60, there is a Zimbabwean crew operating on these aircraft since 2004. They are even more experienced than ours are. The second has a Congolese crew. They have been operating on these aircraft since 2010. So blocking certain nationalism does not help us," said Jean-Paul Nana Sandjo.