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{{Short description|2002–2004 airline in Réunion, France}}
{{Refimprove|date=July 2010}}
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|logo           = Air Bourbon logo.svg
|logo_size      = 200px
|image          = Air Bourbon Airbus A340-200 Menten.jpg
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|destinations   = 
|IATA           = ZB
|ICAO           = BUB
|callsign       = BOURBON
|parent         = 
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|founded        = 2002
|commenced      = 2003
|ceased         = 2004
|headquarters   = [[Moroni, Comoros]]
|key_people     = 
|hubs           = [[Roland Garros Airport]]
|secondary_hubs = 
|focus_cities   = 
|frequent_flyer = 
|lounge         = 
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}}

'''Air Bourbon''' was a short-lived [[airline]] headquartered at [[Roland Garros Airport]] in [[Sainte Marie, Réunion|Sainte Marie]], [[Réunion]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20040619175530/http://www.air-bourbon.com/air-bourbon/racine_site/air_bourbon_contact.asp Contact]." Air Bourbon. 19 June 2004. Retrieved on 10 July 2010.</ref>

== History ==

===Air Bourbon===
The airline was created by the French company [[Bourbon (group)|Group Bourbon]] in November 2002 and started scheduled services to mainland [[France]] on 7 June 2003 with one [[Airbus A340|Airbus 340-211]] (ex-[[Air Tahiti Nui]] leased from Airbus Assets). The first route was Reunion (RUN) to [[Paris-Orly]] (ORY) via [[Lyon]] (LYS). 
During 2003 the airline had up to 196 staff (mostly former [[Air Lib]] and [[Aero Lyon]] employees),  including 21 pilots, 61 cabin crew and 115 ground staff.

After operations had to be ceased again shortly thereafter due to financial constraints, a [[recapitalisation]] of the airline was announced in January 2004, but in December of the same year the airline was [[liquidation|liquidated]] and shut down. 
[[Image:Aircomores.png|right|150px|thumb|The proposed logo for Air Comores International]]

===Air Comores International===
An effort to relaunch the company under the new name '''Air Comores International''' (to be based in [[Moroni, Comoros|Moroni]], [[Comoros]], again offering flights to France)<ref>[http://www.afrol.com/articles/13803 Article on the proposed launch of Air Comores International]</ref> failed, and it finally went out of business in 2006.

== Destinations ==
[[File:Air Bourbon Airbus A340-200 Menten.jpg|thumb|The sole Air Bourbon aircraft, an Airbus A340-200]]
Air Bourbon operated scheduled services to the following destinations: 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Country/Overseas Department
!City
!Airport
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="3"| {{flag|France}} 
|[[Lyon]]
|[[Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport]]
|{{Terminated}}
|-
|rowspan="2"| [[Paris]]
|[[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]
|{{Terminated}}
|-
|[[Orly Airport]]
|{{Terminated}}
|-
|{{flag|Italy}}
|[[Milan]]
|[[Milan-Malpensa Airport]]
|{{Terminated}}
|-
|{{flag|Mayotte|local}}
|[[Dzaoudzi]]
|[[Dzaoudzi-Pamandzi International Airport]]
|{{Terminated}}
|-
|{{flag|Réunion|local}}
|[[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint Denis]]
|[[Roland Garros Airport]]
|{{Airline hub}}
|-
|}

== Fleet ==
The Air Bourbon fleet consisted of a single Airbus A340-200 (F-OITN) aircraft, which was equipped with 286 passenger seats, 36 of which could be accommodated in [[business class]].{{cn|date=August 2025}}

== See also ==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the Comoros]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Literature ==
* OAG ''Official Airlines Guide'' and ''Jetstream'' magazines

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.air-bourbon.com Air Bourbon] (Archive) {{in lang|fr}}
*[http://sites.reunionweb.org/air-bourbon/ Last homepage archived]

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