Point Afrique - Niamey, Niger

A story that has lasted for more than 50 years between Point Mulhouse and Point-Afrique

1964 The Point Mulhouse association was founded by a group of friends who began organizing flights to Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

1978 The first aircraft, a Pan Am 707, was purchased. This marked the beginning of the first long-haul charter flights with the creation of the Point Air company.

1988 Following a flight ban, Point Air went bankrupt, dragging Point Mulhouse down with it.

1990 Maurice Freund became the CEO of Malitas (a Malian airline) in the 1990s.

1995 Point-Afrique was created as a travel cooperative. Most of the members were former Point Mulhouse members (the renowned geologist Théodore Monod was one of the Point members).

1996 to 2008: Charter flights were launched to Agadez & Niamey (Niger), Mopti & Bamako (Mali), Atar (Mauritania), Sebha & Benghazi (Libya), El Rachidia (Morocco), Tamanrasset, Djanet, Timimoun & Ghardaïa (Algeria), Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Cotonou (Benin), Dakar, Ziguinchor & Saint-Louis (Senegal).

2007: The deaths of four French tourists in Aleg, Mauritania, marked the beginning of the gradual end of Point-Afrique's operations in West Africa and its flights to the Sahara and Sahel.

2012: Flights and tours resumed with the launch of Faya Largeau in Chad for three seasons. Due to a lack of activity, Point-Afrique went into a deep dormancy until 2017.

2017/18: Tourism in Mauritania was revived with the chartering of 14 weekly flights to Atar.

2018/19: Tours resumed and the desert train service in Mauritania was relaunched