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KDM Pulatec State Airways, (Tswana: Letsema ya Moyatsela ya Lefatshe ya Pulacan - Kwa Dinaledi) also known as Kwa Dinaledi Airways or KDM is the flag carrier of Pulacan. Headquartered in Aachanecalco, the airport maintains hubs in the city as well as Cuicatepec and Mabesekwa. Founded in 1931, KDM is the oldest Pulatec airline still active, and one of the most globally present, with destinations in X nations. Owing to Pulacan's strategic location, KDM serves as the primary carrier for trans-Oorupaqi services and flights connecting the Malaio-Ozeros region to the rest of the world. The vast majority of domestic and intra-Ozerosi flights are handled through its subsidiary and codeshare partner, Ozeros Connect Airways.

KDM Pulatec State Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
KD KDM KDM
Founded21 January 1931; 93 years ago (1931-01-21)
HubsAachanecalco
Cuicatepec
Mabesekwa
Focus citiesAngatahuaca
Ghanzi
Kuroranu Taihu
Mohembo
Ytzac Tlalocan
Frequent-flyer programStarFlyer
Subsidiaries
  • Ozeros Connect
  • KDM Cargo
Fleet size112
Destinations52
Parent companyIndustrial calpolli group (TCT)
HeadquartersAachanecalco, Pulacan

History

In the aftermath of the Hanaki War, Pulacan was left with a large excess of military aircraft. The tactical evolution provoked by the war had necessitated a rapid buildup in the Pulatec air force; after its end, however, many of the craft proved redundant in a peacetime air force and were thus a burden on already-crippled state finances. Similarly, large numbers of military personnel needed to be demobilized, but finding civilian employment for them proved to be a difficult task. In an effort to reconnect communities that had been separated by the destruction of infrastructure during the war, the administration of President Dumelang Tsogwane reassigned many redundant aircraft to be mail carriers for the newly-formed Pulatec Air Mail Bureau. Former Hanaki War pilots found employment as mail carriers, and the Bureau's planes proved useful in reestablishing and expanding rural air transport links throughout the 1930s.

Gradually, the Air Mail Bureau expanded to passenger transit. From the beginning, ad hoc transit between cities was common; for example, rural medical personnel would often hitch rides on Air Mail services to reach remote villages quickly. Beginning in 1935, the Air Mail Bureau was authorized to purchase transport craft of its own; following this, older military machines were gradually replaced with newer, purpose-built cargo and passenger transport aircraft. The first regularly-scheduled passenger-only service began in 1936 between Aachanecalco and Mtsanga three times a week. In 1940, the Bureau was reorganized as a state-subsidized industrial calpolli group, and given the title of Pulatec State Airways. In the aftermath of the Monsoon War, the State Airways gradually expanded outside of domestic flights and began operating routes to Zanzali and Pulau Keramat. The acquisition of surplus X flying boats from the Zacapine Military in 1943 opened a route from Aachanecalco to the Tapachtli Island overseas territory. This archipelago, owned by Zacapican, would grow into an important location as the stopover point for many trans-Oorupaqi flights in the time before nonstop services became viable. Gradually, a combination of flying boat and land-based routes would crisscross the Ozeros, Kayatman, and Malaio regions. Flying boats were phased out of service starting in 1953 as turboprop airliners became common and runways more widespread, with many leftover craft being either scrapped or converted to aerial firefighting units for foreign resale.

KDM entered the Jet Age with the acquisition of 4 Aztatl Az-40 turbojets in 1962. As one of the first airlines outside of Zacapican to adopt jet technology,

Destinations

Country City Airport Status Notes
 Charnea Agnannet Agnannet Airport
Azut Azut Airport
Ekelhoc Ekelhoc Airport
Tanitnet Tanitnet Airport
 Da Huang Basingse Basingse Capital Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
Nanjing Nanjing Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
Xi'Hai Xi'Hai Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
Xijing Xijing Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
 Daobac Congvat Congvat Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
 Fahran Haqara Haqara Airport Suspended Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
Qhor as-Sadaf Qhor as-Sadaf Airport Suspended Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
 Ghant Ghish Haribec Airport
 Itayana Yanbango Yanbango Airport
 Kembesa Kima Kima Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
 Latium Adrianople Adrianople Airport
Castellum Diana I Anicia Airport
Utica Utica Airport
 Lihnidos Arcadia Arcadia Airport
Ikaria Ikaria Airport
Lesbos Samos Airport
 Ludvosiya XHUBCITY XHUBCITY Airport
 Mesogeia Alexandropolis Alexandropolis Airport
 Mutul K'alak Muul Mulawil T'e Airport
Kuhmakah Tz'alam K'ab Airport
Puylum Itzamnaaj B'alam Airport
Ekab Ekab Airport
 Ordennya Västdal Västdal Airport
 Orun Redisus Atica Paradise Airport
Oranth Oranth Airport
 Perateia Leonople Leonople Airport Codeshare with KDM Ozeros Connect
 Pulacan Aachanecalco Aachanecalco Airport Hub
Mabesekwa Mabesekwa Airport Hub
Merovia Roda Roda City Duque Leonardo Agüeldo Airport
 Sante Reze Ypau Qipie Ypau Qipie Airport
San Gianpier San Gianpier Airport
Eporte Kiriz Eporte Kiriz Airport
 Shirazam Shirkal Shirkal Airport
 Talahara Maktarim Maktarim International Airport
 Tsurushima Kogaya Ōbana Airport
Kogaya Airport
XKAHEI CITY XKAHEI Airport
!OSAKA !OSAKA Airport
 Tyreseia New Tyria Djudoru Abreu Mattan Airport
 Vardana Hrazdan Zoryan Airport
Metsamor Najaryan Airport
 Yisrael Ashkelon Ashkelon Airport Codeshare with RCA Airways
Dervaylik Dervaylik Airport Codeshare with RCA Airways
Yerushalayim Yerushalayim Airport Codeshare with RCA Airways
 Zacapican Angatahuaca Angatahuaca Airport
Amegatlan Amegatlan Cuitlatl Airport
Tepachtli Islands Tepachtli Airport
Tzopilopan Tzopilopan Airport
Quitzapatzaro Quitzapatzaro Airport

Fleet

KDM fleet
Aircraft Image Introduction In service Passengers Role Notes
Aztatl Az-70 Singapore Airlines Concorde Fitzgerald-2.jpg 1984 8 120 Supersonic long-range passenger Operating on the Aachanecalco-Tapachtli-Angatahuaca and Aachanecalco-Nine Cousins routes.
Aztatl Az-62 Aeroflot Il-62M CCCP-86477 LHR 1983-2-18.png 1972 5 186 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger Previously operating 52 at their peak, previously for primary long-range.
Ahuriri R512 A6-EYZ Boeing 767 Etihad (8447288413).jpg 1997 11 210 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger Intended to phase out the R511ER.
Ahuriri R513 EX-067 Boeing 767 (8391040933).jpg 1999 12 210 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger Intended to phase out the R511ER.
Ahuriri R520 B 747-400 Royal Oman Flight.jpg 1992 13 400 Long-range passenger Previously operating 65 at their peak.
Ahuriri R530 Cebu Pacific Airbus A330-900neo (RP-C3900).jpg 2013 26 280 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger Intended to phase out the R510 family.
Ahuriri R540 Airbus A350-941 F-WWCF MSN002 ILA Berlin 2016 17.jpg 2014 36 369 Long-range passenger Intended to phase out the R520.
KDM historical fleet
Aircraft Image Introduction Peak numbers Passengers Role Notes
Ahuriri R511ER Boeing 767 P2-PXV 101 Sugarmill Rd Meeandah IMGP0125.jpg 1987 40 210 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger Converted into freight aircraft for KDM Cargo.
Aztatl Az-40 CSA Tupolev Tu-124 Soderstrom-3.jpg 1962 15 56 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger First turbojet airliner in KDM service

Accidents and incidents