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KDM (Pulatec airline)

KDM Pulatec State Airways, (Tswana: Letsema ya Moyatsela ya Lefatshe ya Pulacan - Kwa Dinaledi) also known as Kwa Dinaledi Airways 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.

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 size110
DestinationsX
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,

Destinations

Fleet

KDM fleet
Aircraft Image Introduction In service Passengers Role Notes
Aztatl Az-70 1984 8 120 Supersonic long-range passenger
Ahuriri R511 1974 10 210 Mid-range/Secondary hub passenger