• 1975 : birth of Reunion commercial aviation, Mr Gérard Ethève creates Réunion Air Service, RAS
• 1977 : RAS inaugurates the first route between Reunion Island and Mayotte with a HS-748 equipped with 32 seats.
• 1986 : RAS becomes Air Reunion.
• October 1990 : the airline activity of Air Reunion is bought out by SEMATRA, with financial partners. The capital is simultaneously opened with Air France, financial institutions and local private interests.
• November 1990 : Air Réunion becomes Air Austral, French regional airline company in Indian Ocean.
• December 1990 : acquisition of the first Boeing 737.
• 1994 : acquisition of the second Boeing 737.
• 1997 : acquisition of the third Boeing 737.
• 2000 : acquisition of an ATR 72-500.

Since this date, Air Austral operates flight to : South Africa, Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar (Antananarivo, Tamatave, Nosy Be, Majunga), Mayotte and Seychelles Island from Reunion.

• June 2003 : Air Austral extends its network with long-haul routes towards France. Air Austral opens the route Reunion - Paris Charles de Gaulle, with two Boeing 777-200 ER.
• June 2005 : acquisition of the third Boeing 777-200 ER .
• July 2005 : Air Austral launches a new route : Reunion - Marseille. Air Austral starts its first flights with the Boeing 777-200 ER on the route Reunion - Mayotte
• November 2005 : via Marseille, Air Austral operates flights to Lyon
• March 2007 : via Marseille, Air Austral operates flights to Toulouse
• April 2008 : new uniforms for our staff and crew members, designed by the prestigious parisian label Balenciaga.
• August 2008 : introduction of the new ATR 72-500 aircraft, registered F-OZSE. ZSE is the international code for the Saint-Pierre Pierrefonds airport.
• April 2009 : introduction of the ATR 72-500, registered F-OMRU. Air Austral celebrates the 15th birthday of the route Reunion <-> Mauritius: more than 2 000 flights were operated between the two islands.
• April 12th 2009 : opening of new routes Paris - Sydney and Paris - Noumea, via Reunion Island
• May 8th 2009 : introduction of our new Boeing 777 300 ER, registered F-OSYD
• December 21th 2009 : Air Austral operates its first flight to Bangkok with its own Boeing 777-200 ER
• December 21-24 th 2010 : introduction of two new Boeing 737 800 NG, registered F-ONGA and F-ONGB
• Feb 10th, 2011 : Air Austral operates direct flights to Bordeaux and Nantes,
<lil>April 2011 : Air Austral operates Bangkok by B 777 200 ER
• August 2011 : arrival of 777 - 200 LR
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