In Focus | Chad
RJM Aviation reigns supreme in the sky over Chad
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In less than 10 years, private air transport company RJM Aviation, headed by Thierry Miallier, has become a key operator in N'Djamena. It has transported Idriss Déby, Operation Barkhane soldiers, ExxonMobil and even George Clooney.
Since January 3, the daily comings and goings of a Fokker F-50 aircraft have been keeping the air traffic controllers busy at N'Djamena's small international airport, north west of the city itself. The Fokker, which has been chartered by RJM Aviation, has been making two highly sensitive return flights daily to the town of Tessalit, a former Jihadist group stronghold in northern Mali. RJM has the job of bringing in replacements for the 1,500 MINUSMA peacekeeping troops in Chad. These daily flights
