In the heart of West Africa is the French speaking nation of Burkina Faso and on the 17th March 1967 founded an airline called Air Volta. Then in 1983 the airline went through a period of expansion due to good relations with it's neighbours Lomé, Bamako, Cotonou and Niamey. In 2001 further expansion came with privatisation and flights between Ouagadougou – Paris were launched. In 2010 Air Burkina was the first French speaking airline in West Africa to be awarded with IOSA certification for safety. (OUA) Ouagadougou (BOY) Bobo Dioulasso (ABJ) Abidjan (NIM) Niamey (ACC) Accra (BKO) Bamako (DKR) Dakar (LFW) Lomé (COO) Cotonou