Ladaki
Ladaki (a contraction of Ladikallinen Akamān Ilma, Imperial Agamari Air) is the officially designated national airline of Agamar and a major operator and constructor of aviation infrastructure. From its hub, the Sakari-Pasila Airtropolis, the airline connects metropolitan Agamar with its Seranian and Lestrian colonies and dependencies. Ladaki also operates services within Agamari Serania and Lestria, as well as a number of domestic and interordinate routes. In addition, the company plays an important role in the construction and operation of aviation infrastructure, being solely responsible for air traffic control in Agamar and its marshalates and colonies and managing over 300 airports and airfields (including some in nominally sovereign territories such as Domradovid Joriscia). Ladaki is considered indispensible to the rapid and efficient transportation of government bureaucrats, business representatives, emmigrants and cargo (including mail and official documents) throughout the Agamari colonial empire, and in 1998 was referred to as "the backbone of our colonial realms" by Agamari Emperor Esa I. The airline also carries out charter flights for the Agamari armed forces and other government or private bodies, and has on 12 occasions contributed to the evacuation of Agamari citizens from conflict zones.
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| Type | public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Transportation |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Headquarters | Sakari,  Agamar |
| Products | Passenger and cargo airline (scheduled and charter), aviation infrastructure management and construction |
History
Ladaki was founded in 1924 as a state-owned company on the orders of Emperor Āpo II, who had a personal interest in the nascent field of aviation. Commercial aviation remained little more than a novelty attraction however, and the airline's small fleet was completely converted for military uses during the Long War. When peace was reestablished in 1958, Ladaki was able to aquire a large number of surplus military transport aircraft, and travel by air became a more viable (albeit still expensive) option. Ladaki was among the state businesses sold-off under the Regime of the Colonels (1959 - 1973) and has since remained a publicly traded company with no state participation.
Fleet
Ladaki currently operates five aircraft types. Four of these were designed and built in Agamar, while one is produced by Heriault (Savam). Unusually, all aircraft used by Ladaki feature a trijet design. This has its roots in a 1965 report prepared by externalist Scholars at the Great Mokykla of Sakari which concluded that jet airliners with less than three engines indicate a severe lack of Knowledge on the part of the designers. While improvements in reliability and power output have since made even wide-body twinjets a technologically and economically feasible option, the local convention has stuck (the trijet design of the Heriault TR-50, like all narrow-body aircrafts built by Heriault, is considered one of the main reasons that Ladaki approached the Savamese company when looking for a new regional jet in 2002, for instance).
| Current fleet | |||||||||||
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| Aircraft | Picture | Manufacturer | Introduced | No. in service (all variants) | Orders | Max. capacity | Empty weight | Max. speed | Cruise speed | Range | Notes |
| Heriault TR-50 | 
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Heriault, Savam
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2005 | 40 | 5 | 44 passengers | 15,456 kg (34,072 lb) | 953 km/h (593 mph) | 900 km/h (559 mph) | 11,019 km (5,950 nm) | Light regional jet & VIP transport. Can operate from unpaved and gravel airfields. |
| Kantē - Eternal Realm | Kantē Aviation, Agamar
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1964 | 105 | 0 | 115 passengers | 33,475 kg (73,800 lb) | 950 km/h (590 mph) | 933 km/h (580 mph) | 4,345 km (2,345 nm) | Narrow-body jet airliner. Can operate from unpaved and gravel airfields. | |
| Kantē - Invincible Empire | Kantē Aviation, Agamar
|
1972 | 33 | 0 | 357 passengers | 113,000 kg (248,400 lb) | 1,009 km/h (627 mph) | 954 km/h (593 mph) | 6,667 km (3,600 nm) | Wide-body jet airliner. | |
| Aho - Global Sovereignty | Aho Aerospace, Agamar
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1973 | 44 | 0 | 380 passengers | 120,742 kg (266,191 lb) | 982 km/h (610 mph) | 908 km/h (564 mph) | 10,620 km (5,732 nm) | Wide-body jet airliner. | |
| Aho - Prosperous Era | Aho Aerospace, Agamar
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1990 | 46 | 4 | 410 passengers | 128,809 kg (283,975 lb) | 945 km/h (587 mph) | 876 km/h (544 mph) | 12,670 km (6,840 nm) | Wide-body jet airliner. Stretched and improved version of the Aho - Global Sovereignty. | |
Cabin
Ladaki passenger flights are normally operated with a two-class layout. The more luxurious Lähettiläs Luokka (Emissary Class) is favoured by government and business representatives, while the more prosaically named Tavallinen Luokka (Standard or Common Class) caters to everyone else.
Scheduled destinations
Accidents and incidents
Trivia
Most Agamaris (especially those living in Agamari Serania and Lestria) hold Ladaki in high regard. This may be due to the (widely publicised) heroic actions of Ladaki crews involved in the evacuation of Agamari citizens from conflict zones, and due to the company's supposedly phenomenal ability to reliably deliver vast amounts of mail throughout the Agamari colonial empire (in 1984 the manager of a minor airfield in XXX, Agamari Serania, famously committed suicide when a single mail bag was reported missing).
The company name Ladaki is an anagram of the Agar word Ladika (Emperor).
In lieu of the safety briefings common on western airlines, Ladaki captains recite a set of formulae before take-off. Each is repeated back by the passengers. Aircraft are also regularly ritually cleansed by amphimancers (Scholars trained in the manipulation of the supernatural) to ward off evil spirits.