Trans Air Congo

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Trans Air Congo is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Trans Air Congo has interline agreements with South African Airways, Air Gabon and Air France. It currently operates some services on behalf of Air Gabon.

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Code data

• IATA Code: Q8
• ICAO Code: TSG
• Callsign: TRANS-CONGO ^[1]

[edit] History

It was established on 24 August 1994 by the El-Hage family and started services with a single Let 410 aircraft. Early services were largely between Brazzaville and Pointe Noire. In December 1994 an Antonov An-24 joined the fleet, followed in 1996 by a Boeing 727 and Yakovlev Yak-42D. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war.

[edit] Services

Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations (at January 2005):

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
• International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala and Johannesburg.

[edit] Fleet

As of August 2006 the Trans Air Congo fleet includes:

• 2 Boeing 737-200
• 3 Antonov An-24
• 1 Antonov An-12
• 1 Let L-410M
• 1 Let L-410UVP ^[2]

Previously operated:

• 1 Boeing 727-200 (as of January 2005)

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[edit] External links

• Trans Air Congo