Aéro-Service

Société Aéro-Service Afrigo is an airline headquartered in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. It operates chartered cargo and business passenger flights within Congo and to neighbouring countries out of its base at Pointe-Noire Airport.^[1]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1967 as an air freight transport department of a frozen food company. It later became an independent airline and today is wholly owned by the TAG Light Aviation Department.^[1] Since 16 November 2009, Aéro-Service is banned from entering the European Union, along with all other airlines registered in the Republic of the Congo.^[2]

Fleet

As of May 2011, the Aéro-Service fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[2]

Accidents and incidents

• In June 1981, an Aéro-Service Britten-Norman Islander (registered TN-ADS) suffered a crash landing an was subsequently written off.^[3]
• On 11 March 1994, an Aéro-Service Swearingen Merlin (registered TN-ADP) was damaged beyond repair in a crash landing at Pointe Noire Airport, following a chartered flight from Port-Gentil with 4 passengers and 2 crew members onboard. Upon landing approach, the landing gear failed to deploy, and the pilots did not manage to execute a go-around, but belly-landed on the runway.^[4]
• On 23 December 2005, an Aéro-Service Antonov An-24 (registered ER-AZX), which was leased from Pecotox Air, was substantially damaged when it ran off the runway upon landing.^[5]
• On 25 January 2008, an Aéro-Service Antonov An-12BP (registered EK-11660) suffered a brake failure whilst taxiing at Pointe Noire Airport, so that it ran into a parked Boeing 727-247 (9L-LEF). Both aircraft were damaged beyond economic repair.^[6][7]
• On 19 June 2010 at ca 10:00 local time, an Aéro-Service CASA C-212 Aviocar (registered TN-AFA) crashed near Djoum, Cameroon, killing all nine passengers and the two crew members on board. So far, this has been the only reported fatal accident of the airline's history.^[8]

External links

• Official website

References