Trans Air Congo
Trans Air Congo is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Pointe-Noire, 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.
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.
Services
Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations (at January 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville, Dolisie and Pointe Noire.
- International scheduled destinations: Cotonou in leasing with Trans Air Benin, Douala and Johannesburg in leasing with Gabon Airlines.
Fleet
The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 20 November 2010) [1][2]:
Incidents and Accidents
- On 04 March 2005, an Antonov AN-24B, registration EY-46399, ran off the runway at Impfondo Airport in the Republic of the Congo, and into a field. The aircraft subsequently caught fire and burned, causing the airframe to be written off. The flight was scheduled to fly to the Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport.[3]
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