Trans Air Congo

The company 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 Libreville.

Fleet

The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2013):^[1]^[2]

3 Boeing 737-200
2 Boeing 737-300
2 Embraer Brasilia 120

Certification

Trans Air Congo has been delivered the IOSA certificate until 2015.^[3]

MilesPlus

MilesPlus is the frequent flyer program developed by TAC. Registration is free and open to every passengers. First company in Congo to develop a fidelity program, MilesPlus has proved to be a successful tool as the program enrolled more than 2200 members since its creation in 2012. MilesPlus offers 4 different cards (Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum).

Incidents and Accidents

On 4 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.^[4]

On 21 March 2011, a transport Antonov An-12 on a flight from Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport to Pointe-Noire Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport, registered TN-AGK, carrying a crew of 4, crashed into the Mvou-Mvou residential area in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.^[5] According to sources with the Congo National Agency of Civil Aviation, the aircraft had been cleared to land, and was on a 3 mile final approach when it crashed. The Russian Embassy in Congo reported that the 3 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani crewmembers were killed in the crash. Local medical services report that 23 bodies have so far been recovered from the crash site, along with 15 injuries.^[6]^[7] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.

References

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↑ http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/safety/audit/iosa/Pages/registry.aspx
↑ "Trans Air Congo Impfondo Airport 4 March 2005". Trans Air Congo Accident 04MAR2005. AviationSafetyNetwork. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
↑ "Congo: Cargo plane crashes in Pointe-Noire". BBC News. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
↑ "Trans Air Congo AN12 at Ponte-Noire on Mar 21, 2011". Trans Air Congo AN12 at Ponte-Noire on Mar 21, 2011. The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
↑ "Congo plane crash toll reaches 23". Herald Sun. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

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