Air Kasaï

Air Kasaï
IATA
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ICAO
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Callsign
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Founded 1983
Hubs N'Dolo Airport
Secondary hubs Mbandaka, Tshikapa, Kananga
Fleet size 5
Destinations 21
Headquarters N'Dolo Airport
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Website www.airkasai.cd

Air Kasaï is an airline with its head office on the property of N'Dolo Airport in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] It operates charter services within Africa. Its main base is N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.[2]

The airline is banned from operating in the European Union, as any other airline in the country and is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

The airline was established in 1983 and was formerly known as TAC - Transport Aérien Congo and TAZ - Transport Aérien Zaïrois. It is a Swedish owned company.[2]

In March 2006, Air Kasaï was officially banned from operating in the whole EU, plus Norway and Switzerland.[3]

Destinations

Air Kasaï serves the following destinations (as of April 2012):[4]

[Base]Base
City Country Region IATA ICAO Airport
Beni Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral Africa - FZNSWageni Airport
Bunia Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaBUXFZKABunia Airport
Entebbe UgandaEast AfricaEBBHUENEntebbe International Airport
Goma Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaGOMFZNAGoma International Airport
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaFIHFZAAN'djili Airport [Base]
Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaNLOFZABN'Dolo Airport [Base]
Libreville GabonCentral AfricaLBVFOOLLibreville Leon M'ba International Airport
Lubumbashi Democratic Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaFBMFZQALubumbashi International Airport
Pointe-Noire Republic of the CongoCentral AfricaPNRFCPPAntonio Agostinho Neto International Airport

Fleet

The Air Kasaï fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2014)[5]

Air Kasaï Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet
Antonov An-26 1
ATR 72 1
Let L-410 Turbolet 1
Boeing 737-230 1
Antonov An-2 1
Total 5

In The Media

In March 2014 Air Kasai was featured in the Vice News Episode: Russian Pilots of the Congo.

Incidents and accidents

On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasaï Antonov An-26B crashed in the Republic of the Congo 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Brazzaville, killing all 13 people (four crew members and nine passengers) on board.[6][7]

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