Trans Air Congo
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| Founded | 1994 | |||
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| Hubs | Pointe Noire Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 6 | |||
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| Headquarters | Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | |||
| Website | http://www.flytransaircongo.com/ | |||
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.
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[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, Dolisie and Pointe Noire.
- International scheduled destinations: Cotonou in leasing with Trans Air Benin, Douala and Johannesburg in leasing with Gabon Airlines.
[edit] Fleet
The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 20 November 2010) [1][2]:
[edit] 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]
- 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.[4] 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.[5][6] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
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- ^ "Trans Air Congo Impfondo Airport 4 March 2005". Trans Air Congo Accident 04MAR2005. AviationSafetyNetwork. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050304-0. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ^ "Congo: Cargo plane crashes in Pointe-Noire". BBC News. 21 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12812231. 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. http://avherald.com/h?article=439b1572. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Congo plane crash toll reaches 23". Herald Sun. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/congo-plane-crash-toll-reaches-23/story-e6frf7jx-1226026455586. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
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