Trans Air Congo
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Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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Hubs | Pointe Noire Airport Brazzaville Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | MilesPlus | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | ||||||
Website | official website |
Trans Air Congo (TAC) is an airline based at Pointe Noire Airport in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
History
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 727-200 and Yakovlev Yak-42. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war.
Destinations
Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations:
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
- International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, and Abidjan
Fleet
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/TN_AJJ_PIC_5.jpg/220px-TN_AJJ_PIC_5.jpg)
Current fleet
The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):[1]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 0 | 148 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 |
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
- 1 Boeing 727-200
- 5 Boeing 737-200
- 3 Boeing 737-300[2]
- 2 Boeing 737-500
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- 2 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
- 1 Let L-410 Turbolet
- 1 Antonov An-24
- 1 Yakovlev Yak-42
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 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 were recovered from the crash site, along with 15 injured people.[5][6] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.
References
- ^ Trans Air Congo (TAC) Fleet Details and History planespotters.net, accessdate 22 September 2020
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
- ^ IATA. "IATA - IOSA Registry". www.iata.org. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
- ^ "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". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
- ^ "Congo plane crash toll reaches 23". Herald Sun. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Trans Air Congo at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
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