Trans Air Congo

Infobox Airline
airline = Trans Air Congo

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IATA = Q8
ICAO = TSG
callsign = TRANS-CONGO
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founded = 1994
headquarters = Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
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hubs = Pointe Noire Airport
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website = http://www.transaircongo.org/

Trans Air Congo is a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Brazzaville, 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.

ervices

Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations (at January 2005):

*Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
*International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala and Johannesburg.

Fleet

The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of 28 September 2008) [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=Q8&al_op=1] :

*1 Antonov An-12
*2 Antonov An-24
*1 Boeing 727-100
*3 Boeing 737-200
*1 Fokker F28-4000
*1 Let L-410UVP

As of 28 September 2008, the average age of the Trans Air Congo fleet is 25.9 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Transair%20Congo.htm] ).

References

External links

* [http://www.transaircongo.org/ Trans Air Congo]