Africa One

Infobox Airline
airline = Africa One

logo_size =
fleet_size =
destinations =
IATA = -
ICAO = CFR
callsign = -
parent = Avient Aviation
company_slogan = The Continent's Airline
founded = 29 April 2002
headquarters = Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
key_people = Frederick Obbo (CEO)
hubs =
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website =

Africa One is a privately owned pan-African airline. It was initially based in Entebbe, Uganda with aircraft wet leased from Africa One Holdings, registered in Ireland. It is not clear if the same airline or another of the same name was the operator of the An-26 that crashed in the DRC in 2007.

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

Destinations

Africa One initially was announced 29 April, 2002 using DC-9s to serve Entebbe Uganda, Lagos and Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Banjul Gambia with bi-weekly service from those cities to London Gatwick and Dubai by DC-10.

References

Further reading

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040708150653/http://www.ugandahighcommission.co.ke/newsletter/008_18.htm Airline launch 2004-07-08]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020805065757/http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2002/q2/nr_020506g.html archived Boeing announcement 2002-05-06 ]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20020805065757/www.africaalmanac.com/50topcompanies.html archived 50 top companies (as of 2002-08-05)]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/business/1958229.stm BBC News] re launch
* [http://www.nationaudio.com/News/EastAfrican/29042002/Regional/Regional29.html press release on launch]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030202202655/http://www.vztlak.cz/doprava/ 28/5 Nove africke aerolinie AfricaOne zahajily provoz lety do Gatwicku z Nigerie a Ugandy (in Czech)]

Accidents and incidents

2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash: an Antonov An-26 cargo plane operated by Malift Air crashed into a street market in the DRC capital of Kinshasa shortly after takeoff, killing 51 people.