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Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA; African Aviation Company), renamed FlyCAA in 2013,[2] is a regional airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa.[3] It offers an extensive network of domestic scheduled passenger flights,[4] as well as cargo flights. Due to safety and security concerns, CAA has been included in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.[5]

History

The former CAA logo

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation was founded in 1991 and started operations on 26 December 1992.[6]

In 2013 merged with FlyCongo and formed FlyCAA.[7]

In January 2016, the airline terminated their only international route to Johannesburg after failing to receive renewed traffic rights.[8]

In 2020, the airline acquired an Airbus A330-200 with the stated intention of flying to Brussels, which under current European Union restrictions would require CAA to operate the service using foreign registration and crew.[9]

Destinations

According to the August 2013 timetable, CAA operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[10]

Fleet

A CAA Fokker 50 at Goma International Airport (2010)
An Airbus A320 at Montpellier – Méditerranée Airport, France, being prepared for delivery to CAA (2011)
A CAA McDonnell Douglas MD-81 approaching N'Djili Airport (2006)
A former CAA BAC One-Eleven at Mbuji Mayi Airport (2008). The depicted aircraft (9Q-CDY) had been wet-leased.[1]
A former CAA Boeing 727 freighter aircraft landing at Goma International Airport (2006)

Current fleet

The FlyCAA fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2023):[11][needs update]

Former fleet

Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:

A Douglas DC-8 had been purchased by CAA and painted in its colors but was never delivered and eventually scrapped at Johannesburg International Airport.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

The only fatal accident involving an aircraft of Compagnie d'Aviation Africaine occurred on 4 March 2013, when a Fokker 50 (registered 9Q-CBD) crashed near Goma International Airport. Of the nine people who had been on the flight from Lodja, six were killed.[14] The incident is known as the 2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash. There were however a number of non-fatal incidents which resulted in CAA aircraft being damaged beyond repair:

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Information about Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation at rzjets.net". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ^ "FlyCAA". Airline History. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  3. ^ "AeroTransport Data Bank". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Great Circle Mapper". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Mobility and transport". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  6. ^ Endres, Günter, ed. (2012). "World Airlines". Flight International. Reed Business Information Ltd. p. 49
  7. ^ "FlyCAA". Airline History. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Congo's flyCAA ends international flights". ch-aviation. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  9. ^ "Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation mulls flights from Kinshasa to Brussels". 4 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Timetable (6 August 2013)" (PDF). Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 12.
  12. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
  13. ^ a b c "Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation". Airliner World: 32–36. February 2015.
  14. ^ Ranter, Harro (4 March 2013). "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 9Q-CBD Goma Airport (GOM)". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  15. ^ Ranter, Harro (1 April 1997). "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 9Q-CRU Tshikapa Airport (TSH)". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  16. ^ Ranter, Harro (18 November 1999). "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 9Q-CEJ Tshikapa". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  17. ^ Ranter, Harro (19 November 2009). "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) 9Q-CAB Goma Airport (GOM)". Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  18. ^ Ranter, Harro (2 January 2010). "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-231F Super 27 9Q-CAA Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH)". Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation at Wikimedia Commons