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Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

Regional airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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]

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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]

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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]

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Former fleet

Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:

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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:

  • On 1 April 1997, a Convair CV-580 (registered 9Q-CRU) was destroyed at Tshikapa Airport when it overshot the runway and hit an embankment following a failed take-off abortion. There were fourteen occupants on board the scheduled flight to Mbuji-Mayi.[15]
  • On 18 November 1999, another CV-580 (registered 9Q-CEJ) had to be written off following an off-airport emergency landing near Tshikapa due to an engine failure that had been encountered shortly into the flight to Kananga.[16]
  • On 19 November 2009, Flight 3711 from Kinshasa overran the runway upon landing at Goma Airport. Of the 117 occupants on board the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 registered 9Q-CAB, around 20 were injured.[17]
  • On 2 January 2010, a cargo-configured Boeing 727 (registered 9Q-CAA) veered off the runway during an emergency landing attempt in heavy rain at N'djili Airport. Previously, the pilots had reported a loss of hydraulic pressure.[18]

See also

References

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

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