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Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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Operating bases | N'djili Airport | ||||||
Focus cities | Lubumbashi Int'l Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
Destinations | 20 | ||||||
Headquarters | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
Key people | David and Daniel Blattner | ||||||
Website | www.caacongo.com |
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]
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]
According to the August 2013 timetable, CAA operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[10]
City | State | Airport |
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Beni | DR Congo | Beni Airport |
Boende | DR Congo | Boende Airport |
Bukavu | DR Congo | Kavumu Airport |
Bumba | DR Congo | Bumba Airport |
Bunia | DR Congo | Bunia Airport |
Gemena | DR Congo | Gemena Airport |
Goma | DR Congo | Goma International Airport |
Isiro | DR Congo | Matari Airport |
Kalemie | DR Congo | Kalemie Airport |
Kananga | DR Congo | Kananga Airport |
Kindu | DR Congo | Kindu Airport |
Kinshasa | DR Congo | N'djili Airport (base) |
Kisangani | DR Congo | Bangoka International Airport |
Kongolo | DR Congo | Kongolo Airport |
Lisala | DR Congo | Lisala Airport |
Lodja | DR Congo | Lodja Airport |
Lubumbashi | DR Congo | Lubumbashi International Airport (focus city)[4] |
Mbandaka | DR Congo | Mbandaka Airport |
Mbuji-Mayi | DR Congo | Mbuji Mayi Airport |
Tshikapa | DR Congo | Tshikapa Airport |
The FlyCAA fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2023):[11][needs update]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | ||
Airbus A330-200 | 1 | — | 406 | |
ATR 72-500 | 4 | — | 70 | |
Total | 7 | — |
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:
Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
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Airbus A320-200 | 2010 | 2016 |
1 Airbus A321-200[12] | 2016 | 2016 |
Antonov An-26 | ||
Antonov An-32 | ||
Boeing 727 | ||
Convair CV-580 | 1993 | |
Fokker 50 | 2009[13] | active |
Fokker 100 | 2011 | 2015 |
Ilyushin Il-18 | ||
McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | 2005[13] | 2010 |
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 2008[13] | 2010 |
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]
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:
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