Trans Air Congo

Trans Air Congo

IATA ICAO Call sign Q8 TSG TRANS-AIR-CONGO
Founded	24 August 1994; 30 years ago (1994-08-24)
Hubs	Brazzaville Pointe–Noire
Frequent-flyer program	MilesPlus
Fleet size	1
Destinations	5
Headquarters	Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo
Website	www.flytransaircongo.com

Trans Air Congo (TAC) is an airline based at Pointe Noire Airport in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. It is banned from flying into EU airspace.[1]

History

The company 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 727-200 and Yakovlev Yak-42. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war.

Destinations

Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations:

• Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
• International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, and Abidjan

Fleet

Trans Air Congo Boeing 737-300

Current fleet

The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):[2]

Trans Air Congo Fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Boeing 737-300	1	0	148
Total	1	0

Former fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

• 1 Boeing 727-200
• 5 Boeing 737-200
• 3 Boeing 737-300[3]
• 2 Boeing 737-500
• 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82
• 2 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
• 1 Let L-410 Turbolet
• 1 Antonov An-24
• 1 Yakovlev Yak-42

Certification

Trans Air Congo has been delivered the IOSA certificate until 2015.[4]

MilesPlus

MilesPlus is the frequent flyer program developed by TAC. Registration is free and open to every passengers. First company in Congo to develop a fidelity program, MilesPlus has proved to be a successful tool as the program enrolled more than 2200 members since its creation in 2012. MilesPlus offers 4 different cards (Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum).

Incidents and accidents

• On 21 March 2011, a transport Antonov An-12 on a flight from Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport to Pointe-Noire Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport, registered TN-AGK, carrying a crew of 4, crashed into the Mvou-Mvou residential area in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[5] According to sources with the Congo National Agency of Civil Aviation, the aircraft had been cleared to land, and was on a 3-mile final approach when it crashed. The Russian Embassy in Congo reported that the 3 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani crewmembers were killed in the crash. Local medical services report that 23 bodies were recovered from the crash site, along with 15 injured people.[6][7] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.

References

1. "The EU Air Safety List - European Commission". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
2. Trans Air Congo (TAC) Fleet Details and History planespotters.net, accessdate 22 September 2020
3. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
4. IATA. "IATA - IOSA Registry". www.iata.org. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
5. "Congo: Cargo plane crashes in Pointe-Noire". BBC News. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
6. "Trans Air Congo AN12 at Ponte-Noire on Mar 21, 2011". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
7. "Congo plane crash toll reaches 23". Herald Sun. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Trans Air Congo at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website