Trans Air Congo - Definition and Overview

Trans Air Congo is a scheduled airline flying services from and within Congo (Brazzaville). It 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 and Yak 42D. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war. Trans Air Congo has interline agreements with South African Airways, Air Gabon and Air France. It currently operates some services on behalf of Air Gabon.

Code data

• IATA Code: Q8
• ICAO Code: TSG

Services

Destinations (at January 2005) include Brazzaville, Cotonou, Johannesburg, Lomé and Pointe Noire

Fleet

The fleet currently consists of (at January 2005):

• 1 Boeing 737-200
• 1 Boeing 727-200
• 1 Boeing 727-100
• 3 Antonov AN-24
• 2 Antonov AN-12

External links

• Trans Air Congo (http://www.transaircongo.com/)

References

• World Airnews February 2005 (http://www.airnews.co.za/showstory.asp?id=550)