Air Africa


Air Africa was an airline based in Kahemba Airport, Zaire. The airline started flights in 1991 with a few destinations, operated by Moscow Airways, but closed in 1996 after the 1996 Air Africa crash.

Fleet

AircraftStartEndIn fleetNotes-
Ilyushin Il-62M199319963
Antonov An-32B199319965-
Beriev Be-32Ps199319962

Destinations

On 8 January 1996, an Air Africa Antonov An-32 aircraft which had been wet-leased by Moscow Airways to Scibe Airlift crashed into a market shortly after taking off from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people. At the time, the Russian Ministry of Transport had "suspended or withdrawn" Moscow Airways' air operator's license.