Air Kasaï


Air Kasaï is an airline with its head office on the property of N'Dolo Airport in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It operates charter services within Africa. Its main base is N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.
The airline is banned from operating in the European Union, as any other airline in the country is, and it is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

The airline was established in 1983 and was formerly known as TAC - Transport Aérien Congo and TAZ - Transport Aérien Zaïrois. It is a Swedish owned company.
In March 2006, Air Kasaï was officially banned from operating in the whole EU, plus Norway and Switzerland.

Destinations

Air Kasaï serves the following destinations :
Base

CityCountryRegionAirport
BeniCentral AfricaWageni Airport
BuniaCentral AfricaBunia Airport
EntebbeEast AfricaEntebbe International Airport
GomaCentral AfricaGoma International Airport
Central AfricaN'djili Airport
KinshasaCentral AfricaN'Dolo Airport
LibrevilleCentral AfricaLibreville Leon M'ba International Airport
LubumbashiCentral AfricaLubumbashi International Airport
Pointe-NoireCentral AfricaAntonio Agostinho Neto International Airport

Fleet

The Air Kasaï fleet consists of the following aircraft :

AircraftIn fleet
Antonov An-261
ATR 721
Let L-410 Turbolet1
Boeing 737-2301
Antonov An-21
Total5

Media

In March 2014 Air Kasaï was featured in the Vice News episode "Russian Pilots of the Congo".

Incidents and accidents

On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasaï Antonov An-26B crashed in the Republic of the Congo 50 kilometers north of Brazzaville, killing all 13 people on board.
On 27 July 2018, an Antonov 2 crashed on take-off from an airstrip near Kamako, killing five of seven occupants.