Air Kasaï is an airline with its head office on the property of N'Dolo Airport in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo."Nos Contacts ." Air Kasaï. Retrieved on 4 March 2013. It operates charter services within Africa. Its main base is N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.
The airline is banned from operating in the European Union.
History The airline was established in 1983, and was formerly known as Transport Aérien Congo (TAC) and Transport Aérien Zaïrois (TAZ). 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 (as of April 2012):
City Country Region AirportBeniCentral AfricaWageni AirportBuniaCentral AfricaBunia AirportEntebbeEast AfricaEntebbe International AirportGomaCentral AfricaGoma International AirportKinshasaCentral AfricaN'djili Airport [Base]KinshasaCentral AfricaN'Dolo Airport [Base]LibrevilleCentral AfricaLibreville Leon M'ba International AirportLubumbashiCentral AfricaLubumbashi International AirportPointe-NoireCentral AfricaAntonio Agostinho Neto International Airport
Fleet
, Air Kasaï operates 1 Fokker 50.
The Air Kasaï fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2025):
+ Air Kasaï fleet Aircraft In fleetATR 721Let L-410 Turbolet1Boeing 737-2301Antonov An-21Total4
Media In March 2014, Air Kasaï was featured in the Vice News episode "Russian Pilots of Congo".
Incidents and accidents On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasaï Antonov An-26B crashed in the Republic of the Congo 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Brazzaville, killing all 13 people (four crew members and nine passengers) on board."Bodies to be sent to DRC after plane crash." IOL."13 killed in plane crash in Congo." People's Daily On 27 July 2018, an Antonov An-2 crashed on take-off from an airstrip near Kamako, killing five of seven occupants. On 21 January 2025, an Antonov An-26 crashed after it overran the runway after an in-flight fire at Kongolo Airport. The aircraft sustained substantial damage but no casualties were reported.
See also Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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