Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, branded as flyCAA, is a

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from the

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, based at

N'djili Airport N'djili Airport ( ), also known as N'Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport (French language, French ''Aéroport international de N'Djili'' or ''Aéroport international de Kinshasa''), serves the city of Kinshasa and is ...

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.ch-aviation.com - flyCAA
retrieved 28 November 2024

History

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA) was originally founded in 1991 and started operations on 26 December 1992. In 2013, CAA merged with FlyCongo and formed ''flyCAA''. In January 2016, the airline terminated their only international route to

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after failing to receive renewed traffic rights. In 2020, the airline acquired an

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with the stated intention of flying to

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which under current

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restrictions would require CAA to operate the service using foreign registration and crew as FlyCAA has been banned in the EU. In 2024, flyCAA expanded its fleet with a leased Boeing 767-200BDSF cargo aircraft.

Destinations

According to the August 2013 timetable, flyCAA operated scheduled flights to the following destinations: As of 2024, they downsized their network to 18 routes between 11 destinations.

Fleet

Current fleet

As of November 2024, the flyCAA fleet consists of the following aircraft:airfleets.net - COMPAGNIE AFRICAINE AVIATION FLEET DETAILS
retrieved 28 November 2024

Former fleet

Previously, flyCAA also operated the following aircraft types:

Accidents and incidents

* On 1 April 1997, a

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(registered 9Q-CRU) was destroyed at Tshikapa Airport when it overshot the runway and hit an embankment following a failed take-off abortion. There were fourteen occupants on board the scheduled flight to

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. * On 18 November 1999, another CV-580 (registered 9Q-CEJ) had to be written off following an off-airport emergency landing near

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due to an engine failure that had been encountered shortly into the flight to

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. * On 19 November 2009, Flight 3711 from

overran the runway upon landing at Goma Airport. Of the 117 occupants on board the aircraft, a

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registered 9Q-CAB, around 20 were injured. * On 2 January 2010, a cargo-configured

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(registered 9Q-CAA) veered off the runway during an emergency landing attempt in heavy rain at

. Previously, the pilots had reported a loss of hydraulic pressure. *The only fatal accident involving an aircraft of Compagnie d'Aviation Africaine occurred on 4 March 2013, when a

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(

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9Q-CBD) crashed near

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. Of the nine people who had been on the flight from

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, six were killed.

References

External links

Official website
{{Airlines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Airlines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Airlines established in 1993 Airlines banned in the European Union Companies based in Kinshasa 1993 establishments in Zaire