Trans Air Congo
Airline of the Republic of the Congo
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Trans Air Congo (TAC) is an airline based at Pointe Noire Airport in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. It is banned from flying into EU airspace.[1]
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| Founded | 24 August 1994 | ||||||
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| Frequent-flyer program | MilesPlus | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
The company 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 727-200 and Yakovlev Yak-42. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war.
Destinations
Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations:
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
- International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, and Abidjan
Fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2025[update], Trans Air Congo operates the following aircraft:[2]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | 0 | 148 | ||
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | 0 | 148 | ||
| Total | 4 | 0 | |||
Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
Certification
Trans Air Congo has been delivered the IOSA certificate until 2015.[4]
MilesPlus
MilesPlus is the frequent flyer program developed by TAC. Registration is free and open to every passengers. First company in Congo to develop a fidelity program, MilesPlus has proved to be a successful tool as the program enrolled more than 2200 members since its creation in 2012. MilesPlus offers 4 different cards (Blue, Silver, Gold and Platinum).
Incidents and accidents
- On 21 March 2011, a transport Antonov An-12 on a flight from Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport to Pointe-Noire Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport, registered TN-AGK, carrying a crew of 4, crashed into the Mvou-Mvou residential area in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[5] According to sources with the Congo National Agency of Civil Aviation, the aircraft had been cleared to land, and was on a 3-mile final approach when it crashed. The Russian Embassy in Congo reported that the 3 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani crewmembers were killed in the crash. Local medical services report that 23 bodies were recovered from the crash site, along with 15 injured people.[6][7] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.
