FlyCAA

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flyCAA
Logo of the Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
Airbus A320-200 of the Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation
IATA code : BU
ICAO code : FPY
Call sign : AFRICOMPANY
Founding: 1992
Seat: Kinshasa , Democratic Republic of the CongoCongo Democratic RepublicDemocratic Republic of Congo 
Turnstile :

Ndjili Airport

Home airport : Ndjili Airport
IATA prefix code : 883
Management: David and Daniel Blattner
Fleet size: 7th
Aims: National and international
Website: www.caacongo.com

flyCAA is a Congolese airline based in Kinshasa and based at Ndjili Airport . It emerged in 2013 from the merger of flyCongo (2012–2013) and CAA - Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (1992–2013).

history

The company was established as a regional airline in June 1991 and operated since 1992, first with a fleet of four Grumman Gulfstream I . With the acquisition of a Convair 580 in 1993 and another machine of the same type in 1995, the freight business was further expanded. Three used Antonov An-26s and three used Ilyushin Il-18s were floated two years later.

In 2005, the first jet came to the CAA with a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , making it the first suitable medium-haul aircraft. In addition, a Boeing 727 and, from August 2008, a Douglas DC-8-62 for cargo flights were also used.

All airlines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union since May 2006 . This means that it is also prohibited for CAA to fly into the European Union .

A first Airbus A320-200 was taken over by Nouvelair in May 2010 . The aircraft has 180 economy class seats . This makes CAA the first airline in the Central Africa region to use this type of aircraft. A second A320-200 was received in Kinshasa on June 16, 2011. These aircraft are used on the routes from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi , Mbuji-Mayi Airport and Goma . On regional routes, the Fokker 50s are a replacement for the An-26 and Il-18.

Destinations

CAA mainly serves destinations within the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Kinshasa . Internationally, only Johannesburg in South Africa is served .

fleet

Fokker 50 of the CAA

As of March 2020, the fleet consists of seven aircraft with an average age of 24.5 years:

Aircraft type active Ordered Remarks Seats
Airbus A321-200 1
ATR 72-500 2
Fokker 50 4th 1 inactive 50
total 7th -

Former aircraft types

Previously, the CAA also operated the following types of aircraft:

Incidents

The CAA Boeing 727-231F Super 27 (MSN 21986) destroyed on January 2, 2010
  • On November 29, 2009, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with the aircraft registration number 9V-CAB shot over the runway at Goma Airport during an unsuccessful braking process and suffered serious damage in the collision with cooled lava . Passengers and crew were uninjured and were able to leave the heavily damaged aircraft using emergency slides . However, the machine had to be written off as a total loss. A Douglas DC-9-52 of Hewa Bora Airways had already had an accident at the same location on April 25, 2008 .
  • On January 2, 2010, a Boeing 727-200 cargo plane with the aircraft registration number 9Q-CAA slipped off the runway in heavy rain in Kinshasa. After the previous take-off from Kinshasa Airport, problems arose with the aircraft's hydraulics. Since the crew suspected a negative effect on the braking system, the crew returned to Ndjili Airport , as this has a longer runway than Kananga . After touching down on runway 06, the Boeing's brakes failed and the aircraft slid off the runway when the left main landing gear collapsed. In the course of the investigation into the cause of the accident it turned out that the machine had suffered a tailstrike only three days earlier in Goma and the affected sections had been checked but not replaced. The aircraft was written off as a total write-off, the crew remained uninjured.
  • On March 4, 2013, a Fokker 50 with the aircraft registration number 9Q-CBD crashed in Goma . Seven people died in the crash landing; three of the ten occupants of the plane coming from Lodja survived the crash.

See also

Web links

Commons : Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ flyCAA - History. Swiss Aviation. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ ec.europa.eu - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on April 12, 2015
  3. ↑ caacongo.com - Destinations (French) accessed April 12, 2015
  4. ↑ flyCAA Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report of Compagnie Africaine d' Aviation flight 3711 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  6. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  7. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)