Air Kasaï is an

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with its head office on the property of

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, Kinshasa,

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. It operates charter services within

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. 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

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and Switzerland.

Destinations

Air Kasaï serves the following destinations (as of April 2012):

Fleet

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The Air Kasaï fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2014):

Media

In March 2014, Air Kasaï was featured in the ''

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'' episode "Russian Pilots of the Congo".

Incidents and accidents

* On 9 September 2005, an Air Kasaï Antonov An-26B

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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. * On 27 July 2018, an Antonov An-2 crashed on take-off from an airstrip near Kamako, killing five of seven occupants.

References

External links

* Airlines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Airlines established in 1983 Companies based in Kinshasa {{DRCongo-stub