Fleet
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| Aircraft | Start | End | In fleet | Notes |
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| Ilyushin Il-62M | 1993 | 1996 | 3 | — |
| Antonov An-32B | 1993 | 1996 | 5 | — |
| Beriev Be-32Ps | 1993 | 1996 | 2 | — |
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1996 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Kahemba Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 10 | ||||||
| Destinations | 2 | ||||||
| Parent company | Aeroflot | ||||||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
Air Africa was an airline based in Kahemba Airport, Zaire. The airline started flights in 1991 with a few destinations, operated by Moscow Airways, but closed in 1996 after the 1996 Air Africa crash.
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| Aircraft | Start | End | In fleet | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilyushin Il-62M | 1993 | 1996 | 3 | — |
| Antonov An-32B | 1993 | 1996 | 5 | — |
| Beriev Be-32Ps | 1993 | 1996 | 2 | — |
On 8 January 1996, an Air Africa Antonov An-32 aircraft (RA-26222) which had been wet-leased by Moscow Airways to Scibe Airlift crashed into a market shortly after taking off from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people (see 1996 Air Africa crash ). [1] At the time, the Russian Ministry of Transport had "suspended or withdrawn" Moscow Airways' air operator's license. [2]
An Antonov An-32 (Russian registry RA26222) turboprop flown by a Russian crew crashed just after takeoff on January 8, 1996, at Kinshasa. The aircraft was wet-leased to Scibe by Moscow Airways. ... One aboard the aircraft was killed, but the aircraft crashed into a market near the airport, killing almost 300.
Moscow Airways had been one of about 100 operators whose licences have been suspended or withdrawn by the Russian transport ministry ...
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