Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

flyCAA
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

IATA ICAO Call sign BU [1] DBP [1] AFRICOMPANY [2]
Founded	1991
Operating bases	N'djili Airport
Focus cities	Lubumbashi International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	Horizons
Fleet size	11[ citation needed ]
Destinations	11 [1]
Headquarters	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key people	David Blattner Daniel Blattner
Website	caacongo.com

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation, branded as flyCAA, is a regional airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa. ^[1]

History

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA) was originally founded in 1991 and started operations on 26 December 1992. ^[3] In 2013, CAA merged with FlyCongo and formed flyCAA. ^{[4] [5]}

In January 2016, the airline terminated their only international route to Johannesburg after failing to receive renewed traffic rights. ^[6] In 2020, the airline acquired an Airbus A330-200 with the stated intention of flying to Brussels, Belgium which under current European Union restrictions would require CAA to operate the service using foreign registration and crew as FlyCAA has been banned in the EU. ^{[7] [8]}

In 2024, flyCAA expanded its fleet with a leased Boeing 767-200BDSF cargo aircraft. ^[9]

Destinations

According to the August 2013 timetable, flyCAA operated scheduled flights to the following destinations: ^{[10] [ needs update ]} As of 2024, they downsized their network to 18 routes between 11 destinations. ^[1]

State	City	Airport
DR Congo	Beni	Beni Airport
	Boende	Boende Airport
	Bukavu	Kavumu Airport
	Bumba	Bumba Airport
	Bunia	Bunia Airport
	Gemena	Gemena Airport
	Goma	Goma International Airport
	Isiro	Matari Airport
	Kalemie	Kalemie Airport
	Kananga	Kananga Airport
	Kindu	Kindu Airport
	Kinshasa	N'djili Airport base [1]
	Kisangani	Bangoka International Airport
	Kongolo	Kongolo Airport
	Lisala	Lisala Airport
	Lodja	Lodja Airport
	Lubumbashi	Lubumbashi International Airport focus city [1]
	Mbandaka	Mbandaka Airport
	Mbuji-Mayi	Mbuji Mayi Airport
	Tshikapa	Tshikapa Airport

Fleet

flyCAA Airbus A320-200

flyCAA Fokker 50

A former flyCAA McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (2006)

Current fleet

As of November 2024, the flyCAA fleet consists of the following aircraft:^{[ citation needed ]}

flyCAA current fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A320-200	3	—	180
Airbus A330-200	1	—	406
ATR 72-500	1	—	70
ATR 72-500F	2	—	Cargo	both stored[ citation needed ]
Boeing 767-200BDSF	1	—	Cargo	leased from CAM[ citation needed ]
Fokker 50	3	—	50
Total	11	—

Former fleet

Previously, flyCAA also operated the following aircraft types:

flyCAA historic fleet

Aircraft	Introduced	Retired	Refs
Airbus A321-200	2016	2021	[ citation needed ]
Fokker 100	2011	2014	[ citation needed ]
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	2005	2010	[ citation needed ]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82	2008	2012	[ citation needed ]

Accidents and incidents

• On 1 April 1997, a Convair CV-580 (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 Mbuji-Mayi. ^[11]

• On 18 November 1999, another CV-580 (registered 9Q-CEJ) had to be written off following an off-airport emergency landing near Tshikapa due to an engine failure that had been encountered shortly into the flight to Kananga. ^[12]

• On 19 November 2009, Flight 3711 from Kinshasa overran the runway upon landing at Goma Airport. Of the 117 occupants on board the aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 registered 9Q-CAB, around 20 were injured. ^[13]

• On 2 January 2010, a cargo-configured Boeing 727 (registered 9Q-CAA) veered off the runway during an emergency landing attempt in heavy rain at N'djili Airport. Previously, the pilots had reported a loss of hydraulic pressure. ^[14]

• The only fatal accident involving an aircraft of Compagnie d'Aviation Africaine occurred on 4 March 2013, when a Fokker 50 (registered 9Q-CBD) crashed near Goma International Airport. Of the nine people who had been on the flight from Lodja, six were killed. ^[15]

See also

• List of airlines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• List of companies based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

1. ch-aviation.com - flyCAA retrieved 28 November 2024
2. "Information about Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation at rzjets.net" . Retrieved 20 May 2013.
3. Endres, Günter, ed. (2012). "World Airlines". Flight International. Reed Business Information Ltd. p. 49
4. "FlyCAA". Airline History. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
5. "AeroTransport Data Bank" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.
6. "Congo's flyCAA ends international flights". ch-aviation. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
7. "Mobility and transport". transport.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
8. "Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation mulls flights from Kinshasa to Brussels". 4 November 2020.
9. ch-aviation.com - DR Congo's flyCAA inducts first B767-200 freighter 24 July 2024
10. "Timetable (6 August 2013)" (PDF). Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
11. Ranter, Harro (1 April 1997). "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 9Q-CRU Tshikapa Airport (TSH)" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.
12. Ranter, Harro (18 November 1999). "ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 9Q-CEJ Tshikapa" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.
13. Ranter, Harro (19 November 2009). "ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 (MD-82) 9Q-CAB Goma Airport (GOM)" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.
14. Ranter, Harro (2 January 2010). "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 727-231F Super 27 9Q-CAA Kinshasa-N'Djili Airport (FIH)" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.
15. Ranter, Harro (4 March 2013). "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker 50 9Q-CBD Goma Airport (GOM)" . Retrieved 6 June 2015.

External links

Media related to Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website