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Founded | 24 August 1994 | ||||||
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Frequent-flyer program | MilesPlus | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo | ||||||
Website | www |
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]
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.
Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations:
The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024): [2]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
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Boeing 737-300 | 1 | 0 | 148 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 |
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
Trans Air Congo has been delivered the IOSA certificate until 2015. [4]
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).
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