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 and Yakovlev Yak-42D. Late 1997 saw the airline having to move temporarily to Johannesburg in South Africa to avoid a civil war.
Destinations
Trans Air Congo operates services to the following destinations:
Domestic scheduled destinations: Brazzaville and Pointe Noire.
International scheduled destinations: Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, and Abidjan
Fleet
Current Fleet
The Trans Air Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2021):[1]
Trans Air Congo Fleet
Aircraft
In Service
Orders
Passengers
Notes
Boeing 737-200
2
0
136
Boeing 737-200C
1
0
CARGO
Boeing 737-300
3
0
148
Boeing 737-500
2
0
140
Total
8
0
Former Fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
Trans Air Congo has been delivered the IOSA certificate until 2015.[3]
MilesPlus
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).
Incidents and Accidents
On 21 March 2011, a transport Antonov An-12 on a flight from Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport to Pointe-Noire Antonio Agostinho Neto International Airport, registered TN-AGK, carrying a crew of 4, crashed into the Mvou-Mvou residential area in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.[4] According to sources with the Congo National Agency of Civil Aviation, the aircraft had been cleared to land, and was on a 3-mile final approach when it crashed. The Russian Embassy in Congo reported that the 3 Russian and 1 Kazakhstani crewmembers were killed in the crash. Local medical services report that 23 bodies were recovered from the crash site, along with 15 injured people.[5][6] Pre-accident pictures of TN-AGK can be seen at JetPhotos.net and Airliners.net.
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