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West African Airlines (IATA: WZ, ICAO: WSF, Call sign: n/a) was a scheduled passenger and cargo airline based in Cotonou, Benin. It operated regional flights, with an extension to Europe, using wet-leased aircraft. The airline was established in 2003, and started operations on 29 June 2003.

West African Airlines

IATA ICAO Callsign WZ WSF ̵
Founded	2003
Ceased operations	2004
Hubs	Cadjehoun Airport
Fleet size	2 Boeing 727[1]
Destinations	See Destinations below

In 2004, the company went bankrupt.[2]

Destinations

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International scheduled destinations included: Abidjan, Accra, Bamako, Bangui, Banjul, Brazzaville, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Kinshasa, Lagos, Libreville, Lomé, Paris and Pointe-Noire and to Delhi and Bombay.

Accidents and incidents

On 2004, one of their Boeing 727 plane crashes during the attempt to stop the plane due to pilot error and poor weather the plane hit the ran off the runway at 200 feet and crashes to a building at 50 knots only 30 of 150 people survived and 3 people on the ground died it was the worst crash in Benin history

See also

• List of defunct airlines of Benin

References

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