Canadian Airways Congo

Canadian Airways Congo (alternatively known as Canair Congo) is a Congolese passenger airline company. It was established in 2004. The airline's hub is Maya-Maya Airport, in Brazzaville.

Not to be confused with Canadian Airways or Canadian Airlines.
Canadian Airways Congo
HubsMaya-Maya Airport
Focus citiesMaya-Maya Airport
Fleet size3
HeadquartersBrazzaville, Congo
Websitewww.canaircongo.com

Despite having a relatively good safety record, the airline is on the list of airlines banned within the European Union.[1]

Fleet

Current Fleet

The Canadian Airways Congo fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[2]

Canadian Airways Congo Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Boeing 737-200 1 — 108
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 — 156
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 1 — 158
Total 3

Former Fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and incidents
  • On Friday, January 25, 2008, a Boeing 727-247 that Canadian Airways Congo had leased from Teebah Airlines was damaged after an Antonov AN-12 ran into it as it was parked. The 727 was written off after the accident, which happened at Pointe Noire Airport, Pointe Noire, Congo. There were no occupants inside the Boeing 727, and no fatalities on the Antonov airplane.[1] The Boeing 727 was wearing basic Iraqi Airways livery with Canadian Airways Congo titles when the accident took place.[4]
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gollark: There was this thing with the virus scanner uploading new executables to the CLOUD™ and running them.
gollark: permission → explicit request to
gollark: Also, they can do search without using my data for targeted advertising and who knows what.
gollark: ... they *do*. Corporations aren't evil exactly, but they're amoral profit maximizers.

See also

References
  1. "Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Congo > Canadian Airways Congo". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2015-11-18.
  2. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 12.
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
  4. https://baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-boeing-727-200-pointe-noire


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