Air Kasai is an airline

Airline

An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...

 based in Kinshasa

Kinshasa

Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The city is located on the Congo River....

, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. It operates charter services within Africa

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...

. Its main base is N'Dolo Airport

N'Dolo Airport

N'Dolo Airport , also known as Ndolo Airport, is a secondary airport in the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the commune of Barumbu near the city center....

, Kinshasa.

The airline is banned to operate in the European Union, and is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

The airline was established in 1983 and was formerly known as TAC - Transport Aerien Congo and TAZ - Transport Aerien Zairois. It is a Swedish owned company. In March 2006 Air Kasai was officially banned from operating in the whole EU, plus Norway

Norway

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 and Switzerland

Switzerland

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Fleet

As of July 2010 the Air Kasai fleet includes the following aircraft:

• 2 Antonov An-26
  Antonov An-26
  The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:...
  
  
• 1 Fokker F27
  Fokker F27
  The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.-Design and development:Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful Douglas DC-3 airliner...
  
  
• 1 Hawker Siddeley Andover
• 1 Let L-410 Turbolet

Incidents and accidents

On 9 September 2005 an Air Kasai Antonov An-26B crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

 close to
Brazzaville

Brazzaville

-Transport:The city is home to Maya-Maya Airport and a railway station on the Congo-Ocean Railway. It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo...

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