Air Africa
Air Africa was an airline based in Kahemba Airport, Zaire. The airline started flights in 1991 with a few destinations, operated by Moscow Airways, but closed in 1996 after the 1996 Air Africa crash.Fleet
Aircraft | Start | End | In fleet | Notes | - |
Ilyushin Il-62M | 1993 | 1996 | 3 | — | |
Antonov An-32B | 1993 | 1996 | 5 | - | |
Beriev Be-32Ps | 1993 | 1996 | 2 | — | |
Destinations
- N'Dolo Airport
- Kahemba Airport
Accident
On 8 January 1996, an Air Africa Antonov An-32 aircraft which had been wet-leased by Moscow Airways to Scibe Airlift crashed into a market shortly after taking off from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing approximately 300 people. At the time, the Russian Ministry of Transport had "suspended or withdrawn" Moscow Airways' air operator's license.