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TRANSAFRIK
4th February Int’l Airport, Luanda.
Tel: +244 222 353 714.
E-mail: enquiries@transafrik.com
Executives: Pimentel Araujo (corporate
services), Alan Spooner (finance).
Fleet: Two Boeing 727-100s, one Lockheed L-
100-20 and four Lockheed L-100-30s.
It operates cargo services mainly in Africa,
specialising in humanitarian flights for the United
Nations and ad hoc charter.
BENIN
AFRICA AIRWAYS
BP778, Cotonou. Tel: +229 21 305 626.
E-mail: info@flyafrica-airways.com
This new start-up is planning on operating
regional links to Cameroon, Gabon and Niger
from its base in Contonou. International services
to Paris, Brussles and Dubai planned.
BENIN GOLF AIR
PO Box 508, 05 Cotonou.Tel: +229 21 33 3195.
Executive: Latifou Lauriano (CEO).
Fleet: One Boeing 737-200.
Benin Golf Air operates scheduled passenger
services and charter flights both domestically in
Benin, and regionally to Abidjan, Accra, Bamako,
Bangui, Brazzaville, Douala, Kinshasa, Libreville,
Lomé, Malabo and Pointe Noire.
BOTSWANA
AIR BOTSWANA
PO Box 92, Gaborone. Tel: +267 395 7003.
Executives: Godfrey Khupe (CEO); Mphi
Tihomelang (finance).
Fleet: Three ATR 42-500s; two ATR 72-500s,
Air Botswana is the national airline of
Botswana operating scheduled domestic services
from Gaborone to Maun, Francistown and
Kasane, together with regional flights to Harare
and Johannesburg, and from Maun to Cape Town
and Windhoek.
DELTA AIR
PO Box 39, Maun. Tel: +267 686 0044.
Email: synergy@info.bw.
Executive: P. van den Bergh (CEO).
Fleet: Three Cessna 206s, two C210s and one
BN2A Islander.
This Maun-based operator flies to several
lodges in the Okavango Swamps and to other
tourist areas in Botswana on a semi-schedule
basis.
KALAHARI AIR SERVICES
PO Box 41278, Gaborone. Tel: +267 395 1804.
Email: kasac@info.bw
Executive: N.M. Fitzgerald.
Fleet: Two Beech King Air B200s and one each
Beech 1900C, King Air C90, Cessna 208B Grand
Caravan, Cessna 210, Beech 58, and MD500D
helicopter.
Kalahari Air Services which started
operations in 1968, has a fairly large mixed fleet
of aircraft with which it operates scheduled and
charter services to an extensive list of domestic
and regional destinations.
KAVANGO AIR
Postnet Suite 99, Private Bag 114, Maun.
Tel: +267 686 0323.
E-mail: marks@kavangoair.com
Executives: M. Smith (CEO/operations
manager), Louis Nell (chief pilot).
Fleet: Two each Cessna C208B Grand
Caravans, Cessna 206 Stationairs and Bell
Jetranger helicopters, three Cessna 172
Skyhawks and one GA8 Airvan.
Kavango Air covers mainly the north-western
and north-eastern parts of Botswana on a daily
basis with flights going in and out of the
Okavango Delta and Chobe/Linyanti areas of
Botswana.
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MACK AIR
Private Bag 329, Maun. Tel +267 686 0675.
Email reservations@mackair.co.bw
This is a specialist air service provider in the
Okavango Delta, Botswana and southern African
region including Namibia, South Africa and
Zimbabwe. Mack Air operates 14 aircraft,
employs 11 pilots and has a staff compliment of
over 35 personnel.
WILDERNESS AIR
Private Bag 159, Maun. Tel: +267 686 0778.
Executives: Neil Lumsden (COO Flying), Andy
Payne (CEO of Wilderness Group) Christo
Ebersohn (GM), Penelope Widmer (operations),
Ilan Samuel (chief pilot).
Fleet: Eight Cessna 206s, six Cessna Caravans
and one each C172 Bell JetRanger and
Eurocopter Squirrel.
This company is part of the Winderness Air
Group with bases in Botswana, Namibia, South
Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
BURKINA FASO
AIR BURKINA
BP 1459, Ouagadougou, 01.
Tel: +226 50 49 2323. Email: info@airburkina.bf
Executives: M. Ghelala (DG); M. Sanoh
(chairman).
Fleet: One McDonnell Douglas DC9-80, one
Bombardier CRJ200.
Air Burkina is the national airline, operating
scheduled services to one domestic destination
(Bobo-Dioulasso), as well as regional services to
Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger, Côte d’Ivoire and
Ghana. Its main base is Ouagadougou Airport.
BURUNDI
AIR BURUNDI
BP 2460, 40 Avenue du Commerce, Bujumbura.
Tel: +257 22 91 55.
Executive: Melchior Nahimana (MD).
Fleet: One Beech 1900C.
This airline operates a small network of
scheduled regional services to Rwanda and
Tanzania.
CAMEROON
CARGO AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL
Bonaprise, Lleu Ddit Asecna III, Douala.
Tel: +237 331 52254.
E-mail: info@cargo-airways.com
This new start up cargo airline operates
scheduled flights linking Douala with major ciies
throughout francophone Africa, using a single
wet-leased Boeing 737-200 freighter. Charter
services are also offered.
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS
HALCYON AIR
PO Box 142, Amílcar Cabral International Airport,
Sal, Espargos. Tel: +238 241 2360.
Email: commercial@halcyonair.com
Executive: Daniel Alceides Veiga.
Fleet: One each ATR 42-300 and ATR 42-500.
On order: One ATR 42-500 and one ATR 72-200.
Sal-based, Halcyon Air operates domestic
schedule flights between the Cape Verde Islands
from its main base Amílcar Cabral International
Airport. It also provides charter flights.
TACV
PO Box 1, Avenida Amilcar Cabral, Praia Santiago.
Tel: +238 2 608 200. Email: marketing@tacv.aero
Executive: Antonio Neves (MD).
Fleet: One ATR 42-500; two ATR 72-200s and
two Boeing 757-200s. On order: One ATR 72-
200.
The national flag carrier, it operates an interisland
service, together with flights to Europe,
North America, Brazil and the west African
mainland.
COMORES
COMORES AVIATION
Route de la Corniche, Moroni.
Tel: +269 773 34 00.
E-mail info@comoresaviation.com
Executives: Joan-Marc Heintz (president); B.
Heinz (Director General).
Fleet: One Let L-410 UVP.
This privately-owned carrier operates
domestic scheduled flights from its base at
Moroni to nine destinations within Comores,
Madagascar and Tanzania. Charters are also
flown to tourist destinations in southern and east
Africa.
CÔTE D’IVOIRE.
AIR IVOIRE
Place de la Republique, 01 BP7782, Abidjan 01.
Tel: +225 20 25 1561.
Executives: Francois Emmanuel (CEO);
Joachim Ottro (Deputy CEO).
Fleet: Three Boeing 737-500s and three Fokker
F28-4000s.
Côte d’Ivoire’s national airline, Air Ivoire and
operates scheduled regional and intercontinental
services to Accra, Bamako, Conakry, Freetown,
Monrovia, Ouagadougou, Bouake, Korhogo, Man
and Odienne. Its main base is Port Bouet
Airport, Abidjan.
WESTAIR CARGO AIRLINES
07 BP 737, Abidjan 07, Abidjan.
Tel: +225 2134 7737.
Email: westair-cargo@aviso.ci
Executive: P.l Sahuque, (president).
Fleet: One Boeing 737-200, one Fairchild Merlin
III.
This airline provides cargo services and
charters in West Africa.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO
AFRICAN AIR SERVICES
200, Boulevard P.E Lumumba, Ibanda, Bukavu.
Tel: +243 99 35 14 090.
Fleet: Two LET 410s.
From its Bukavu base in the east of DRC, the
airline provides charters and schedule services
to Butembo, Isiro, Bunia, Bumba, Buta, Watsa,
Kisangani Goma, Kindu and others towns and
villages in the area.
AIR KASAI
BP 541, Aeroport de Ndolo, Kinshasa.
Tel: +243 81 658 1276.
Email: airkasai@micronet.cd
Executive: Basile Malamas (GM).
Fleet: Two Antonov An-26s; one each Britten-
Norman BN 2A, Hawker Siddeley Andover and
Let L-410UVP-E.
Scheduled, charter, regional, passenger, and
cargo services are operated from its Kinshasa
N’Djili Airport base to destinations within Africa.
AIR KATANGA
Main base: Lubumbashi. Tel :+243 99 70 29 209.
Executives: A.Yodemaght (MD), A. Costa (flight
operations), F. Kakule (commercial).
Fleet: Two HS125s, one Beech 1900.
The airline operates regular schedule
services to Ndola and Lusaka (Zambia) in a joint
venture with Inter Air. Schedule services are
operated to Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi. Charter
services are also offered.
AIR TROPIQUES
2 Avenue des Flamboyants, Gombe, Kinshasa.
Tel: +243 818 949 904.
Executives: Erik Jocobs (MD).
Fleet: One each Fokker F27 Mk100; Beech
1900C; Beech Super King Air 200; King Air 100;
Let-410 UVP and one Let-410 UVP-E.
This carrier operates scheduled domestic,
regional and charter flights.
BANDUNDU AIR (BANAIR)
22 A, Boulevard du 30juin N 22 A, Kinshasa –
Gombe. Tel: +243 85 24 18 164.
E-mail: tadek.lutak@banair.cd
Executive: Taluz Lutak (CEO)
Fleet: One B727 Cargo.
The company operates scheduled and
charter domestic cargo services to Mbuji Mayi,
Kindu, Lubumbashi, Kisangani, Isiro, Goma,
Mbandaka, Gemena, Kananga, and Gbadolite
and regional charter services to Luanda,
Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Cabinda and
Windhoek.
BLUE AIRLINES
PO Box 1115, Kinshasa 1.
Tel: +243 81 29 95 236.
E-mail: blueairlines@hotmail.com
Executive: Dr. T. Mayani (GM).
Fleet: One An-26, and two An-2s.
This airline provides domestic services for
cargo and passengers to Tshikapa, Kananga and
some towns and villages within DRC.
BUSINESS AVIATION
PO Box 8913 Kinshasa. Tel:+243 81 81 42261.
E-mail: businessaviation@ic.cd
Executives: Yunus Munshi (general manager),
Capt. Dirra (operations/chief pilot).
Fleet: Two Let 410UVP-Es, one Nord Atlas 262.
The airline operates passengers and cargo
scheduled services to Matadi, Boma, Moanda,
Kikwit, Bandundu, Nioki, Kiri, Tshikapa, Kananga
and offers also charter to Brazzaville, Pointe-
Noire, Libreville, Cabinda and Luanda.
CETRACA AVIATION SERVICE
Beni, Nord Kivu Province.
Executive: K. Musavuli (CEO).
Fleet: One An-26, Two Let 410 UVP-Es
From its Beni base in north-eastern DRC, the
airline provides charter and schedule services to
Butembo, Isiro, Bunia, Bumba, Buta, Watsa,
Kisangani and Kinshasa.
CHC STELL AVIA
Goma, Nord Kivu Province.
Tel: +243 99 86 25 718.
E-mail: cohandlingoo@ hotmail.com
Fleet: Two Let 410s, one Grumman 159
From its Goma’s base in the east of DRC, the
airline provides charters and schedule services
to Beni, Butembo, Isiro, Bunia, Bumba, Buta,
Watsa, Kisangani Bukavu, Kindu.
COMPAGNIE AFRICAINE D’AVIATION (CAA).
6ème Rue N°7, Q. Industriel, C/Limete,
Kinshasa. Tel: +243 99 59 03 781.
Executives: A. Blattner (CEO), C. Muzemba
(flight operations). G Kabongo (commercial).
Fleet: Two Fokker 50s, one MD 82, two Airbus
A320s.
CAA operates domestic schedule services to
Tshikapa, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka, Boende,
Bumba, Lodja, Kikwit, Mbuji-Mayi, Goma,
Bukavu, Kindu, Kananga, Kisangani, Isiro.
It also operates domestic charter within DRC,
and a regional charter service to Brazzaville,
Pointe-noire and Luanda. It is updating its fleet
with more A320s.
DOREN AIR CONGO
56, Av.La corniche N°56, Goma.
Tel: +243 89 92 79 343.
E-mail: dorenaircongo@yahoo.fr
Fleet: Two LET 410s.
The airline provides charter and schedule
services to Beni, Butembo, Isiro, Bunia, Bumba,
Buta, Watsa, Kisangani Bukavu and Kindu, as
well as charter services to East Africa.
ENTERPRISE WORLD AIRWAYS
68, Avenue Bosango N°68, Kinshasa – Masina.
Tel: +243 99 99 24 386.
Executives: S.Giulianelli (president), M.Birindwa
(general manager).