| Airline: | Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation |
| Fleet Size: | 7 |
| Destinations: | 20 |
| Iata: | BU |
| Icao: | DBP |
| Callsign: | AFRICOMPANY[1] |
| Founded: | 1991 |
| Headquarters: | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Key People: | David and Daniel Blattner |
| Bases: | N'djili Airport |
| Focus Cities: | Lubumbashi Int'l Airport |
| Website: | www.caacongo.com |
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA; African Aviation Company), renamed FlyCAA in 2013,[2] is a regional airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, based at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa.[3] It offers an extensive network of domestic scheduled passenger flights,[4] as well as cargo flights.Due to safety and security concerns, CAA has been included in the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.[5]
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation was founded in 1991 and started operations on 26 December 1992.[6]
In 2013 merged with FlyCongo and formed FlyCAA.[7]
In January 2016, the airline terminated their only international route to Johannesburg after failing to receive renewed traffic rights.[8]
In 2020, the airline acquired an Airbus A330-200 with the stated intention of flying to Brussels, which under current European Union restrictions would require CAA to operate the service using foreign registration and crew.[9]
According to the August 2013 timetable, CAA operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:[10]
| City | State | Airport |
|---|---|---|
| Beni | DR Congo | Beni Airport |
| Boende | DR Congo | Boende Airport |
| Bukavu | DR Congo | Kavumu Airport |
| Bumba | DR Congo | Bumba Airport |
| Bunia | DR Congo | Bunia Airport |
| Gemena | DR Congo | Gemena Airport |
| Goma | DR Congo | Goma International Airport |
| Isiro | DR Congo | Matari Airport |
| Kalemie | DR Congo | Kalemie Airport |
| Kananga | DR Congo | Kananga Airport |
| Kindu | DR Congo | Kindu Airport |
| Kinshasa | DR Congo | N'djili Airport (base) |
| Kisangani | DR Congo | Bangoka International Airport |
| Kongolo | DR Congo | Kongolo Airport |
| Lisala | DR Congo | Lisala Airport |
| Lodja | DR Congo | Lodja Airport |
| Lubumbashi | DR Congo | Lubumbashi International Airport (focus city) |
| Mbandaka | DR Congo | Mbandaka Airport |
| Mbuji-Mayi | DR Congo | Mbuji Mayi Airport |
| Tshikapa | DR Congo | Tshikapa Airport |
The FlyCAA fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2023):[11]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | |||
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | — | 406 | ||
| ATR 72-500 | 4 | — | 70 | ||
| Total | 7 | — | |||
Over the years, the following aircraft types were operated:
| Aircraft | Introduced | Retired |
|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | ||
| 1 Airbus A321-200[12] | ||
| Antonov An-26 | ||
| Antonov An-32 | ||
| Boeing 727 | ||
| Convair CV-580 | ||
| Fokker 50 | ||
| Fokker 100 | ||
| Ilyushin Il-18 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | ||
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | ||
A Douglas DC-8 had been purchased by CAA and painted in its colors but was never delivered and eventually scrapped at Johannesburg International Airport.
The only fatal accident involving an aircraft of Compagnie d'Aviation Africaine occurred on 4 March 2013, when a Fokker 50 (registered 9Q-CBD) crashed near Goma International Airport. Of the nine people who had been on the flight from Lodja, six were killed.[13] The incident is known as the 2013 Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation Fokker 50 crash. There were however a number of non-fatal incidents which resulted in CAA aircraft being damaged beyond repair: