Africa One

IATA - ICAO CFR Callsign -
Founded	29 April 2002
Destinations
Company slogan	The Continent's Airline
Parent company	Avient Aviation
Headquarters	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key people	Frederick Obbo (CEO)

Africa One is a privately owned pan-African airline. It was initially based in Entebbe, Uganda with aircraft wet leased from Africa One Holdings, registered in Ireland. It is not clear if the same airline or another of the same name was the operator of the An-26 that crashed in the DRC in 2007.

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 References 4 Further reading 5 Accidents and incidents

[edit] History

[edit] Destinations

Africa One initially was announced 29 April 2002 using DC-9s to serve Entebbe, Lagos, Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Banjul Gambia with bi-weekly service from those cities to London Gatwick and Dubai by DC-10.

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Airline launch 2004-07-08
• archived Boeing announcement 2002-05-06
• archived 50 top companies (as of 2002-08-05)
• BBC News re launch
• press release on launch
• 28/5 Nove africke aerolinie AfricaOne zahajily provoz lety do Gatwicku z Nigerie a Ugandy (in Czech)

[edit] Accidents and incidents

2007 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash: an Antonov An-26 cargo plane operated by Malift Air crashed into a street market in the DRC capital of Kinshasa shortly after takeoff, killing 51 people.

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