CAA African Airlines Airbus A340-300E | EI-CBC

CAA was originally founded in the 1960s as a feeder carrier, bringing passengers to large African hubs to fly on mainline European carriers to Europe and beyond. In the 1970s, the airline became independent and started to position itself as a Pan-African airline, based out of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast. The airline expanded to become Africa's leading carrier by the 1980s, uniquely positioned as a combination of multiple cultures representing the best of Africa, and opened more operating bases in Dakar, Douala, Ouagadougou, and its first out of the Francophone countries, Accra. The airline has since slimmed down to two main operating bases in Dakar and Abidjan but continues to play an important role in many countries' networks today.

CAA's first two Airbus A340 aircraft arrived in 1999, however, corruption and mismanagement led the airline to postpone other deliveries until it could pay for them and underwent a restructuring. EI-CBC was the first to be delivered after receivership in 2004, representing a new era for the airline, which was standing on its own feet for the first time in the new millennium. CAA's fleet of A340-300E aircraft can be seen around the world, operating flights to five continents on a daily basis.

EI-CBC is equipped with 28 Première Class seats and 252 Economy Class seats.