Transafrik International is a cargo airline based in Angola with its offices in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates.
The diamond mining site is located in Cuango River, which is only reachable by C130 Hercules.
[citation needed] It is a cargo airline, with airplane registration in the Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe, is currently working on contracts for the United Nations and has previously been on contract for the WFP (World Food Program) during the civil war in Angola for relief support.
In 2006 Transafrik International was approached by the UN, which is its main contractor in Africa, to re-register the fleet to another nation for aviation safety reasons.
Initial approaches were conducted to re-register the fleet from São Tomé e Príncipe (S9) to Uganda (5X).