Congo Airways
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| Commenced operations | October 2015[1] | ||||||
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| Hubs | N'djili Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Parent company | State of DRC | ||||||
| Headquarters | Kinshasa, DRC | ||||||
| Key people | Désiré Balaziré, CEO Jerome Maillet, Accountable Manager & Deputy CEO Xavier Bruyndonckx, COO | ||||||
| Website | congoairways.com | ||||||
Congo Airways is the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a paid-up capital of US$90 million, it started operations on 20 October 2015, using two Airbus A320 aircraft acquired from Alitalia. The company serves nine Congolese destinations from its base at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa.
Destinations
As of June 2016, the company operates domestic routes from its hub at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa to Goma, Kindu, Kananga, Kisangani, Lubumbashi, Mbandaka and Mbuji-Mayi. In January 2016, the company announced that it wants to expand service to smaller airports such as Beni and Buta Zega and internationally to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, Luanda, Pointe Noire, Addis Ababa, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, Lagos, and Abidjan. Long-term plans included flights to Dubai Int'l and Guangzhou.[2]
Fleet
The Congo Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[3]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 2 | — | ||
| Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 | 2 | — | ||
| Total | 4 | |||
One of the aircraft was being impounded in Dublin for a few weeks in September 2015 where it was to be painted.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Blachly, Linda (8 April 2016). "Aircraft News-April 8, 2016". Air Transport World.
Kinshasa-based Congo Airways, which started operations in October 2015, added a previously owned Bombardier Q400 to its fleet, according to Bombardier.
Archived 9 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine - ^ "Congo Airways outlines regional, int'l expansion plans". ch-aviation GmbH. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 12.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Court grounds Congolese aircraft in €10m debt dispute". RTE. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.