Congo Airways

Congo Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
8Z CGA Congo Air
Commenced operations October 2015 (2015-10)[1]
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 Luanda, Pointe Noire, Addis Ababa, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, Lagos, and Abidjan. Long-term plans included flights to Dubai Int'l and Guangzhou.[2] In May 2018 the airline commenced flights to Douala and Johannesburg-OR Tambo airport.[3]

List

Country City Airport Notes Refs
CameroonDoualaDouala International Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoGomaGoma Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoKanangaKananga Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoKinduKindu Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoKinshasaKinshasa–N'djiliHub[lower-alpha 1][4]
Democratic Republic of CongoKisanganiKisangani Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoMbandakaMbandaka Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoMbuji-MayiMbuji-Mayi Airport—[4]
Democratic Republic of CongoMoandaMuanda Airport—[5]
South AfricaJohannesburgOR Tambo International Airport—[6]
  1. ↑ International Hub

Fleet

The Congo Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft as of August 2017:[7]

Congo Airways fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Airbus A320-200 2 — 10 150 160
Boeing 737-800 1 — 16 138 154 Leased from Ethiopian Airlines[8]
Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 2 — 5 64 69
Total 5 —

One of the aircraft was being impounded in Dublin for a few weeks in September 2015 where it was to be painted.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Blachly, Linda (8 April 2016). "Aircraft News-April 8, 2016". Air Transport World. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Kinshasa-based Congo Airways, which started operations in October 2015, added a previously owned Bombardier Q400 to its fleet, according to Bombardier.  
  2. ↑ "Congo Airways outlines regional, int'l expansion plans". ch-aviation GmbH. 28 January 2016. Archived from the original on 3 September 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/278843/congo-airways-adds-new-african-destinations-in-may-2018/
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  5. ↑ https://www.routesonline.com/news/38/airlineroute/280260/congo-airways-adds-moanda-flight-from-mid-august-2018/
  6. ↑ "Congo Airways adds new African destinations in May 2018". routesonline. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2017): 12. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ↑ "Congo Airways adds maiden Boeing metal ahead of int'l debut". Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Court grounds Congolese aircraft in €10m debt dispute". RTE. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
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