Air Congo

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Air Congo
Air Congo Logo.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
—DRC—
Founded2024
Commenced operations1 December 2024;8 months ago (2024-12-01)
Hubs N'djili Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations8
Owner
Headquarters Kinshasa, DR Congo
Key peopleMesfin Biru Weldegeorgis (Director General) [1]
Total equity US$ 40 million [2]
Website www.air-congo.com/en

Air Congo S.A. is the flag carrier airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo launched on 1 December 2024, with its hub at N'djili Airport in Kinshasa. The airline announced it would commence operations by serving domestic destinations. The inaugural flight occurred on 9 December 2024 from N'djili Airport to Lubumbashi International Airport by the Boeing 737-800 9S-AOA leased from Ethiopian Airlines. [3] [4]

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Destinations

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
DRC Goma Goma International Airport [5]
DRC Kalemie Kalemie Airport [5]
DRC Kananga Kananga Airport [5]
DRC Kinshasa N'djili Airport Hub [5]
DRC Kisangani Kisangani Bangoka International Airport [5]
DRC Kolwezi Kolwezi Airport [5]
DRC Lubumbashi Lubumbashi International Airport [5]
DRC Mbuji-Mayi Mbuji Mayi Airport [5]
DRC Mbandaka Mbandaka Airport [5]

Ultimately, Air Congo plans to deploy a fleet of eight Boeing 737 and two Boeing 787s to cover national, regional and international destinations: Paris, Brussels, Dubai, Johannesburg, Luanda and Dar es Salaam .

Fleet

As of August 2025, Air Congo operates the following aircraft: [6]

AircraftNumberOrdersPassengersNotes
JYTotal
Boeing 737-800 2— Leased from Ethiopian Airlines
Total2—

Air Congo aims to operate a fleet of overall six aircraft within a year. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nelly Fualdes and Romain Gras (25 September 2024). "DRC: what we know about Air Congo, the future national flag". jeuneafrique. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ↑ "Aerial : Air Congo launch in december 2024". Africa News Agency. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Air Congo set for December launch". Times Aerospace. 6 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  4. ↑ Air Congo is born Airliner World February 2025 page 12
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Air Congo/Ethiopian Airlines Outlines Planned Network From Dec 2024". Aeroroutes. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  6. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Air Congo". Airliner World: 57. September 2025.
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