FlyCongo

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FlyCongo
IATA ICAO Callsign
EOALXALLCONGO
Founded2012
Commenced operations24 March 2012
Ceased operationsOctober, 2012 [1]
Operating bases N'djili Airport
Fleet size5 [2]
Destinations6
Headquarters Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key peopleJean-Marc Pajot (CEO), A.Mwananteba (Owner) [3]
Website www.flycongo.com

FlyCongo was an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formed due to the suspension of Hewa Bora Airways after a series of fatal accidents. The new airline aimed to show a huge improvement in air safety in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. After only 6 months in operation the company merged with Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation (CAA) in October, 2012. [1] The company slogan was Like Never Before!

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History

Founded in 2012 from the remains of Hewa Bora Airways, FlyCongo commenced operations on 24 March 2012 with a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft. [4]

On 27 March 2012, FlyCongo announced that they will be destroying six of the previous aircraft operated by Hewa Bora Airways in a bid to boost confidence in the new airline. The aircraft will be five Boeing 727s and one of another unknown type. [5]

In 2012 CAA formed a commercial and strategic alliance with rival FlyCongo which led to consolidation into a single brand, flyCAA, in October 2012. [6]

Destinations

FlyCongo served the following destinations (as of April 2012): [7]

[Base] Base
CityCountryIATAICAOAirport
Gemena Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo GMAFZFK Gemena Airport
Goma Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo GOMFZNA Goma International Airport
Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa JNBFAJS OR Tambo International Airport
Kinshasa Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo FIHFZAA N'djili Airport [Base]
Kisangani Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo FKIFZIC Bangoka International Airport
Lubumbashi Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo FBMFZQA Lubumbashi International Airport
Mbandaka Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo MDKFZEA Mbandaka Airport

Fleet

The FlyCongo fleet was made of the following aircraft (as of April 2014): [8] [9]

FlyCongo Fleet
AircraftTotalNotes
Boeing 767-200ER 1Stored at FIH [ citation needed ]
Airbus A320 52 Inactive
Boeing 737-3B7 05 to enter service. Ex Batavia Air aircraft.
Fokker-50 3
Total10 (7 Active) [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Information about Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation". ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "FlyCongo on ch-aviation".
  3. ↑ New Congo airline destroys old planes
  4. ↑ "FlyCongo replaces Hewa Bora in Congolese heaven". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2012-04-06.
  5. ↑ "DR Congo planes to be destroyed by Fly Congo". BBC News. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. ↑ "Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation". Airliner World: 32–36. February 2015.
  7. ↑ FlyCongo Timetable (23/03/2012) [ permanent dead link ]
  8. 1 2 The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998 | ch-aviation consulting, http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/airline/CAD#al_profile_tab_fleet
  9. 1 2 Fly CAA website, http://www.caacongo.com/flotte.html Archived 2014-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
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