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Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2009 [1] | ||||||
Hubs | N'Dolo Airport | ||||||
Headquarters | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Free Airlines is an air operator out of N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union.
The Antonov An-28 is a twin-engined light turboprop transport aircraft, developed from the Antonov An-14M. It was the winner of a competition against the Beriev Be-30, for use by Aeroflot as a short-range airliner. It first flew in 1969. A total of 191 were built and 16 remain in airline service as at August 2015. After a short pre-production series built by Antonov, it was licence-built in Poland by PZL-Mielec. In 1993, PZL-Mielec developed its own improved variant, the PZL M28 Skytruck.
Trans Air Congo (TAC) is an airline based at Pointe Noire Airport in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
Business Aviation (airline) was an airline based in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Air Tropiques was an airline based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It operated domestic, regional and charter flights. Its main base was N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 2007:
Goma International Airport is an airport serving Goma, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa.
Bandundu Airport is an airport serving Bandundu, capital of the Kwilu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Galaxie Corporation was a private cargo airline in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), operating as Kavatshi Airlines.
On June 21, 2007 an overloaded Free Airlines Let L-410UVP in Karibu Airways livery crashed shortly after takeoff from Kamina Town for Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. Landing in a swamp east of the unpaved strip, the aircraft came to rest inverted in the water.
The Great Lakes Business Company is an airline owner/operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kamina Airport is an airport serving Kamina, a city in Haut-Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Karibu Airways was an airline in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Agefreco Air was an air carrier operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1988 to 2007.
Filair was an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It operated from N'Dolo Airport in Kinshasa. The airline was on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union, as well as all airlines regulated by the authorities in the DRC.
Scibe Airlift was an airline from Zaire, with its base at N'Djili Airport, Kinshasa.
Kavumu Airport is an airport serving Bukavu, the capital city of the Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Bukavu.
On 25 August 2010, a Let L-410 Turbolet passenger aircraft of Filair crashed on approach to Bandundu Airport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing all but one of the 21 people on board.
On 8 July 2011, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, a Boeing 727 passenger jet on a domestic flight from Kinshasa, to Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), crashed on final approach at Kisangani, killing 74 of the 118 people on board.
On 4 March 2013, a Fokker 50 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation on a domestic cargo flight from Lodja to Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, crashed in poor weather on approach to Goma Airport. There were nine people on board, of which six were killed. No fatalities were reported on the ground, despite the aircraft crashing into a populated area.