Malift Air

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Malift Air
Malift.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
-MLCMALILA
Founded1995
Ceased operations2009
Hubs N'Dolo Airport
Fleet size3
Headquarters Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malift Air was an airline based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It operated domestic passenger and cargo services from 1995 until 2009. [1] Its main base was N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa. [2]

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The airline was added to the List of air carriers banned in the European Union on March 22, 2006 but was removed again following the end of its operations on November 22, 2009. [3]

History

The airline started operations in 1995 and was formerly known as Malila Airlift [2] and ended operations in 2009. [4]

Accidents and incidents

Fleet

As of April 2019, the Malift Air fleet is stored and inactive in Kinshasa. The fleet included: [2]

In 2003, an An-24RV bearing Malila livery and registration number EW-46498 was photographed stored at Minsk. [6] It was still there in May 2005, but by that time it was missing its starboard propeller [7]

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References

  1. Aviation Safety Network,https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/8067
  2. 1 2 3 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-10. p. 47.
  3. Aviation Safety Network,https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/8067
  4. Aviation Safety Network,https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/8067
  5. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24 ? registration unknown Bandundu Airport (FDU)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  6. "EW-46498 | Antonov AN-24 | Malift Air | JetPhotos". JetPhotos. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
  7. "Aviation Photo #0856451: Antonov An-24RV - Malift Air - Malila Airlift". Airliners.net. Retrieved 2017-08-16.