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Founded | 1995 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2009 | ||||||
Hubs | N'Dolo Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
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]
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]
The airline started operations in 1995 and was formerly known as Malila Airlift [2] and ended operations in 2009. [4]
As of April 2019 [update] , 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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