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This is a list of defunct airlines of Democratic Republic of the Congo .[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes |
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Adala Airways | 2005 | 2009 | [3] | ||||
Aer Service | 1980 | 1980 | Operated Carvair[4] | ||||
Affro Cargo | 1980 | 1984 | [5] | ||||
Africa One Congo | CFR | 2002 | 2008 | Operated Antonov An-32, Douglas DC-9, Douglas DC-10[6] | |||
African Air Charter | AAC | 1976 | 1988 | Operated Antonov An-2, Sud Aviation Caravelle[7] | |||
African Air Services Commuter | 2007 | 2015 | Operated Let Turbolet[8] | ||||
African Business and Transportations | 4P | ABB | AFRICAN BUSINESS | 2004 | 2006 | Operated Antonov An-32, Dornier 228, Let Turbolet, Fokker F27, Fokker F28[9][10] | |
African Company Airlines | FPY | AFRICOMPANY | ? | 2007 | [11] | ||
African Trading and Transport | ? | 2009 | [12] | ||||
Africargo | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Canadair CL-44D4-2[13] | ||||
Agefreco Air | 1988 | 2007 | Operated Antonov An-28, Let Turbolet[14] | ||||
Agence et Messageries Aérienne du Zaïre | HK | 1974 | 1979 | [15] | |||
Aigle Aviation | 2006 | 2009 | [16] | ||||
Air Baraka | 2013 | 2014 | AOC revoked in 2014[17] | ||||
Air Beni | 2006 | 2009 | AOC revoked in 2014[18] | ||||
Air Boyoma | 2001 | 2009 | Operated Antonov An-24, Antonov An-26[19] | ||||
Air Charter Services | CHR | ZAIRE CHARTER | 1983 | 2006 | AOC Revoked[20] | ||
Air Congo | 1961 | 1971 | Renamed to Air Zaïre | ||||
Air Infini | 2006 | 2009 | AOC Revoked[21] | ||||
Air Karibu | 1999 | 1999 | Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra[22] | ||||
Air Katanga | 1961 | 1961 | Operated Douglas DC-4[23] | ||||
Air Malebo | 2013 | 2015 | AOC Revoked[24] | ||||
Air Navette | 2000 | 2009 | AOC Revoked. Operated Antonov An-12[25] | ||||
Air Pabson | 1997 | 1997 | |||||
Air Plan International | APV | AIR PLAN | ? | 2006 | AOC revoked[26] | ||
Air Transport Office | 1991 | 2006 | AOC Revoked. Operated Antonov An-32, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, HS 748, L-188 Electra. AOC Revoked[27] | ||||
Air Tropiques | TPQ | 2001 | 2016 | [28] | |||
Air Zaïre | QC | AZR | 1971 | 1995 | |||
AirDC | 2008 | 2009 | Operated BAe 146-200[29] | ||||
Armi Global Business Air | 2013 | 2015 | AOC revoked[30] | ||||
Air Transport Service | ATS | 1985 | 1996 | Operated Boeing 707 | |||
Ban Air Cargo | 2009 | 2011 | [31] | ||||
Bazair | 1996 | 1997 | Operated HS Andover, Piper Aztec, Vickers Viscount[32] | ||||
Bel Glob Airlines | 2006 | 2009 | AOC Revoked[33] | ||||
Biega Airlines | 2013 | 2015 | AOC Revoked[34] | ||||
Blue Airlines | BUL | BLUE AIRLINES | 1991 | 2020 | Banned in EU. Operated Antonov An-28, Boeing 707, Boeing 727, Lockheed L-188A Electra[35] | ||
BlueSky Airlines | 2012 | 2016 | [36] | ||||
Bravo Air Congo | K6 | BRV | BRAVO | 2005 | 2007 | ||
Brooks Trading | ? | 2009 | AOC withdrawn[37] | ||||
Business Aviation | 4P | ABB | AFRICAN BUSINESS | 1998 | 2007 | [38] | |
Business Cash Flow Aviation | 1984 | 1991 | Renamed to Blue Airlines. Operated Boeing 707[39] | ||||
Busy Bee Congo | 2007 | 2019 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Dornier 328, Let Turbolet[40][41] | ||||
Butembo Airlines | BAL | 2004 | 2009 | Operated Antonov An-28[42] | |||
Cargo Bull Aviation | 2006 | 2009 | AOC withdrawn. Operated Let L-410 Turbolet[43] | ||||
Central Air Express | CAX | 2004 | 2007 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[44] | |||
Cetraca Air Service | CER | 2003 | 2014 | Operated Antonov An-26, Let Turbolet[45] | |||
Cetraca Aviation Service | CER | 2023 | 2024 | Operated Let Turbolet. It was opened in 2023 after the original Cetraca Aviation closed in 2014 | |||
CHC Stellavia | 1997 | 2015 | AOC withdrawn[46] | ||||
CO-ZA Airways | 2004 | 2007 | AOC withdrawn. Operated Antonov An-26, Antonov An-32, Boeing 707, Boeing 727[47] | ||||
Cogeair | ? | 1973 | Operated Curtiss C-46, de Havilland Heron[48] | ||||
Comair Congo | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-28[49] | ||||
Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation | CAA | 1992 | 2013 | Banned in EU. Rebranded FlyCAA[50] | |||
Congo Air | ? | 2006 | Banned in EU[51] | ||||
Congo Air Cargo | 1990s | 1990s | Operated Boeing 707[52] | ||||
Congo Airlines | EO | ALX | ALLCONGO | 1994 | 1998 | Renamed to Hewa Bora Airways[53] | |
Congo Commercial Airlines | 1998 | 2000 | Operated Let Turbolet[54] | ||||
Congo Express | XZ | EXY | EXPRESSWAYS | 2010 | 2015 | [55] | |
Congo Frigo | 1967 | 1970 | Operated Curtiss C-46[56] | ||||
Dahla Airlines | DHA | ? | 2006 | [57] | |||
Dallex Trade | 2006 | 2006 | Operated Antonov An-32[58] | ||||
Dakota SPRL | 2015 | 2020 | Banned in EU[59] | ||||
DAS Airlines | RKC | DAS CONGO | 2004 | 2005 | Operated Antonov An-12[60] | ||
Eagles Services | 2013 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[61] | ||||
Eastern Congo Airlines | 1997 | 1998 | Operated HS Andover[62] | ||||
El Sam Airlift | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-26[63] | ||||
Enterprise World Airways | EWS | 1998 | 2013 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Boeing 707-320C, Canadair CL-44[64][65] | |||
Ephrata Airlines | 2013 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked.[66] | ||||
Espace Aviation Service | EPC | ESPACE | 1995 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Boeing 707[67] | ||
Express Cargo | 1994 | 1995 | Renamed to Express City. Operated Boeing 707 | ||||
Express City | 1996 | 1998 | Renamed to Congo Airlines. Operated Boeing 707[68] | ||||
Filair | FIL | 1987 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[69] | |||
Flight Express | 2004 | 2009 | Operated Antonov An-26[70] | ||||
FlyCongo | EO | ALX | CONGO | 2012 | 2013 | ||
Flying Air Service | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Antonov An-28[71] | ||||
Forrest Aviation | 2009 | 2009 | Operated BAe 125, BN-2 Islander[72] | ||||
Free Airlines | 2006 | 2009 | AOC revoked. Operated Let Turbolet[73] | ||||
Funtshi Aviation Service | FUN | FUNTSHI | 2005 | 2006 | AOC revoked[74] | ||
Galaxy Kavatsi | 2006 | 2015 | AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-72[75] | ||||
Gilembe Air Southenance | 2009 | 2015 | AOC revoked[76] | ||||
GLM Aviation | 1980s | 1980s | Operated Douglas C-54, Lockheed L-188 Electra[77] | ||||
Global Airways | BSP | 2002 | 2007 | Operated Boeing 707, Vickers Viscount[78] | |||
Gloria Airways | 2003 | 2009 | |||||
Goma Express | 2006 | 2015 | AOC revoked. Operated Let Turbolet[79] | ||||
Great Lakes Business Company | 2001 | 2009 | AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-8, Antonov An-12, Antonov An-32[80] | ||||
Groupe Rubuye Aviation | 2000s | 2000s | AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-24[81] | ||||
Guila Air | 1988 | 1998 | Operated Vickers Viscount | ||||
Hewa Bora Airways | EO | ALX | ALLCONGO | 1998 | 2011 | Renamed to FlyCongo[82] | |
IAC Airlines | 1989 | 1998 | Operated Boeing 707-320C, Boeing 727-100[83] | ||||
IAC Cargo | 1981 | 1981 | Operated Bristol Britannia[84] | ||||
Inter-Fret Transport Aérien | 1988 | 1981 | Merged into Air Charter Service. Operated Boeing 707, Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Sud Aviation Caravelle[85] | ||||
Interlink of Congo | 1999 | 1999 | Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra[86] | ||||
Jet Aero Services | 1995 | 2006 | AOC revoked[87] | ||||
Jet Congo Airlines | 2012 | 2014 | Operated Boeing 737-300[88] | ||||
Karibu Airways | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Let Turbolet[89] | ||||
Katale Aero Transport | 1978 | 1990s | Operated Boeing 707-320C, Bristol Britannia, Douglas DC-8[90] | ||||
Katanga Airways | 1998 | 2009 | AOC revoked. Banned in EU[91] | ||||
Katanga Express | 2010 | 2012 | AOC revoked. Banned in EU. Operated Dornier 328, Gulfstream IV[92][93] | ||||
Kavatshi Airlines | 2003 | 2010 | [94] | ||||
Kavatsi Airlines | 2005 | 2007 | Operated Antonov An-72[95] | ||||
Kinair Cargo | 1981 | 1988 | Operated Douglas C-54D, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6[96][97] | ||||
Kinshasa Airways | KNS | KINSHASA AIRWAYS | 2002 | 2005 | |||
Kisangani Airlift | 2005 | 2007 | Operated Antonov An-8, Antonov An-26[98] | ||||
Kivu Air Services | 1997 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated CASA Aviocar, Douglas C-47, Dornier 228, Cessna Grand Caravan[99] | ||||
Koda Air Cargo | 2001 | 2001 | |||||
Korongo Airlines | ZC | KGO | CONGO STAR | 2009 | 2015 | ||
LAC - SkyCongo | 4V | LCG | 2005 | 2006 | Operated Convair 580[100] | ||
Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (LAC) | 6V | LCG | CONGOLAISE | 1997 | 2003 | ||
Lignes Aériennes Congolaises | 4V | LCG | 2005 | 2013 | [101] | ||
Lukum Air Services | 1975 | 1989 | Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia[102] | ||||
Malift Air | MLC | 1995 | 2006 | ||||
Mango Airlines | 2004 | 2020 | Banned in EU. Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26, Antonov An-28, Boeing 727, FH-227, Let Turbolet[103][104] | ||||
Mavivi Air Trade | 2013 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[105] | ||||
MIBA Aviation | 1994 | 2005 | Operated BAe 125, Boeing 727[106] | ||||
MMM Aero Services | 1983 | 1987 | Operated Dart Herald, Vickers Viscount[107] | ||||
New Air Charter Service | 1996 | 2001 | Established as Air Charter Service (ACS)[108] | ||||
Okapi Airlines | 2011 | 2014 | Operated leased Boeing 737-400[109][110] | ||||
Okapi Airways | OKP | 2000s | 2006 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[111] | |||
OTRAG Range Air Services | 1977 | 1979 | Operated AW.660 Argosy[112] | ||||
Panafrican Airways | 2004 | 2005 | Operated Antonov An-2[113] | ||||
Pan African Express | 1986 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 737[114] | ||||
Patron Airways | 2011 | 2014 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[115] | ||||
Pearl Air | 1970s | 1970s | Operated Boeing 707[116] | ||||
Pegasus Aviation | 2005 | 2014 | Operated leased Antonov An-8, Boeing 707, Vickers Viscount[117] | ||||
Pegassus Aviation | 2000s | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[118] | ||||
Piva Airlines | 2007 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[119] | ||||
PME Aviation | 1994 | 1997 | Operated Douglas DC-3[120] | ||||
Pride African International | PAI | 1992 | 1994 | [121] | |||
Ruwensori Air Asala | 2005 | 2006 | Operated Antonov An-26[122] | ||||
Rwakabika Bushi Express | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[123] | ||||
Safari Logistics | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[124] | ||||
Safe Air Company | 2007 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Fokker F27, Let Turbolet[125] | ||||
Sankuru Air Service | 1994 | 1996 | Operated Yakovlev Yak-40[126] | ||||
SBZ Cargo | ZM | SBZ | 1976 | 1979 | Renamed to Scibe Airlift. Operated Vickers Viscount, Lockheed L-100[127] | ||
Scibe Airlift | ZM | SBZ | SCIBE AIRLIFT | 1979 | 1997 | Established as SBZ Cargo | |
Services Air | 1993 | 2015 | Rebranded as Serve Air Cargo. Operated Antonov An-12, Antonov An-26[128] | ||||
Shabair | S5 | SHB | SHABAIR | 1984 | 1997 | Merged into Congo Airlines. Operated BAC 1-11, Boeing 727, Douglas DC-10, BN-2 Islander[129][130][131] | |
Showa Air | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Antonov An-12[132] | ||||
Shuttle Air Cargo | 1996 | 1999 | Operated Boeing 707[133] | ||||
Sicotra Aviation | 1986 | 1991 | Operated Boeing 707 | ||||
Sion Airlines | 2013 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[134] | ||||
Skydec Cargo | 1992 | 1995 | Operated Boeing 707[135] | ||||
Skymaster Freight | 2002 | 2002 | Operated Canadair CL-44[136] | ||||
SODEMAC | 1960s | 1970s | Operated Curtiss C-46[137] | ||||
Soft Trans Air | 2007 | 2007 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Renamed to Soft Trans. Operated Antonov An-26[138] | ||||
STAER Airlines | 2000 | 2003 | Operated Antonov An-26[139] | ||||
Stellar Airways | 2011 | 2015 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Airbus A320-200[140] | ||||
Sun Air Services | 2006 | 2009 | AOC revoked. Operated Convair 580[141] | ||||
Taxavia | 1980 | 1998 | Taken over by Business Aviation. Operated Cessna Titan, DHC-6 Twin Otter, Piper Navajo, Piper Seneca[142] | ||||
Tembo Air Services | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[143] | ||||
Thom's Airways | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[144] | ||||
TMK Air Commuter | 1987 | 2011 | |||||
TRACEP | 2006 | 2015 | Operated Antonov An-28, Let Turbolet[145] | ||||
Tramaco Services | 1970s | 1970s | Operated BN-2 Islander[146] | ||||
Trans Intair | 2002 | 2003 | Operated Vickers Viscount[147] | ||||
Trans Kasai Air | 2000s | 2000s | Operated Antonov An-28[148] | ||||
Trans Service Airlift | 1991 | 2006 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[149] | ||||
Transair Cargo | 1992 | 1998 | Renamed to Trans Air Cargo Service. Operated Boeing 707, Bristol Britannia, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-6, Douglas DC-8[150] | ||||
Transair Congo | 1963 | 1966 | Subsidiary of Transair Sweden. Operated Curtiss C-46, Douglas DC-6[151] | ||||
Transport Aérien Congo (TAC) | 1983 | 1983 | Renamed to Transports Aériens Zairois (TAZ)[152] | ||||
Transports Aériens Congolais (TRACO) | 2006 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked[153] | ||||
Transports Aériens Zairois (TAZ) | 1983 | 1997 | Renamed Air Kasaï. Operated Douglas C-47[154] | ||||
Uhuru Airlines | 2002 | 2007 | Operated Antonov An-26, Antonov An-32 | ||||
Virunga Air Cargo | 1984 | 2009 | Established as Vic Air Cargo. Operated Canadair CL-44[155] | ||||
Virunga Air Charter | 1978 | 2009 | Banned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Antonov An-32[156] | ||||
Waltair | 1983 | 2005 | Operated Sud Caravelle, HS 748[157] | ||||
Wetrafa Airlift | 1996 | 2009 | Operated Douglas DC-9-32[158] | ||||
Will Airlift | 2010 | 2020 | Operated Douglas DC-9-30[159][160] | ||||
Wimbi Dira Airways | 9C | WDA | WIMBI DIRA | 2003 | 2013 | [161] | |
Wolf Aviation | 1980s | 1980s | Operated Boeing 707[162] | ||||
Zaabu International | 2006 | 2013 | Operated Antonov An-2[163] | ||||
Zaïre Aero Service | 1976 | 2006 | Benned in EU. AOC revoked. Operated Carvair, Vickers Viscount[164] | ||||
Zaire Airlines | 1996 | 1998 | To Hewa Bora Airways[165] | ||||
Zaïre Cargo | 1981 | 1986 | Operated Douglas DC-8[166] | ||||
Zaire Express | 1994 | 1998 | To Hewa Bora Airways[167] | ||||
Zaïre International Cargo Air System | 1980 | 2005 | Operated Boeing 707[168] | ||||
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