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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is a nation in central Africa, The region was first united as the Congo Free State, a colony created by Belgian king Leopold I in the late 19th century. The colony was called the Belgian Congo from 1908 until 1960, when it gained independence as the Republic of the Congo. It's name was changed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1964 and then to Zaire in 1971. In 1965 Mobutu seized control of the country, ruling for more than 30 years until he was overthrown in 1997 by rebels under the leadership of Laurent Désiré Kabila. Kabila changed the country's name back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC is bordered on the north by the Central African Republic and Sudan; on the east by Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika (which separates the DRC from Tanzania); on the south by Zambia and Angola; and on the west by the Republic of the Congo and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda. The equator crosses the northern DRC. Kinshasa is the capital and largest city.

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Airline Operating Dates IATA : ICAO Tree Status Update Reason

 Aero Supply

**** - ****     Status?  

 Aerotrax

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Affro Cargo

1980* - 1984     Inactive  

 African Air Services Commuter

2007* - 2010*     Status?  

 African Business Air Transport

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Aigle Aviation

2006* - 2009     Inactive  

 Air Castilla

2011 - 2012> 7P : --- Air Castilla Active  

 Air Center International

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Air Karibu

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

 Air Kasai

1999* - 2012>   Air Kasai Active  

 Air Katanga

1999* - 2006*     Status?  

 Air Pabson

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Air Sud Kasai

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Air Transco

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Air Tropiques

2001 - 2012>     Active  

 AirDC

2008* - 2009     Inactive  

 Alliance Airlines

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 ATO Air (Air Transport Office)

1991* - 2006     Inactive  

 BAL

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Ban Air Cargo (Banair)

2009 - 2012>     Active  

 Blue Airlines

1991* - 2002*     Status?  

 Bravo Air Congo

2006 - 2009* K6 : BRV >Air Castilla Status?  

 Business Aviation

1998 - 2012> 4P : ABB   Active  

 Busy Bee Congo

2008* - 2009*     Status?  

 Butembo Airlines

2004* - 2009     Inactive  

 CAA (Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation)

1992* - 2012> -- : CAA   Active  

 CAA Cargo

2008* - 2010*     Status?  

 Cargo Charter

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Cargo Express Congo

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 CAS (Cetraca Air Service)

2003* - 2009* -- : CER   Status?  

 Central Air Express

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Charter Air International

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Congo Airways

2004* - 2004*     Status?  

 Congo Commercial*

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

 Congo Express

2010 - 2012> XY : EXY   Active  

 CO-ZA Airways

2004* - 2008*     Status?  

 DAS Airlines

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Eastern Congo Airlines

**** - ****     Inactive  

 Ecotras Airlines

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 El Sam Airlift

2006* - 2009     Inactive  

 Enterprise World Airways (EWA)

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 Express Air

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Express Aviation

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Express City

1996* - 1998   >Hewa Bora Airways Renamed  

 FAC (Flowers Air Cargo)

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Filair

1989 - 2012> -- : FIL   Active  

 Flight Express

2004* - 2009     Inactive  

 GKN-EMZ Minieres Zaire

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Global Airways

2002* - 2006* -- : BSP   Inactive  

 Gloria Airways

2004* - 2009     Inactive  

 Goma Air

2006* - 2012>     Active  

 Gomair

1996* - 2008*     Inactive  

 Guila Air (Guila-Air)

1988 - 1999*     Inactive  

 Hewa Bora Airways (HBA)

1998 - 2011 EO : ALX Hewa Bora Airways Inactive  

 Hoseba Airlines*

**** - ****     Status?  

 IAC Airlines (Inter African Cargo)

1989* - 1999*     Inactive  

 Interlink of Congo*

1999* - 1999*     Status?  

 ITAB (International Trans Air Business)

1996* - 2008*     Status?  

 Jansson & Britzelli

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Jet Express

2008* ~ 2008*     Began?  

 Jetair (Jet Aero Services)

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 Katanga Express

2010* - 2012>     Active  

 Kavatshi Airlines

2003* - 2005*     Status?  

 Kin Avia

2007* - 2009*     Status?  

 Kinshasa Airways

2002* - 2006*     Status?  

 Kisangani Airlift

2004* - 2005*     Status?  

 KIVU Air

1997 - 2009     Inactive  

 Korongo Airlines

2011 ~ 2011     Began?  

 LAC (Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises)

1961 - 2008 4V : LCG   Inactive  

 LAC Sky Cargo

2006* - 2006*     Status?  

 Lina Congo

1992 - 2005*   Lina Congo Status?  

 Malift Air

2000* - 2012> -- : MLC Malift Air Active  

 Malila Airlift

1995 - 2000* -- : MLC >Malift Air Renamed  

 Malu Aviation

1993* - 2012>     Active  

 Mango Airlines

2005* - 2006*     Status?  

 Mango MAT

2004* - 2008*     Status?  

 MIBA Air

2005* - 2005*     Status?  

 New ACS

1996* - 2001*   New ACS Inactive  

 Okapi Airlines

2011 - 2012>     Active  

 Phoenix Aviation Congo

2005* - 2005*     Status?  

 PME Aviation

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Pride African International

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Regional Express

2002 - 2003*     Status?  

 Ruwenzori Airways (Ruwensori Air Asala)

2005* - 2006*     Status?  

 S.N.E.L.

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Sabinair

2003* - 2004*     Inactive  

 Safe Air Company

2007* - 2007*     Status?  

 Sankair Aviation

2002* - 2003*     Status?  

 Sankuru Air Services

1996* - 1996*     Inactive  

 SBZ (Scibe Airlift Cargo Zaire)

1979* - 1997 -- : SBZ >Scibe Airlift Congo Renamed  

 Scibe Airlift Congo

1997 - 2006* -- : SBZ Scibe Airlift Congo Status?  

 Scibe Alliance

1997 - 1997 -- : SBZ >Scibe Airlift Congo Renamed  

 Services Air

2006* - 2012>     Active  

 Shabair

1989* - 2003*     Status?  

 Shuttle Air Cargo

1997* - 1997*     Inactive  

 SICOTRA (Societe Internationale du Commerce et Transport)*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Sky Exec Airlines*

2002* - 2002*     Status?  

 Skydec Cargo

1996* - 1997*     Inactive  

 Skymaster Freight

2002* - 2002*     Status?  

 Sobelair*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Societe Air Afrique*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Societe de Transport Taxi Aerien

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 SODEMAZ*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Sozacom

1982* - 1982*     Status?  

 Staer Air 21 (Success Air)

2000* - 2000*     Inactive  

 STAR (Service de Transports Aeriens Regionaux)*

**** - ****     Status?  

 Stellar Airways

2011 - 2012>     Active  

 Straie Star Airlines

1985 - 1985     Inactive  

 Swala Airlines

1984* - 2006*     Status?  

 Symetain (Elkivu)

**** - ****     Inactive  

 TAZ (Transports Aériens Zairois)

1986* - 1986*   >Air Kasai Renamed  

 TMK Air Commuter

1988* - 2012>     Active  

 TRACEP (Air Traset)

2006* - 2007*     Status?  

 Trans Air Cargo Service

2004 - 2012>   Trans Air Cargo Service Active  

 Trans Service Airlift

1991* - 2009*     Status?  

 Transair Cargo

1978* - 1997     Inactive  

 Transair Cargo

1992* - 1998   >Trans Air Cargo Service Renamed  

 Transcontinental

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Tropical Airlines

**** ~ ****     Unconfirmed  

 Uhuru Airlines

2004* - 2006*     Status?  

 Victoria Air

2001 - 2006*     Status?  

 Virunga Air Cargo (Vic Air Cargo)

1982* - 1996*     Status?  

 Virunga Air Charter

2004* - 2009     Inactive  

 Waltair

1983 - 2010*     Status?  

 WBA (Wimbi Dira Airways)

2003 - 2012> 9C : WDA   Active  

 Wetrafa Airlift

1996 - 2009     Inactive  

 WIGMO

1969* - 1989*     Status?  

 Will Airlift

2010 - 2012>     Active  

 Wolf Aviation

**** - ****     Status?  

 Zaire Airlines

1996 - 1998   >Hewa Bora Airways Renamed  

 Zaire Express

1994 - 1998   >Hewa Bora Airways Renamed  

 ZICAS (Zaire International Cargo Air System)

2005* - 2005*     Status?  

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