The World's Airlines, past, present & future                 by David Lyall

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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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Status Airline Operational Dates ICAO - IATA Genealogy Tree Update Reason
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Aero Supply

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Aerotrax

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Affro Cargo

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African Air

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African Business Air Transport

2004* - 2006*      
X

Air Center International

-      
>

Air Congo

1961 - 1971 CFL Lina Congo  
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Air Karibu

1999* - 1999*      
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Air Kasai

1999* - >>   Air Kasai  
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Air Katanga

1999* - 2006*      
X

Air Pabson

-      
X

Air Region

-      
X

Air Sud Kasai

-      
X

Air Transco

-      
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Air Tropiques

2001 - >>      
+

AirDC

2008+     New
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Alliance Airlines

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>

AMAC (Agence de Messagerios Aeriennes du Congo)*

1971* - 1971      
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ATO (Air Transport Office)

2004* - 2006*      
X

ATS Airlines (Air Transport Service)

-      
X

BAL

-      
X

Bazair

1997* - 1999*      
>

BCF Aviation (Business Cash Flow Aviation)

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Blue Airlines

1996* - 1996*      
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Bravo Air Congo

2006 - >> K6    
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Business Aviation

1998^ - >> 4P    
X

Cargo Charter

-      
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Cargo Express Congo

2004* - 2006*      
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Central Air Express

2004* ~ 2006*      
X

Charter Air International

-      
#

Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation

1992^ - >> CAA    
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Congo Airlines (CAL)

1998 - 1998* EO / ELX Hewa Bora Airways  
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Congo Commercial*

1999* - 1999*      
X

Congofrigo

1970* - 1970*      
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Co-Za Airways

2004* - 2006*      
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DAS Airlines

2004* - 2006*      
X

Eastern Congo Airlines

-      
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El Sam Airlift

2006* - 2007*      
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Elkivu

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Enterprise World Airways (EWA)

2002* - 2006*      
X

Espace Aviation Services

1996* - 1997*      
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Eureka Aviation

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Express Air

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Express Aviation

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Express City

1996* - 1998   Hewa Bora Airways  
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FAC (Flowers Air Cargo)

~      
X

FAS (Fontshi Aviation Service)

1989* - 1989*      
X

Filair

1989 - 2001*      
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Flight Express

2004* - 2005*      
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GAZ Airways

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Genrec

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GKN-EMZ Minieres Zaire

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Global Airways

2002* - 2006*      
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Gloria Airways

2004* - 2005*      
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GMR

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Goma Air

2006* - 2006*      
X

Gomair

1996* - 1998*      
X

Guila Air (Guila-Air)

1996* - 1999*      
#

Hewa Bora Airways (HBA)

1998 - >> EO / ALX Hewa Bora Airways  
X

IAC Airlines (Inter African Cargo)

1989* - 1999*      
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Interfret (Inter Fret)

1981* - 1981*      
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Interlink of Congo*

1999* - 1999*      
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ITAB (International Trans Air Business)

1996* - 2006*      
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Jansson & Britzelli

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Jetair

2002* - 2006*      
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Kinshasa Airways

2002^ - 2006*      
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Kisangani Airlift

2004* - 2005*      
#

KIVU Air

1997 - >>      
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LAC (Lignes Aeriennes Congolaises)

1961 - >> 4V / LCG    
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Lina Congo

1992 - 2005*   Lina Congo  
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Lukum Air Service

1989* - 1989*      
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Malift Air

2000* - >> MLC Malift Air  
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Malila Airlift

1995 - 2000* MLC Malift Air  
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Malu Aviation

1997* - 2006*      
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Mango Airlines

2005* - 2006*      
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Miba Air

2005* - 2005*      
X

National Air Freight

-      
X

New ACS

1996* - 2001*   New ACS  
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PME Aviation

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~

Pride African International

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Regional Express

2002 - 2003*      
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S.N.E.L.

~      
X

Sabinair

2003* - 2004*      
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SBA

~      
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Scibe Airlift Congo

1976* - 2003*      
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Scibe Alliance

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!

Shabair

1989^ - 2003*      
X

Shuttle Air Cargo

1997* - 1997*      
!

Sky Exec Airlines*

2002* - 2002*      
X

Skydec Cargo

1996* - 1997*      
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Skymaster Freight

2002* - 2002*      
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Societe de Transport Taxi Aerien

~      
X

SODEMAC

1970* - 1970*      
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Sominki

~      
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Staer Air 21

~      
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Straie Star Airlines

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Swala Airlines

1984* - 2006*      
X

Symetain

-      
!

TMK Air Commuter

1988* - 2006*      
!

TRACEP*

2006* - 2006*      
!

Trans Service Airlift

1991^ - 2005*      
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Transair Cargo

1992^ - 2001*      
~

Transcontinental

~      
~

Transports Aeriens Zairois

~      
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Tropical Airlines

~      
!

Uhuru Airlines

2004* - 2006*      
!

Victoria Air

2001 - 2006*      
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Virunga Air Charter

2004* - 2006*      
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Volcanair

~      
#

Waltair

1983 - >>      
#

Wetrafa Airlift

1996 - >>      
#

Wimbi Dira Airways

2003 - >> 9C / WDA    
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Wolf Air Transport

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>

Zaire Airlines

1996 - 1998   Hewa Bora Airways  
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Zaire Express

1994 - 1998   Hewa Bora Airways  
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ZICAS (Zaire International Cargo Air System)

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