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AAC (African Air Charter) |
1976 - 1988 |
-- / --- |
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Defunct |
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ACS (Air Charter Service) |
1983* - 1984* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
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Aer Service |
1980* - 1980* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
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African Air Charter |
1976* - 1980* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
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African Lux |
1977* - 1978* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Air Charter Service (ACS) |
1983 - 1996* |
-- / --- |
>New ACS |
Renamed |
|
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Air Region |
1990* - 1991* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Air Zaire |
1971 - 1992 |
QC / AZR |
>Lina Congo |
Renamed |
<^> |
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AMAZ (Agence et Messageries Aerienne du Zaire) |
1974* - 1979* |
HK / --- |
|
Defunct |
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ATO (Air Transport Office) |
1995* - 1997 |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
ATS Airlines (Air Transport Service) |
1986* - 1987* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Bazair |
1997* - 1999* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
BCF Aviation (Business Cash Flow Aviation) |
1984* - 1991 |
-- / --- |
>Unknown |
Renamed |
|
|
Broussair |
1990s |
-- / ZAR |
|
Status? |
|
|
Cogeair (Compagnie Generale Aerienne Africaine) |
1999* - 1971 |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
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Congo Airlines (CAL) |
1998 - 1998* |
EO / ELX |
>Hewa Bora Airways |
Renamed |
|
|
Congo Aviation |
1996* - 1996* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Congofrigo |
1967 - 1970* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Domaine de Katale |
1979* - 1981 |
-- / --- |
>Katale Air Transport |
Renamed |
|
|
ECL Air |
1993* - 1993* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Espace Aviation Services |
1996* - 1997* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
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Express Cargo |
1994* - 1996* |
-- / --- |
>Hewa Bora Airways |
Renamed |
|
|
FAS (Fontshi Aviation Service) |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Fontshi Air Service |
1989* - 1991 |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
GAZ Airways |
1990s |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
GLM Aviation |
1986* - 1986* |
-- / --- |
GLM Aviation |
Defunct |
|
|
Groupe Litho Moboti Aviation |
1985* - 1985* |
-- / --- |
>GLM Aviation |
Renamed |
|
|
IAC Cargo* |
1981* - 1981* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Intercontinent Charter |
1975* - 1979* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Interfret (Inter Fret) |
1981* - 1981* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Inter-Fret Transport Aerien (ITA) |
1980* - 1980* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Kasenda Airlines |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Katale Aero Transport |
1981 - 1996 |
-- / --- |
Katale Air Transport |
Defunct |
|
|
Kinair Cargo |
1981* - 1988* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
LUKAS (Lukim Air Services) |
1975* - 1981* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Lukum Air Service |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
MMM Aero Services (3MAS) |
1983* - 1986* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
National Air Freight |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
New Air Zaire |
* - * |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
OTRAG Range Air Services |
1977* - 1979* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Pan African Express |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Safari Air |
1988* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
SBZ |
1978* - 1979* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
SGA (Societe Generale d'Alimentation) |
1971* - 1978* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Sicotra Aviation |
1989* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
SOMA |
1974* - 1975* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Sotexki Aviation |
1982* - 1989* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
TAC (Transport Aerien Congo) |
1983* - 1983* |
-- / --- |
>Air Kasai |
Renamed |
|
|
Taxavia Zaire |
1985* ~ 1985* |
-- / --- |
|
Unknown |
|
|
TRAMACO (Transportations et Manutentions Commerciaux) |
1977* - 1983* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Trans Zaire Airways |
* - * |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Volcanair |
1986* - 1986* |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Zaire Aero Service |
1976* - 1988* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Zaire Air Cargo |
* ~ * |
-- / --- |
|
Unknown |
|
|
Zaire Cargo |
1982* - 1985* |
-- / --- |
|
Defunct |
|
|
Zaire Express |
* - * |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
|
Zairean Airlines |
1981* - 1989 |
-- / ZAR |
|
Defunct |
|
|
ZICAS (Zaire Inernational Air Cargo System |
* - * |
-- / --- |
|
Status? |
|
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World's Airlines. Past, Present & Future
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. Its 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.