DR Congo’s national airline, Congo Airways, has just acquired a fourth Airbus A 320, bringing to six the total number of aircraft of this company which also has two Canadian-made Bombardier Q400.
Congo Airways, which began commercial flights on the October 20 2015, had previously owned two A320 and two Bombardier Q400 aircraft for essentially domestic flights.
This company, which aims to make regional flights to Eastern, Western and Southern Africa, has just taken two A320 leases with an option to purchase.
Recall that, the director general Désiré Balazire had announced, on Monday 15 January during a press conference in Kinshasa, that Congo Airways was going to sign a contract for the lease for five months of an A320 with the private Tunisian company Nouvelair.
The latter is already providing its company with pilots, instructors and commercial cabin crew leaders, he said, recalling that in 2016, fifteen Tunisian experts had accompanied Congo Airways in the implementation of security procedures.
It should be noted that Congo Airways had transported 365.000 passengers in 2017 against 208.000 in 2016, for respective revenues of 77 million dollars. The company plans to cross the 400.000 Pass and 99 $ 2018 revenue.
