African Airlines Atlas From Colonies to Carriers

Country page

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

59 airline records in the African Airlines Atlas, with 41 marked as operating at the 1998 survey horizon.

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Country facts

Total records
59
Active at 1998 horizon
41
Ceased by survey horizon
18
State-linked records
5
Destination records
111
Service scopes
Domestic, Intercontinental, Regional
First listed airline
Comité d'Études pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo (CENAC) (1919)

Ownership mix

  1. Private47
  2. Not stated5
  3. Mixed (state-linked)3
  4. Private (subsidiary)2
  5. Mixed (state-majority)1
  6. State-owned1

Records

Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) airline records

These are structured record pages, not copied encyclopedia entries.

  1. Comité d'Études pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo (CENAC)Not stated1919 to 1920
  2. Syndicat National pour l'Étude des Transport Aériens (SNETA)Domestic1919 to 1935
  3. Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (LARA)Domestic1920 to 1922
  4. Société Air AfriqueIntercontinental1925 to 1929
  5. Syndicat des Transports Aériens du KatangaRegional1934 to 1935
  6. AeromasDomestic1946 to 1949
  7. Air Congo/CFL AviationDomestic1947 to 1949
  8. Service de Transports Aériens Régionaux (STAR)Domestic, Regional1947 to 1962
  9. CogeairDomestic1950 to 1971
  10. Air BrousseDomestic1955 to 1967
  11. SobelairIntercontinental1957 to 1962
  12. Agence et Messagers Aériennes du Zaïre (AMAZ)Domestic1960 to 1970
  13. SODEMAZDomestic1960 to 1970
  14. Air CongoDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1961 to 1971
  15. Confrigo/Congo FrigoDomestic1967 to 1998 horizon
  16. African LuxNot stated1970 to 1998 horizon
  17. Société Générale d'Alimentation (SGA)Domestic1970 to 1998 horizon
  18. Zaire Aero Services (ZAS)Domestic1970 to 1998 horizon
  19. Zaire International Air Cargo System (ZICAS)Domestic, Intercontinental1970 to 1998 horizon
  20. Air ZaireDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1971 to 1995
  21. Sotexki AviationDomestic1975 to 1998 horizon
  22. African Air CharterNot stated1976 to 1998 horizon
  23. Société Internationale du Commerce et Transport (SICOTRA)Not stated1977 to 1998 horizon
  24. Katale Aero TransportDomestic1978 to 1990
  25. Virunga Air Charter (VAC)Domestic1978 to 1998 horizon
  26. Inter-Fret Transport AérienNot stated1979 to 1980
  27. Scibe AirliftDomestic1979 to 1998 horizon
  28. Fontshi Air ServiceNot stated1980 to 1991
  29. GLM AviationNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  30. Kinair CargoNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  31. Lukum Air Service (LUKAS)Domestic1980 to 1998 horizon
  32. MMM Air ServicesNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  33. Wolf AviationNot stated1980 to 1998 horizon
  34. Zairean AirlinesDomestic1981 to 1998 horizon
  35. Air Charter Service (ACS)Domestic1983 to 1998 horizon
  36. New ACSNot stated1983 to 1998 horizon
  37. BCF AviationNot stated1984 to 1998 horizon
  38. Air Transport Service (ATS)Not stated1986 to 1998 horizon
  39. FilairDomestic1987 to 1998 horizon
  40. TMK AirDomestic1987 to 1998 horizon
  41. Guila AirNot stated1988 to 1998 horizon
  42. ShabairDomestic, Regional, Intercontinental1989 to 1998 horizon
  43. Air RegionNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  44. BroussairDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  45. Express CityDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  46. GAZ AirwaysDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  47. Hoseba AirlinesNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  48. Malu AviationNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  49. Sankuru Air ServiceNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  50. Swala AirlinesNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  51. Trans Service AirliftDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  52. Transair CargoNot stated1990 to 1998 horizon
  53. Wetrafa AirliftDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  54. WigmoDomestic1990 to 1998 horizon
  55. Zaire CargoDomestic, Intercontinental1990 to 1998 horizon
  56. Blue AirlinesNot stated1991 to 1998 horizon
  57. Air Transport Office (ATO)Domestic1994 to 1998 horizon
  58. Zaire ExpressDomestic1995 to 1998 horizon
  59. New Air ZaireDomestic1996 to 1998 horizon

Cite this country page

Reese Hollister, ed., African Airlines Atlas, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) country page, 59 airline records from the From Colonies to Carriers dataset, built from Ben Guttery, Encyclopedia of African Airlines (McFarland, 1998).