Okapi Airlines in RDC

[airazurxtror]

http://www.air-journal.fr/2011-10-06-rd ... 37127.html

Part translation :
A new Congolese airline , Okapi Airlines, hopes to operate domestic flights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC), a market that suffers from the loss of Hewa Bora following the crash last July.

Okapi Airlines, officially launched last Saturday by the director Matthew Boukitou, belongs to a group of businessmen, ATS (African transport system). It will operate six to seven aircraft, mostly Boeing, including two for freight. Initially, it will connect once a week, then twice, the capital, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, one of the most populous cities in the country located in the southeast.
They hope to soon introduce flights between Katanga, Lubumbashi is the capital of which, and the two Kasai region, in central DRC, and between Kinshasa, Kisangani (Eastern Province), Goma (North Kivu ) and Bukavu (South Kivu).

[DeltaWiskey]

...Okapi Airlines, hopes to operate domestic flights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC)...

Korongo hopes to operate there too...

I wish them good luck!

[sn26567]

You can always take a bet on who will start first: a domestic airline with indigenous capital wich has just applied for a licence, or a foreign airline run by foreigners which has asked for a licence more than two years ago...?

[capetown]

You can always take a bet on who will start first: a domestic airline with indigenous capital wich has just applied for a licence, or a foreign airline run by foreigners which has asked for a licence more than two years ago...?

This forum urgently needs a "like"-button à la facebook

[Bralo20]

You can always take a bet on who will start first: a domestic airline with indigenous capital wich has just applied for a licence, or a foreign airline run by foreigners which has asked for a licence more than two years ago...?

Yup...

Btw: It's again so quiet around Korongo, any progress yet?

[sn26567]

According to this article, the airline has a licence since 2010. It will operate initially with a B735 and will acquire other aircraft, especially ATRs, for a total of 6 aircraft by December. The staff comes from LAC, Air Afrique, Sabena and Air France, among others. First route: Kinsghasa-Lubumbashi 5 times a week.

Surprised by how fast it has become operational and by its growth? We're in D R Congo!