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Korongo
Korongo Airlines sprl (after the Swahili term for large migrating birds) was an airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), headquartered in Lubumbashi. It was founded on behalf of Brussels Airlines and other Belgian investors in 2009, and operated scheduled regional flights from its base at Lubumbashi International Airport. On 4 September 2015, Korongo Airlines ceased all operationsch-aviation.com - Congo's Korongo Airlines throws in the towel 6 September 2015 because it did not have enough reservations (despite a 70% load factor), and because of damage caused to the only airplane in the fleet a week earlier. History airDC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korongo Airlines BAe 146-200 Lebeda
Korongo Airlines sprl (after the Swahili term for large migrating birds) was an airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), headquartered in Lubumbashi. It was founded on behalf of Brussels Airlines and other Belgian investors in 2009, and operated scheduled regional flights from its base at Lubumbashi International Airport. On 4 September 2015, Korongo Airlines ceased all operationsch-aviation.com - Congo's Korongo Airlines throws in the towel 6 September 2015 because it did not have enough reservations (despite a 70% load factor), and because of damage caused to the only airplane in the fleet a week earlier. History airDC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AirDC BAe 146-200 Verkuringen
Korongo Airlines sprl (after the Swahili term for large migrating birds) was an airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), headquartered in Lubumbashi. It was founded on behalf of Brussels Airlines and other Belgian investors in 2009, and operated scheduled regional flights from its base at Lubumbashi International Airport. On 4 September 2015, Korongo Airlines ceased all operationsch-aviation.com - Congo's Korongo Airlines throws in the towel 6 September 2015 because it did not have enough reservations (despite a 70% load factor), and because of damage caused to the only airplane in the fleet a week earlier. History airDC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korongo Airlines Boeing 737-300 Wadman
Korongo Airlines sprl (after the Swahili term for large migrating birds) was an airline from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), headquartered in Lubumbashi. It was founded on behalf of Brussels Airlines and other Belgian investors in 2009, and operated scheduled regional flights from its base at Lubumbashi International Airport. On 4 September 2015, Korongo Airlines ceased all operationsch-aviation.com - Congo's Korongo Airlines throws in the towel 6 September 2015 because it did not have enough reservations (despite a 70% load factor), and because of damage caused to the only airplane in the fleet a week earlier. History airDC [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forrest Group
The Forrest Group (also Groupe Forrest) is a group of companies founded around the mining industry in 1922. As of 2018, the Forrest Group is active primarily in Central and East Africa. It is owned by George Arthur Forrest, a Belgian entrepreneur of New Zealand descent. Early history Malta Forrest launched ''l'Entreprise Générale Malta Forrest'' (EGMF), a transport company, in 1922, in Katanga Province in the south of the Belgian Congo. In 1933, the company moved into mining gold, copper and manganese in the Kolwezi, Musonoi and Kasekelesa mines. In 1951, the company undertook the mining and civil engineering works to open the Kisenge manganese mine. In the early 1950s, it broadened out into public works and civil engineering, building the roads, sewerage system and airport for the mining city of Kolwezi. Around this time, the firm began to focus on civil engineering in the western Katanga copper belt. Victor Eskenazi-Forrest, Malta Forrest’s adoptive son, helped his father ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mbuji Mayi Airport
Mbuji Mayi Airport is an airport serving Mbuji Mayi (formerly Bakwanga), the capital city, capital of the Kasai-Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an Asphalt concrete, asphalt surface measuring with poor quality pavement. The Mbuji Mayi non-directional beacon (Ident: MN) is located north-northwest of the airport. The Mbuji Mayi VOR/DME (Ident: MBY) is located on the field. Airlines and destinations Accidents and incidents *On August 19, 2015, a Brussels Airlines Boeing 737, operating for Korongo Airlines, sustained damage to its horizontal stabilizer upon landing at Mbuji Mayi Airport due to bad pavement conditions *On December 24, 2015, a Services Air Cargo Airbus A310 was unable to stop on the runway due to poor pavement conditions and wet runway surface, and 2015 Services Air Airbus A310 crash, exited the runway. A total of 8 people wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hewa Bora Airways
Hewa Bora Airways Sarl (operating as Hewa Bora Airways) was the national airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo based in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was one of Congo's largest airlines and operated regional and domestic services. Its main base was N'djili Airport. "''Hewa bora''" is Swahili for "fresh air". The company slogan was ''N°1 in Democratic Republic of the Congo.'' Hewa Bora Airways had 1,100 employees in March 2007. Operations were suspended after the 2011 crash of Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, and the airline is now defunct. The remains of the business were taken over by a new airline, FlyCongo, which in turn merged with the Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation only six months after it was started up History The airline was established and started operations in 1998 with the joining together of Zaire Airlines, Zaire Express, and Congo Airlines. On 1 November 2007, HBA (51%) and Brussels Airlines subsidiary Pan African Airline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lubumbashi
Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga Province, Lubumbashi is the center of mining in the region, acting as a hub for many of the country's largest mining companies. No definite population figures are available, but the population of the city's urban area is estimated to be around 2,584,000 in 2021. History Élisabethville under Belgian rule The Belgian government established the modern-day government in the city of ''Élisabethville'' (sometimes Elizabethville, both in French, or Elisabethstad in Dutch) in 1910, named in honour of Queen Elisabeth, consort to King Albert I of the Belgians. By that time, the government had taken over the colony from King Leopold II, and renamed it as the Belgian Congo. This site was chosen by Vice-Governor-General Emile Wangermée becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels Airlines
Brussels Airlines is the flag carrier and largest airline of Belgium, based and headquartered at Brussels Airport. It operates to over 100 destinations in Europe, North America and Africa and also offers charter services, maintenance and crew training. It is a member of the Star Alliance as well as the International Air Transport Association. The airline's IATA code ''SN'' is inherited from its predecessors, Sabena and SN Brussels Airlines. Brussels Airlines is part of the Lufthansa Group. The company slogan is ''′You’re in good company′.'' History Early years (2005-2009) Brussels Airlines was created following the merger of SN Brussels Airlines (SNBA) and Virgin Express, the former subsequently created after the bankruptcy of Belgium's previous national carrier Sabena. On 12 April 2005, SN Airholding, the company behind SNBA, signed an agreement with Richard Branson, giving it control over Virgin Express. On 31 March 2006 SNBA and Virgin Express announced their me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Operator's Certificate
An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and system in place to ensure the safety of its employees, and the general public. The certificate will list the aircraft types, and registrations to be used, for what purpose and in what area – specific airports or geographic region. Categories AOCs can be granted for one or more of the following activities: *Aerial advertising *Aerial photography * Aerial spotting *Aerial surveying *Air ambulance or aeromedical * Charter (low capacity and high capacity) * Firefighting *Flight training *Regular public transport (RPT) (low capacity and high capacity) Low capacity operations is when operating aircraft with under 38 passenger seats, high capacity is above that. Requirements The requirements for obtaining an AOC vary from country to country, but are gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
Ground transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has always been difficult. The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction, and the distances are enormous across this vast country. Furthermore, chronic economic mismanagement and internal conflict has led to serious under-investment over many years. On the other hand, the DRC has thousands of kilometres of navigable waterways, and traditionally water transport has been the dominant means of moving around approximately two-thirds of the country. Transport problems As an illustration of transport difficulties in the DRC, even before wars damaged the infrastructure, the so-called "national" route, used to get supplies to Bukavu from the seaport of Matadi, consisted of the following: *Matadi to Kinshasa – rail *Kinshasa to Kisangani – river boat *Kisangani to Ubundu – rail *Ubundu to Kindu – river boat *Kindu to Kalemie – rail *Kalemie to Kalundu (the lake po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing 737 Classic
The Boeing 737 Classic is a series of narrow-body airliners produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, the second generation of the Boeing 737 series of aircraft. Development began in 1979 and the first variant, the 737-300, first flew in February 1984 and entered service that December. The stretched 737-400 first flew in February 1988 and entered service later that year. The shortest variant, the 737-500, first flew in June 1989 and entered service in 1990. Compared to the original series, the classic series was re-engined with the CFM56, a high-bypass turbofan, for better fuel economy and had upgraded avionics. With a MTOW, it has a range of . At the -500 is similar in length to the original 737-200 and can fly 110 to 132 passengers. The -300 can seat 126 to 149 passengers while the -400 accommodates 147 to 168 seats. It competed with the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series, then with the Airbus A320 family which prompted Boeing to update its offer with the 737 Next Gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arthur Forrest
George Arthur Forrest (born 1940) is a Belgian entrepreneur, owner of the Forrest Group (''Groupe Forrest''), a group of companies founded in the Belgian Congo in 1922 and active in wind power and hydroelectric energy, construction, mines and metallurgy, biological food and aviation. He has been described as a philanthropic employer. Forrest is reported to be one of the richest men in Congo. Background George Arthur Forrest was born in 1940 in Lubumbashi in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He was the son of an Irish immigrant. His father, Malta Forrest, had founded l'Entreprise Générale Malta Forrest (EGMF) in 1922 in Katanga Province in the south of the Belgian Congo. The company started as a transport company, then moved into mining and then into civil engineering. In 1968 it became a limited liability company, with George Forrest and his adoptive brother Victor Eskenazi-Forrest as Managing Directors. In 1986, after his brother died, George Forrest took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
