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Brussels Airlines resumes Kinshasa flights with enhanced security
30 Jan 2025 22:12 GMT
… will resume flights to Kinshasa on January 31 after … DRC).
To ensure staff safety, the airline has implemented new security … to stay overnight in Kinshasa. Return flights will now … Yaoundé, Cameroon.
The airline’s Kinshasa office remains closed, and …
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Brussels Airlines cancels Kinshasa rotation amid rising tensions in the region
28 Jan 2025 23:56 GMT
… on Thursday morning. The airline cited “the current events” … .
The unrest in Kinshasa follows violent protests targeting … raised concerns over the safety of international personnel and … while protesters demonstrate in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo …
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From tailstrikes to tragedy: A look back at 2024’s devastating aviation accidents
30 Dec 2024 11:52 GMT
… raised concerns about the airline’s maintenance practices.
May … a runway overrun at Kinshasa-N’djili International Airport, … -76M disaster
A Russian Ilyushin Il-76M transport aircraft crashed in … making this the deadliest aviation accident of the year.
January …
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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024
28 Dec 2024 09:35 GMT
… airline safety has continued to reach new levels, with fewer accidents, fewer aircraft … was sourced from Aviation Safety Network, ch-aviation, and Flightradar24 … indicated that the airplane had landed short of … in a landing accident at Kinshasa N'Djili …
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Air Congo takes off: reviving aviation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
07 Dec 2024 23:09 GMT
… network includes daily flights from Kinshasa to Lubumbashi, Goma, Kisangani, and … June 2025, the airline plans to operate six aircraft and expand its … improving airport infrastructure and addressing aviation safety concerns. Nevertheless, Air Congo’s …
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DR Congo Military helicopter crash kills three foreign crew members
31 Oct 2024 12:57 GMT
A military helicopter crashed on Wednesday in Kinshasa, the capital of the … , which serves mainly light aircraft in the Barumbu area near … flames following the crash.
The cause of the accident is not … incident follows the recent crash of a military drone on …
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No survivors after military helicopter crashes in DR Congo
30 Oct 2024 14:30 GMT
… survived the crash of a military helicopter Wednesday in Kinshasa, the capital … by his seatbelt in the aircraft and died on the spot … that the causes of the accident remain unknown.
The FARDC has …
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Airlink Steps Into The Ring At Kinshasa
05 Oct 2024 18:32 GMT
… options than they currently enjoy. Kinshasa is a regional heavyweight. … by its constellation of global airline partners.
Airlink's … or window seats – Airlink aircraft do not have middle seats … member and accredited under its safety audit programme.
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Airlink to start flights to Kinshasa next year
04 Oct 2024 14:05 GMT
… African regional and domestic airline Airlink announced on Friday … flights between Johannesburg and Kinshasa, the capital of the … than they currently enjoy. Kinshasa is a regional heavyweight. … under the IATA Operational Safety Audit (better known as …
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How an escaped crocodile led 20 people to die in a plane crash
10 Jun 2024 10:20 GMT
… not been identified, the disaster was sparked by the escape … the airline, and later died alongside him in the 2010 crash.
… flying from the Congolese capital, Kinshasa, to Bandundu airport when … four years since the accident.
"The aircraft struck a mud …