Korongo Airlines is to cease operations

Korongo Airlines is to cease operations due to difficulties in gaining traction, following an AGM on 4th September where shareholders and management agreed to start the dissolution of the airline.
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Service stopped last month when the airline’s sole aircraft was damaged during an incident at Mbuji Mayi.
 
Korongo Airlines started service in 2012, offering flights throughout the Democratic Republic of Congo.
 
In a statement, Korongo’s representatives said: "...the company has unfortunately not been able to reach profitability due to a lack of critical mass, operations based on a fleet of only one aircraft, which doesn’t offer sufficient possibilities to amortize the fixed costs of an airline operation respecting all international safety standards."
 

Parent company, Brussels Airlines, remains open to the idea of putting its expertise at the disposal of the Congolese government to help the stalled Congo Airways project. 

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