Filair

Filair

Hubs	N'Dolo Airport
Headquarters	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key people	Dany Philemotte[1]

Filair is an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its operates from N'Dolo Airport, in Kinshasa.^[2] The airline is on the list of air carriers banned in the European Union, as are all airlines regulated by the authorities in the DRC.

Destinations

It operates regional flights to Boma, Idiofa, Kikwit, Matadi and Muanda, among others.

Fleet

Let L-410 Turbolet 9Q-CDN at Kikwit Airport

• Antonov AN-24B
• Let L-410 UVP-E Turbolet
  1. 9Q-CCN—Destroyed—25 August 2010.
  2. 9Q-CDN

Former fleet

• Douglas DC-6A^[3]
• Douglas DC-7C
• Lockheed L-188CF Electra
• Lockheed L-188PF Electra
• Vickers Viscount

Accidents and incidents

• 9Q-CTS, a Vickers Viscount Type 757, was written off in 1988 while landing at Tshikapa Airport (TSH/FZUK) ^[4]
• 9Q-CGD, a Lockheed L-188PF Electra, was written off in Angola in July 1994.^[5]
• 9Q-CCN, a Let L-410, crashed, 20 fatalities on 25 August 2010. See 2010 Bandundu Filair Let L-410 crash.

References

1. "REPERTOIRE GENERAL DES ENTREPRISES" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-16.
2. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 58–59.
3. AeroTransport Data Base
4. Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Democratic Republic of the Congo > Filair
5. ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-188PF Electra 9Q-CGD

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