Bravo Air Congo

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Bravo Air Congo
IATA K6	ICAO BRV	Callsign BRAVO AIRCONGO
Founded		2006 (replacing Bravo Airlines, created in 2004)
Hubs		Kinshasa N'Djili International Airport (FIH) Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD)
Focus cities		Kinshasa, Madrid, Lubumbashi, Johannesburg, Brussels
Fleet size		5
Destinations		23
Parent company		Bravo Airlines
Company slogan		"Une grande compagnie, pour un grand pays" French:A big company, for a big country
Headquarters		Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key people		Herminio Gil (Executive Vice President)
Website: http://www.bravoaircongo.com

Bravo Air Congo was an airline based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo operating domestic and regional passenger services. Its main base is Kinshasa International Airport^[1].

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 2.1 Domestic 2.2 International 3 External links 4 References

[edit] History

Bravo Airlines was established in 2004 in Madrid, as a scheduled international and domestic passenger airline, registered in Spain. In 2006, wishing to expand their operations in the African market, Bravo Airlines became an airline group, and joined with several Congolese private investors, to create a new airline, named Bravo Air Congo.^{[citation needed]} The new airline is registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and began operations on 11 September 2006^[1].

[edit] Destinations

Bravo Air Congo operated services to eight domestic destinations, including Gemena, Kalemie, Isiro and Lubumbashi, and eight cities in West Africa, as well as Johannesburg and Nairobi. Connections with its Spanish sister company, Bravo Airlines, link Brazzaville and Kinshasa with Brussels, Paris and Madrid^[1].

The destinations of the Bravo Air Congo are (starting 11 September 2006)^{[citation needed]}:

[edit] Domestic

• Goma
• Isiro
• Kananga
• Kinshasa
• Kisangani
• Lubumbashi
• Mbuji-Mayi

[edit] International

• Bangui
• Brazzaville
• Brussels
• Johannesburg
• Lagos
• Madrid
• Nairobi
• Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)
• Pointe-Noire

[edit] External links

• Bravo Airlines
• Bravo Air Congo Fleet
• Bravo Air Congo at ATDB: profile, history and events, contacts and management, historical/current/planned aircraft in fleets

[edit] References

• AeroTransport Data Bank

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 88. 

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