7-May-2026 5:00 PM
Air Congo schedules Kinshasa-Brussels service from Jul-2026
Air Congo opened (06-May-2026) reservations for five times weekly Kinshasa-Brussels service, scheduled to commence on 01-Jul-2026. The airline will operate the service with Boeing 787-8 equipment sourced from Ethiopian Airlines. Brussels will be Air Congo's first intercontinental destination. [more - Aviation Week]
Background ✨
Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ministry of Transport stated Air Congo CEO Mesfin Biru Weldegeorgis met Ethiopian Airlines CEO Mesfin Tasew Bekele to discuss the planned Jul-2026 Kinshasa-Brussels launch and Air Congo’s acquisition of two ATR 72-600s, with the first due on 30-Apr-2026.1 Air Congo also launched Kinshasa-Lubumbashi-Johannesburg services on 22-Mar-2026.2