Equatorial Congo Airlines
| ECAir Equatorial Congo Airlines |
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| IATA code : | LC |
| ICAO code : | - |
| Call sign : | - |
| Founding: | 2011 |
| Operation stopped: | 2016 |
| Seat: |
Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo
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| Turnstile : | |
| Home airport : | Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport |
| Company form: | SA |
| IATA prefix code : | 753 |
| Management: | Fatima Beyina-Moussa ( CEO ) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | MBOTE! |
| Fleet size: | 7 (+ 1 order) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.flyecair.com |
| ECAir Equatorial Congo Airlines ceased operations in 2016. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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ECAir - Equatorial Congo Airlines SA was the national airline of the Republic of the Congo , based in Brazzaville and based at Brazzaville Maya-Maya Airport .
history
ECAir was founded in 2011 with the support of Lufthansa Consulting and the Swiss airline PrivatAir . A five-year contract with Lufthansa Consulting provided for the procurement of further aircraft and the establishment of international connections. At the end of April 2012, a Boeing 757-200 , which bears the aircraft registration HB-JJD , from the OpenSkies portfolio was added to the fleet.
On April 11, 2015, the Boeing 757-200 with the aircraft registration HB-JJE was confiscated at the airport in Paris , a Congolese entrepreneur sued in France against the Republic of the Congo and was won, whereupon the aircraft was confiscated in Paris. On April 26, the machine could be triggered and returned to regular operation.
In October 2016, Equatorial Congo Airlines had to cease flight operations due to unpaid bills.
Further use of the name
In May 2017, a Boeing 737-700 from TUI Airlines Belgium was leased to resume flight operations shortly (six months after it was discontinued).
Destinations
ECAir flew from Brazzaville to destinations in Africa and the Middle East . In Europe , Paris was served.
fleet
As of October 2015, the ECAir fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( First / Business / Eco ) |
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| Boeing 737-300 | 1 | operated for Jetairfly | 120 (- / 12/108) | |
| Boeing 737-700 | 2 | equipped with winglets ; 1 each operated by and for Jetairfly | 138 (- / 12/126) | |
| Boeing 757-200 | 2 | equipped with winglets | 148 (- / 16/132) | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 197 (3/30/164) | ||
| Boeing 787-8 | 1 | 1 | ||
| total | 7th | 1 |
See also
Web links
- ECAir website of the (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Introducing the new national airline ECAir. (PDF; 152 kB) In: flyecair.com. September 24, 2011, p. 1 , archived from the original on November 2, 2011 ; accessed on November 2, 2011 .
- ^ Aerotelegraph.com - Confiscated Swiss Boeing 757, accessed on April 18, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation - Congo's ECAIR successfully secures seized B757's release, April 28, 2015 (English) accessed May 1, 2015
- ↑ [1] accessed on October 23, 2016
- ↑ ch-aviation - Congo's ECAIR working towards a resumption of operations (English), accessed on June 24, 2017
- ↑ flyceair.com - Offers , accessed on October 9, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation - ECAir (English), accessed on October 9, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation - Congo's ECAIR to get first B787-8 in 4Q 2015, June 24, 2014 (English) accessed on June 26, 2015
- ↑ flyceair.com - Our Fleet ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on April 12, 2015
