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{{Short description|Former airline from Zaire}}
{{Infobox Airline
{{Infobox Airline
|airline = Scibe Airlift
|airline = Scibe Airlift
|logo =
|logo =
|logo_size =
|logo_size =
|fleet_size = max. 15 aircraft (in 1987)
|fleet_size = At its maximum: 27. [[Boeing 727]]'s, [[DC-10-30]]'s, [[Boeing 707]]'s, [[Fokker F27]]'s, [[Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules]] etc.
|destinations =
|destinations = Hub : Kinshasa. Flying to many domestic cities (Goma, Mbuji Mayi, Tshikapa, etc) + Brussels once a week.
|IATA = -
|IATA = ZM
|ICAO = SBZ
|ICAO = SBZ
|callsign = SCIBE AIRLIFT
|callsign = SCIBE AIRLIFT
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|company_slogan =
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|founded = 1979
|founded = 1976 (as SBZ Cargo)
|ceased = 2002
|ceased = 1998
|headquarters = [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
|headquarters = [[Kinshasa]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (originally [[Zaire]])
|key_people = [[Jeannot Bemba Saolona]], President<br/>Jose Numes, Chief Pilot<ref name="WAD">[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%200806.html World Airline Directory] ''Flight International'' 23&ndash;29 March 1994, page 116</ref><ref name="Peleman">[http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/BOOKS/Angola/15Peleman.pdf The logistics of sanctions busting: the airborne component, Johan Peleman, page 303]</ref>
|key_people = [[Jeannot Bemba Saolona]], President<br/>Jose Numes, Chief Pilot<ref name="WAD">[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1994/1994%20-%200806.html World Airline Directory] ''Flight International'' 23&ndash;29 March 1994, page 116</ref><ref name="Peleman">[http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/BOOKS/Angola/15Peleman.pdf The logistics of sanctions busting: the airborne component, Johan Peleman, page 303] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307005934/http://www.iss.co.za/Pubs/BOOKS/Angola/15Peleman.pdf |date=2007-03-07 }}</ref>
|hubs = [[Kinshasa International Airport]]
|bases = [[N'djili Airport]]
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|focus_cities =
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[[File:Scibe_Airlift_of_Zaire_Boeing_707-329C_Hoppe.jpg|alt=image of Scibe Airlift Boeing 707|thumb|[[Boeing 707]] owned by Scibe Airlift]]
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'''Scibe Airlift''' was an [[airline]] from [[Zaire]] (today known as [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]), with its base at [[N'Djili Airport]], [[Kinshasa]].<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | pages= 58–59 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>


==History==
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'''Scibe Airlift''' is an [[airline]] based in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (former Zaire). Its operates from [[N'Djili Airport]], Kinshasa<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | pages= 58–59 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref>.
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The airline started activities in November 1976 as '''SBZ Cargo''' with a single [[Vickers Viscount]]. Due to problems concerning the national airline, [[Air Zaire]], Scibe Airlift became the first passenger airline in the country. After covering the whole country, it bought a [[Boeing 707]], which allowed for serving Europe. In the early 1990s Scibe Airlift was at its height, serving a multitude of destinations and leasing its aircraft out to European airlines. In 1992, it operated a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|DC-10-30]] on its Kinshasa-[[Brussels]] route.


The political instability of the country and the poor financial management of the company brought it to an end. Scibe Airlift ceased its operations on 29 September 1998 when its last aircraft was stored at [[London Southend Airport]].<ref>Boeing 707-329C (20200/828) [http://www.skystef.be/B707/OO-SJO.htm]</ref>
The airline was on the [[List of air carriers banned in the European Union]], as were all airlines regulated by the authorities in the DRC.

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The airline started activities with a single [[Vickers Viscount]]. Due to problems concerning the national airline, Air Zaire, Scibe Airlift became the first passenger airline in the country. After covering the whole country, it bought a Boeing 707 to fly the European route. In the early 1990s Scibe Airlift was at its peak, flying to many destinations and even leasing its aircrafts to European airlines. In this period it was flying DC-10-30 on its Kinshasa (FIH) - Brussels (BRU) route.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

The political instability of the country and the poor financial management of the company brought it to an end.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}


== Accidents and incidents ==
== Accidents and incidents ==
*On 13 December 1992 a [[Fokker]] [[Fokker F27|F-27-400M]] operated by Scibe Airlift Cargo crashed with 37 fatalities about 10&nbsp;km (6.3 mls) from Goma
*On 13 December 1992 a [[Fokker]] [[Fokker F27|F-27-400M]] operated by Scibe Airlift Cargo crashed with 37 fatalities about 10&nbsp;km (6.3 mls) from [[Goma]]
*On 18 January 1994 a [[Learjet 24]]D operated by Scibe Airlift Cargo ran out of fuel and crashed on approach on a repositioning flight from [[Cotonou Airport]] (COO/DBBB), [[Benin]] to [[Kinshasa]]-[[Kinshasa International Airport|N'Djili Airport]] (FIH/FZAA) killing two crew.<ref>''[[Flight International]]'', 18–24 January 1994, page 38</ref>
*On 18 January 1994 a [[Learjet 24]]D operated by Scibe Airlift Cargo ran out of fuel and crashed on approach on a repositioning flight from [[Cotonou Airport]] (COO/DBBB), [[Benin]] to [[Kinshasa]]-[[N'djili Airport]] (FIH/FZAA) killing two crew.<ref>''[[Flight International]]'', 18–24 January 1994, page 38</ref>
*The [[1996 Air Africa crash]] killed an estimated 297, mostly on the ground. It was a lease from Scibe.<ref name="Peleman" /><ref>"Le Crash d’un Avian cargo sur un marche au Zaïre fait pres de 250 morts", ''[[Le Monde]]'', 10 January 1996.</ref>
*The [[1996 Air Africa crash]] killed an estimated 297, mostly on the ground. It was a lease from Scibe.<ref name="Peleman" /><ref>"Le Crash d’un Avian cargo sur un marche au Zaïre fait pres de 250 morts", ''[[Le Monde]]'', 10 January 1996.</ref>

== Historical fleet ==
*[[Beechcraft Super King Air 200]]
*[[Boeing 707|Boeing 707-320 and 707-320C]]
*[[Boeing 727|Boeing 727-100 and 727-100C]]
*[[Bombardier Challenger 600|Canadair CL-601-3A]]
*[[de Havilland Canada DHC-6|de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300]]
*[[Fokker 27|Fokker 27-400M and Fokker 27-500]]
*[[Learjet 24|Learjet 24D]]
*[[Lockheed L-100|Lockheed L-100-30]]
*[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 and DC-10-30]]
*[[Pilatus PC-6|Pilatus PC-6/B Turbo Porter]]
*[[Vickers Viscount|Vickers Viscount 757 and 880C]]


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*J Rupert, "Zaïre reportedly selling arms to [[Angolan]] ex-rebels", ''The Washington Post'', 21 March 1997.
*J Rupert, "Zaïre reportedly selling arms to [[Angola]]n ex-rebels", ''The Washington Post'', 21 March 1997.
*[http://zeus.zeit.de/text/1996/05/Chaos_am_Himmel_ueber_Afrika "Chaos am Himmel ueber Afrika", ''Die Zeit'', May 1996. {{de icon}}]
*[http://zeus.zeit.de/text/1996/05/Chaos_am_Himmel_ueber_Afrika "Chaos am Himmel ueber Afrika", ''Die Zeit'', May 1996. {{in lang|de}}]
*{{cite book
*{{cite book
|title=Encyclopedia of African airlines
|title=Encyclopedia of African airlines
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|year=1998
|year=1998
|page=43
|page=43
|isbn=9780786404957}}
|isbn=978-0-7864-0495-7}}

==See also==
* [[Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 22 February 2022

Scibe Airlift
IATA ICAO Call sign
ZM SBZ SCIBE AIRLIFT
Founded1976 (as SBZ Cargo)
Ceased operations1998
Operating basesN'djili Airport
Fleet sizemax. 15 aircraft (in 1987)
HeadquartersKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (originally Zaire)
Key peopleJeannot Bemba Saolona, President
Jose Numes, Chief Pilot[1][2]
image of Scibe Airlift Boeing 707
Boeing 707 owned by Scibe Airlift

Scibe Airlift was an airline from Zaire (today known as Democratic Republic of the Congo), with its base at N'Djili Airport, Kinshasa.[3]

History

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The airline started activities in November 1976 as SBZ Cargo with a single Vickers Viscount. Due to problems concerning the national airline, Air Zaire, Scibe Airlift became the first passenger airline in the country. After covering the whole country, it bought a Boeing 707, which allowed for serving Europe. In the early 1990s Scibe Airlift was at its height, serving a multitude of destinations and leasing its aircraft out to European airlines. In 1992, it operated a DC-10-30 on its Kinshasa-Brussels route.

The political instability of the country and the poor financial management of the company brought it to an end. Scibe Airlift ceased its operations on 29 September 1998 when its last aircraft was stored at London Southend Airport.[4]

Accidents and incidents

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Historical fleet

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Further reading

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  • J Rupert, "Zaïre reportedly selling arms to Angolan ex-rebels", The Washington Post, 21 March 1997.
  • "Chaos am Himmel ueber Afrika", Die Zeit, May 1996. (in German)
  • Ben R. Guttery (1998). Encyclopedia of African airlines (illustrated ed.). p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7864-0495-7.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ World Airline Directory Flight International 23–29 March 1994, page 116
  2. ^ a b The logistics of sanctions busting: the airborne component, Johan Peleman, page 303 Archived 2007-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 58–59.
  4. ^ Boeing 707-329C (20200/828) [1]
  5. ^ Flight International, 18–24 January 1994, page 38
  6. ^ "Le Crash d’un Avian cargo sur un marche au Zaïre fait pres de 250 morts", Le Monde, 10 January 1996.
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