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Scibe Airlift
IATA ICAO Call sign
- SBZ SCIBE AIRLIFT
Founded1976 (as SBZ Cargo)
Ceased operations2002
HubsN'djili Airport
Fleet sizeAt its maximum: 27. Boeing 727's, DC-10-30's, Boeing 707's, Fokker F27's, Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules etc.
DestinationsHub : Kinshasa. Flying to many domestic cities (Goma, Mbuji Mayi, Tshikapa, etc) + Brussels once a week.
HeadquartersKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Key peopleJeannot Bemba Saolona, President
Jose Numes, Chief Pilot[1][2]

Scibe Airlift is an airline based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire). It operates from N'Djili Airport, Kinshasa.[3]

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.

The airline started activities in Nomember 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 to fly the European route. In the early 1990s Scibe Airlift was at its peak, flying to many destinations and even leasing its aircraft to European airlines. In this period it was flying DC-10-30 on its Kinshasa (FIH) - Brussels (BRU) route.[citation needed]

The political instability of the country and the poor financial management of the company brought it to an end.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

Further reading

  • 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. Template:De icon
  • Ben R. Guttery (1998). Encyclopedia of African airlines (illustrated ed.). p. 43. ISBN 978-0-7864-0495-7.

References

  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
  3. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. pp. 58–59.
  4. ^ Flight International, 18–24 January 1994, page 38
  5. ^ "Le Crash d’un Avian cargo sur un marche au Zaïre fait pres de 250 morts", Le Monde, 10 January 1996.