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| Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
| Hubs | N'djili Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | HBA Pass | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 15 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||||||
| Key people | Stavros Papaioannou (CEO) Ansar Mwananteba (President) | ||||||
| Website | www.hba.cd | ||||||
Hewa Bora Airways Sarl (operating as Hewa Bora Airways) was the national airline of the Democratic Republic of the Congo based in Barumbu, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1][2] It was one of Congo's largest airlines and operated regional and domestic services. Its main base was N'djili Airport.[3] "Hewa bora" is Swahili for "fresh air". The company slogan was N°1 in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hewa Bora Airways had 1,100 employees in March 2007.[3]
Operations were suspended after the 2011 crash of Hewa Bora Airways Flight 952, and the airline is now defunct. The remains of the business were taken over by a new airline, FlyCongo, which in turn merged with the Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation only six months after it was started up.[4]
- ^ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. 23–29 March 2004. 83. "Avenue Kabambare, n 1928, Barumbu, Democratic Republic of Congo"
- ^ "Information Archived 2010-12-06 at the Wayback Machine." Hewa Bora Airways. Retrieved on 9 September 2010. "1) KINSHASA Direction Générale Adresse : 1928, Av. Kabambare / Barumbu" "Agence ville (+Direction Commerciale et Direction Marketing) Adresse : 129, Boulevard du 30 juin ."
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 90.
- ^ "DR Congo planes to be destroyed by Fly Congo". BBC News. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-16.