Bravo Air Congo

Infobox Airline
airline=Bravo Air Congo
logo=
logo_size=225
fleet_size=5
destinations=23
IATA=K6
ICAO=BRV
callsign=BRAVO AIRCONGO
parent=Bravo Airlines
company_slogan="Une grande compagnie, pour un grand pays"
"French:A big company, for a big country"
founded=2006 "(replacing Bravo Airlines, created in 2004)
headquarters=Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
key_people=Herminio Gil (Executive Vice President)
hubs=Kinshasa N'Djili International Airport (FIH)
Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD)
focus_cities= Kinshasa, Madrid, Lubumbashi, Johannesburg, Brussels
frequent_flyer=
lounge=
alliance=
website= http://www.bravoaircongo.com

Bravo Air Congo was an airline based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo operating domestic and regional passenger services. Its main base is Kinshasa International Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 88 | date= 2007-03-27] .

The airline is on the List of air carriers banned in the European Union.

History

Bravo Airlines was established in 2004 in Madrid, as a scheduled international and domestic passenger airline, registered in Spain. In 2006, wishing to expand their operations in the African market, Bravo Airlines became an airline group, and joined with several Congolese private investors, to create a new airline, named Bravo Air Congo.Fact|date=March 2007 The new airline is registered in the Democratic Republic of Congo and began operations on 11 September 2006.

Destinations

Bravo Air Congo operated services to eight domestic destinations, including Gemena, Kalemie, Isiro and Lubumbashi, and eight cities in West Africa, as well as Johannesburg and Nairobi. Connections with its Spanish sister company, Bravo Airlines, link Brazzaville and Kinshasa with Brussels, Paris and Madrid.

The destinations of the Bravo Air Congo are (starting 11 September 2006) Fact|date=March 2007:

Domestic

* Goma
* Isiro
* Kananga
* Kinshasa
* Kisangani
* Lubumbashi
* Mbuji-Mayi

International

* Bangui
* Brazzaville
* "Brussels"
* Johannesburg
* Lagos
* "Madrid"
* Nairobi
* "Paris (Charles de Gaulle International Airport)"
* Pointe-Noire

External links

* [http://www.bravoairlines.com/ Bravo Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=BCO&al_op=1 Bravo Air Congo Fleet]
* [http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?q=Bravo+Air+Congo Bravo Air Congo at ATDB: profile, history and events, contacts and management, historical/current/planned aircraft in fleets]

References

* [http://www.aerotransport.org AeroTransport Data Bank]