Hewa Bora Airways
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Founded | 1994 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2011 | ||||||
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Ansar Mwananteba (President) | |||||||
Website | www.hba.cd |
Hewa Bora Airways
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]
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1998 with the joining together of Zaire Airlines, Zaire Express, and Congo Airlines.[5]
On 1 November 2007, HBA (51%) and
On 24 June 2009, the new website of Hewa Bora Airways went online, after not having been updated since 2005.
On 16 July 2011, the airline's air operator's certificate was suspended, following the accident that befell Flight 952 on 8 July 2011.[7]
Blacklist
The entire Hewa Bora Airways fleet was
FlyCongo
In March 2012,
Destinations
After a dispute with Brussels Airlines, Hewa Bora Airways decided to rescind the codeshare agreement between the two airlines and start their own flights to
Fleet
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The Hewa Bora Airways fleet included the following aircraft when it suspended operations:[9]
Aircraft | Total | Passengers (First/Business/Economy) |
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Boeing 767-200ER
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1 | 191 (8/18/165) |
McDonnell Douglas MD-82
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4 | 136 (0/16/120) |
Hawker Siddeley HS125
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1 | 8 (0/8/0) |
Total | 6 |
Retired fleet
Hewa Bora Airways also operated these aircraft prior to ceasing operations:
Aircraft |
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Boeing 707-300C |
Boeing 727-100
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Boeing 727-100F
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Boeing 727-200
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Boeing 727-200Adv |
Lockheed L-1011
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Incidents and accidents
- On 15 April 2008, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 122 crashed into a residential and market area of Goma of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Forty people were killed, among them three passengers; 111 people were injured, including 40 passengers.
- On 21 June 2010, Hewa Bora Airways Flight 601, operating a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 9Q-COQ, burst a tyre on take-off from N'djili Airport. Hydraulic systems and the port engine were damaged and the nose gear failed to lower when the aircraft returned to N'djili. All 110 people on board escaped uninjured. The airline blamed the state of the runway for the accident, but investigators found no fault with the runway.[10]
- On 8 July 2011, Kisangani Airport; 74 people were killed, whilst others survived the accident with severe burns.[11]
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "DR Congo planes to be destroyed by Fly Congo". BBC News. 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ "Hewa Bora Airways". Airline History. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "Radio Okapi". Radio Okapi (in French). Retrieved 2017-08-16.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (16 July 2011). "Accident: Hewa Bora B721 at Kisangani on Jul 8th 2011, missed runway on landing". Aviation Herald. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "Press corner". European Commission - European Commission. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
- ^ "Hewa Bora Airways Fleet". Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ Hradecky, Simon (21 June 2010). "Accident: Hewa Bora MD82 at Kinshasa on Jun 21st 2010, burst tyre on takeoff, hydraulic failure, runway excursion on landing". The Aviation Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
- ^ "Reuters News – Fifty-three feared dead in DR Congo plane crash". Reuters. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
External links
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- Hewa Bora Airways
- Hewa Bora Airways (in French)
- Hewa Bora Airways Fleet
- Hewa Bora Airways at the Aviation Safety NetworkDatabase