Congo civil aviation authorities get tough, again

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BY WOLFGANG H. THOME, ETN AFRICA CORRESPONDENT | MAY 04, 2014
The Congolese (DRC) government has reportedly revoked the permits to
fly international routes for both Lubumbashi-based Korongo Airlines, a
partnership of Brussels Airlines and other European investors with
local counterparts, and for Kinshasa-based flyCAA last week, prompting
the two airlines to hold urgent talks with the Ministry of Transport
and Civil Aviation Authority to establish reasons for the decision and
launch an appeals process.
The permits were, according to a Goma-based source, cancelled without
prior notice or warning.
At the same time, the Air Operator Certificates (AOC) of several other
airlines were cancelled, effectively grounding carries who, according
to the source, failed to progress through the stages of the IATA
Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). Hence, implementing a recommendation
by the International Civil Aviation Organization that member countries
should sanction airlines that do not comply with or fail IOSA
requirements.
The airlines named were Okapi Airlines and Congo Express, while
several others, according to the report, were given a month-long
deadline to remedy shortcomings found or else face a similar fate.
The Congo DR has one of the worst air accident record and ICAO and
IATA have been working hand in hand to improve operational safety
through audits and by strengthening the regulatory oversight regime in
order to improve the safety of such operations.
All of Congo's airlines are currently banned by the EU from flying
into or over European airspace and are listed on the notorious "Black
List."
In the latest development over the ban on international flights, news
are also emerging that flyCAA has entered into a deal with a South
African upstart Trans-African Airways to circumnavigate the ban
slapped on Congo-registered aircraft, using aircraft leased from South
Africa with South African registration.
Presently, flyCAA uses a wet-leased South African registered B737 to
continue flights from Kinshasa via Lumbumbashi to Johannesburg
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