Waltair (DR Congo)

Waltair

Founded	1983
Headquarters	Kinshasa
Key people	Vincent Gillet, President & CEO

A Waltair Caravelle taking off at Kinshasa's N'djili Airport in 1995.

Waltair was an airline operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1983 to 2005. It was famous for being one of the last airlines in the world using the Sud Caravelle aircraft. Their AOC was revoked by the Congolese Civil Aviation Authority in 2005 and the company was also added to the list of banned airlines in the European Union.

Fleet

Waltair used to operate the following aircraft types

• Douglas DC-8
• Sud Caravelle
• Hawker Siddeley Andover

See also

• Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

References

Media related to Waltair at Wikimedia Commons