AIR ZAIRE
(Zaire)

After Air Afrique, Air Zaire was the second airline in Africa to receive the DC-10 in 1973. The aircraft was originally ordered by the German charter airline Atlantis as DC-10-10 but the carrier went into bankruptcy and Air Zaire took over the delivery slot. A second aircraft followed in 1974 and both of them were used on flights to Europe and also some African routes. Although orders for the MD-11 and MD-80 were placed in the early 1990s to replace the DC-10 and the 737-200s, Air Zaire was struggling already and one of the DC-10s was sold in 1985. The second was stored in Tel Aviv after mounting debts and Air Zaire finally collapsed in 1995. A third aircraft was operated by Skyjet in late 1992.

Following aircraft were operated by or for Air Zaire:

RegistrationAircraftFleetnr./NameOperated from - toWhere is it now?
9Q-CLI47886/ 90Mont Ngaliema08.06.1973 - 11.1975,
02.1976 - 18.10.1977,
01.12.1977 - 01.1978,
03.1978 - 19.02.1979 and
04.1979 - 02.1995
SCRAPPED
9Q-CLT46932/ 158Mont Ngafula26.06.1974 - 11.1975 and
01.1976 - 09.09.1985
Cielos del Perú
V2-LEA46554/ 8411.1992 - ????SCRAPPED


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