In its first flight
operations between Cuba and Republic of Congo, Equatorial Congo Airlines, the national carrier of the Republic of
Congo organized a charter flight airlifting 63 doctors on a special mission
from Havana (Cuba) to Ollombo (Republic of Congo).
According to a statement
from the airline, “ 63 Cuban doctors arrived in the Republic of Congo, aboard
the Mont Nabemba, the Boeing 767 of the national airline of the Congo. This is
the first charter flights between Cuba and the Republic of Congo, operated by
aircraft with Equatorial Congo Airlines.”
ECAir further said, “Jacqueline
Lydia Mikolo, Minister of Health and Population, attended the Ollombo
international airport to welcome the passengers of Equatorial Congo Airlines
Boeing 767. The 63 doctors will work at the specialized hospital in the city of
Oyo. Equatorial Congo Airlines, partner of the Ministry of Health and
Population of the Republic of Congo and reiterates its contribution to
sub-regional development initiatives, participating in the improvement of
health services in the Republic of Congo”.
The national airline of
the Republic of the Congo, ECAir (Equatorial Congo Airlines) was created in
2011 and employs over 700 people. Since 2011, the airline has transported over
a million and half passengers. ECAir operates up to 136 weekly flights from
Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) to Paris CDG, Dubai, Cotonou, Douala, Libreville, Bamako, Dakar,
Pointe-Noire and Ollombo. Equatorial Congo Airlines, which has a fleet of 7
aircraft, (1 B767, 2 B757, 4 B737), has also created a river shuttle for
passengers travelling from or to Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
and a shuttle bus between Paris CDG and Brussels. ECAir is the first Congolese
airline to connect the continent directly to the Middle East, with flights to
Dubai and Beirut and to Europe with flights to Paris.
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