Upon arrival at Ndjili airport, RwandAir aircraft (Boeing 737-800NG) was welcomed with plumes of water salute ceremony.
The Boeing 737-800NG set off from Kigali International Airport with 119 passengers on board.
Vano Ol one of passengers expressed delight for the flight via a tweet saying it is a great milestone because “The situation was complex before as a passenger from countries like Ivory Coast or Benin had to fly through Bruxelles or Paris to reach Kinshasa.”
RwandAir will be conducting three weekly direct flights to Kinshasa on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. RwandAir plans to increase more three-night flights effective next month.
Delegates from both Rwanda and DRC signed agreements to open airspace in March 2019 enabling RwandAir to conduct flights to Kinshasa and Congo Airways doing the same.
RwandAir flights are expected to promote cooperation and trade between citizens from both countries.
With its 12 aircrafts, RwandAir conducts flights to 26 destinations in East, Central, West and Southern Africa, Middle East, Europe, and Asia.
RwandAir also plans to launch flights in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from April this year to be followed by flights to Tel Aviv in Israel and Guangzhou in China. It also expects to launch flights to other destinations in New York.
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