Being the second largest country in Africa and the richest in Africa in terms of natural resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo is a country with a lot of potentials to be exploited.

One of its still virgin unexploited areas is the aviation sector. A short while after its independence, the DRC taken back to dictatorship under the late Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendo wa za banga who gave the management of all companies to unskilled autochthones. This made competitiveness almost impossible in the business arena. Only companies affiliated to the power circle got a chance to invest.

This made it impossible to the country to boast a number of airlines responding to international standards. Only two major airlines survived and later collapsed at the sunset of Mobutu's regime. They were Scibe Zaire and Air Zaire .

With the ascension of Laurent Desire Kabila in mid 1997, only Air Zaire was revamp and renamed Ligne aériennes congolaises – LAC -. The company remained dormant due to the lack of airplanes. Some of its aircraft grounded in foreign lands for unpaid fees.

Since last month, the company has acquired a newly assembled Boeing 707 from South Africa . But the problem is that there are no competent pilots to fly the aircraft. The Chairman of the company blames the problem to the inertia of the company. He says that it's during that time that all the pilots left for the private sector. He is also looking a 1 million US dollars to sanction its rolling of services.

In a country where airlines accidents have the rule of the day, is it not time to privatise the company partially in the steps of the like of Kenya Airways?
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