Rwandair Express

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Rwandair Express is an airline based in Rwanda.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Destinations
4 Fleet
5 Other
6 Trivia
7 External links
8 References

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: WB
ICAO Code: RWD
Callsign: RWANDAIR ^[1]

[edit] History

Rwandair Express started service in the Spring of 2003 as a joint venture between the Rwandan Government and Silverback Cargo.It intially leased a Boeing 737-500 from the Danish airline Maersk Air.The Boeing 737 was returned to Maersk Air in May 2004. This was replaced by a leased McDonnell Douglas MD-82 3D-MDJ from JetAfrica in June, 2004. However, while on a service to The Netherlands for Acvila Air(Romania) the aircraft was grounded. The grounding was due to old navigation maps and multiple tech proplems resulting in Acvila Air and JetAfrica being banned from Dutch Airspace. Rwandair Express has replaced the aircraft with MD-82 YR-MDL leased from Acvila Air. In 2006, Rwandair leased Bombardier Dash 8-202 from the Ethiopian Airline Trans Nation Airways(TNA).

[edit] Destinations

(As of 28 June 2006). The MD flies to Nairobi daily, Johannesburg via Bujumbura twice a week, with a third frequency in the planning. The Dash 8 flies to Entebbe daily, Bujumbura and Kamembe/Cyangugu several times a week and has now resumed flights to Kilimanjaro twice weekly. Flights to Gisenyi are due to begin soon.

[edit] Fleet

The Rwandair Express fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[2] :

1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200

Other aircraft: ^{[citation needed]}

1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82

[edit] Other

Rwandair is compliant with international regulations unlike many african airlines. It is a registered IATA member, and has passed the IATA Operational Quality Standards (OQS) audit. It has interline agreements with various international carriers, who can issue Rwandair Express flights on their tickets.