Congo Airways (8Z, Kinshasa N'Djili) is considering either Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) or Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) machinery for its operational requirements Congolese television has reported. Among the models being studied include the A320-200 and the Dash 8-400, it said.

Following the unveiling of the project in tandem with Air France Consulting last month, Minister of Transportation and Communications, Justin Kalumba, has now paid visits to both manufacturers' factories in Toulouse Blagnac and Montréal Trudeau respectively.

Kinshasa has yet to settle on whether or not it will lease or acquire the aircraft outright.

The start-up's shareholders will include various Congolese parastatals such as: the Office of Multimodal Freight Management (Ogefrem); the National Institute for Social Security (NISS); the local civil aviation authority (Régie des Voies Aériennes - RVA); the local mining consortium (Gecamines); the Congolese Transportation and Ports Authority (SCTP); and the local investment promotion authority (Front de Promotion de l’investissement - FPI).