In Europe, Sabena was created as a result, in their African colony the Belgians created CENAC (Comité d' Etude pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo), which would evolve into the Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert, so named after Albert I of Belgium who was a driving force behind the project in 1920.
[1] The possibility of exploiting an aerial route along the Congo River was studied under the leadership of Emile Allard,[2] civil engineer, and Mr Michaux, a military officer.
On July 1, 1921, exactly one year after the initial flight, the entire route from Kinshasa to Stanleyville (1,725 kilometres (1,072 mi)) was finally opened, but operations were discontinued on June 7, 1922.
In total 125,000 kilometres (78,000 mi) were covered during the airline's short life, amounting to 80 round trips, carrying 95 passengers and 2 tons of mail.
After its demise in 1922, a Congo local network was set up in 1925 by Sabena, operating Handley-Page W8 trimotors, followed by a regular Belgium-Congo link in 1935 using Fokker VIIs.