Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (1997–2003)

Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (LAC) (English: Congolese Airlines) was the flag carrier of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

[2] In 1999, a contract with the Belgian carrier City Bird to wet-lease a Boeing 767-300ER was signed.

[3] Under this agreement, the airline would serve the Kinshasa–Brussels route, with the Belgian carrier codesharing the service.

[4] Although the agreement came into being as of April 1999[update] for a five-year period, it was scrapped in November the same year.

[6][7] Since late 2000, LAC codeshared the Harare–Lubumbashi–Kinshasa route, actually operated by Air Zimbabwe; the same agreement enabled Air Zimbabwe to place its code on the Kinshasa–Brussels service, operated by LAC.