The remains of the business were taken over by a new airline, FlyCongo, which in turn merged with the Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation only six months after it was started up.

The Lockheed L-1011-500 and the Boeing 767-200ER were the last planes accepted in Europe before new noise regulations and storage of the 767 definitively banned the airline.

Hewa Bora Airways was the last airline allowed to operate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo into Europe.

It also announced it would be destroying six aircraft left behind by Hewa Bora to reduce safety concerns.

However, as Hewa Bora was banned from the European Union, they had to wet-lease a RAK Airways Boeing 757-200 to operate the flights.