ATO Air (ATDB)

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
ATO Air	Air Transport Office			Congo (Democratic Republic)	Kinshasa-Ndjili	1991-2005
Formed under the protection of Honoré N'Gbanda (Mobutu security advisor). Grounded 20/2/97 by Zairian Transport Minister for filing false flightplans and making illicit flights into Angola to supply UNITA forces. Possibly continued limitedoperations until 2005. Listed on EU ban list 22/3/06.

Name

Alias

IATA

ICAO

Country

Base

Dates

ATO Air

Air Transport Office

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Kinshasa-Ndjili

1991-2005

Formed under the protection of Honoré N'Gbanda (Mobutu security advisor). Grounded 20/2/97 by Zairian Transport Minister for filing false flightplans and making illicit flights into Angola to supply UNITA forces. Possibly continued limitedoperations until 2005. Listed on EU ban list 22/3/06.

Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
ATO Air	B.727	B.727-200			1	1	-
ATO Air	L.188	L.188A			1	1	-
ATO Air	Il-18	Il-18D			2	2	-
ATO Air	An-12	An-12B			1	1	-
ATO Air	HS.780 Andover	Andover E.3			2	2	-
ATO Air	An-32	An-32A			1	1	-
ATO Air	An-32	An-32B			1	1	-
ATO Air	DC-6	DC-6 ()			3	3	-
ATO Air	DC-6	DC-6B			1	1	-
ATO Air	DC-4	C-54D (DC-4)			1	1	-
TOTAL:			14	14	-

Operator

Model

Sub-Type

Current
Active

Current
Leased
-out

Current
Inactive

Planned

Current
or
Planned

Historical

Total
all times

Avg Age
Active

TOTAL:

Reg'n	Type	MSN	s/n	Built	at	1^stFlight	1^stDel	Operator	Origin	Became	Status	Last fl^t	Cancel^ed	Destroyed	Remarks
SP-FNC	Il‑18D	188010903	10903	1968	MKODN		1968-04-15	ATO Air	wet-leased/franchised from Polnippon Cargo	(Leased & Returned)	Destroyed			1998-11-
RA-75466	Il‑18D	187010403	10403	1967	MKODN		1968-03-11	ATO Air	leased from Aeroflot	(Leased & Returned)	Stored	2015-11-			Aeroflot c/s
9Q-CSH	B.727‑231	19558	528		RNT	1968-02-16	1968-03-06	ATO Air	ex N12301 @ Trans World AL	Scrapped ( at OKC)	Scrapped at OKC			1997-05-21
9Q-CRH	DC‑6B/F	44175	435		LGB		1954-01-13	ATO Air	ex N515TY @ Express net AL	Scrapped ( at FIH)	Scrapped at FIH				no titles
9Q-CSH	DC‑6 ()	43128	135		LGB		1948-09-30	ATO Air	ex N90MA @ Aerial Applicators-- Acquisition cancelled	(n/a)	Scrapped			2006-02-
EL-WNH	DC‑6 ()	43127	133		LGB		1948-12-17	ATO Air	ex 9Q‑CPL @ ATO Air	Part-Out ((fire trainer) at HLA)	Derelict at HLA				no titles; "Vusumzi - I am We are" titles for TV show 9/06, "A Step Ahead" c/s 12/06
9Q-CPL	DC‑6 ()	43127	133		LGB		1948-12-17	ATO Air	ex N80MA @ Int'l Air Response	To (ATO Air EL-WNH)	Derelict
9Q-CLM	C‑54D‑DC (DC‑4)	10644			MDW		1945-03-31	ATO Air	ex 5Y‑BKG @ Custom Air Transport	To (Civil EL-WLS)	Derelict				no titles
9Q-CTO	L.188A	1073			BUR	1959-07-28	1959-08-01	ATO Air	ex 9Q‑CRM @ Trans Svc Airlift	Scrapped ( at FIH)	Scrapped at FIH			2012-09-
9Q-CVS	Andover E.3	10			XXB	1966-08-09	1966-09-21	ATO Air	ex P4‑PVS @ Air Aid Ltd	To (Cargo Express Congo EL-WCP)	Scrapped
9Q-CVK	Andover E.3	17			XXB	1966-12-08	1966-12-08	ATO Air	ex P4‑BLL @ Air Aid Ltd	Destroyed ((wreck remains) at HSKP)	Destroyed at HSKP			2005-06-	dba "Congolaise"
RA-11101	An‑12B	1347703					1971-02-15	ATO Air	leased from GosNii GA	(Leased & Returned)	Destroyed		1997-09-16	1996-10-06
9Q-CLS	An‑32A	2206		1989-12-22	UKKT		1989-12-22	ATO Air	ex 9L‑LDO @ Aerolift	To (Aerolift 9Q-CIP)	Destroyed			2009-10-08
UR-48055	An‑32B	2805			UKKT		1992-05-29	ATO Air	wet-leased/franchised from Trans-Kiev AL	(Leased & Returned)	Stored

Last session initiated on 2024-04-23 23:33:15. Re-attached.