A couple of guys in the hotel last night were saying that SN Brussels is closely involved with Hewa Bora....perhaps a sizeable equity stake and plans to have Hewa Bora provide regional and feeder services out of Kinshasa on their behalf....
Anyone can confirm ?
It would be more than a bit embarrassing if you're heavily involved with and planning to code-share with a company that's been blacklisted in your home town....
That is basically correct but not in the detail.
SN was not planning to put codeshares on HewaBora flights but they were about to start a NEW airline. This joint-venture is called "airDC", is registered in Mauritius and is supposed to start in Summer 08. As you might be aware, Congo is a former Belgian colony and the strings are still tighter than there might be between Congo and other European nations.
SN was/is supposed to provide 737 and 146 aircraft for a local national and international feeder network into their SN European flights. According to press releases of this week (after blacklisting and crash), SN is closely monitoring the situation and is evaluating a retreat from these plans.
That's the basic story, more info on "airDC" and the persons behind it is easily available here on the site and through other sources.
Hope this helps you a bit further.