The Republic of Congo has three international airports, Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire and Ollombo, and eight secondary airfields (Nkayi, Sibiti, Mossendjo, Makoua, Dolisie, Impfondo, Djambala and Ouesso).
The management of the three international airports has been entrusted to the company Aerco, whose shareholders are EGIS, the Congolese state, and a South African investment fund, AIIM (African Infrastructure Investment Managers). Air transport has the potential to open up certain areas of the country, but few airlines serve the hinterland, and freight traffic remains too low, as the type of aircraft used by the two current domestic airlines (TAC and Canadian) is inadequate.
Priority is given to the operation of secondary airports, the resumption of activities of the ECAir company and the Nouvel Air Congo company, the creation of terminals for flights on demand for specific customers, and the completion of the certification process for international airports.
The compliance rate with the standards of Annex 17 of the International Civil Aviation Convention in the West and Central Africa region has been revised downwards, with a percentage of 54.21 TP3T in 2023 compared to 62.291 TP3T in 2022. Also, the work of the third ordinary session of the National Civil Aviation Security Committee (CNSA) led to the adoption of a 2023 budget of approximately 2.5 billion FCFA, intended to finance reforms of the civil aviation security management system.