Korongo Airlines (Lubumbashi) has announced April 16 as its launch date for scheduled services from its Lubumbashi base. The Brussels Airlines (SN, Brussels National) subsidiary will initially serve Kinshasa N'Djili eight times weekly and Johannesburg O.R. Tambo twice weekly and plans to add Kolwezi and Mbuji Mayi next. Three of the eight weekly Lubumbashi-Kinshasa services will operate as international flights where passengers clear immigration and customs in Lubumbashi and then connect directly from/to Brussels Airlines flights in Kinshasa.