Mbuji Mayi - Kananga - Kinshasa

Heading back to Kinshasa. You have to arrive very early for the UN flights. Our flight is at 13 :40 and we are at the airport at 9 :30 to pay local taxes and get checked in. It’s not like a normal check-in. We wait outside until our name is called and then they weigh our bags and do a light security check. Then we wait around for 3 hours.

I did get to see the same helicopter crew as on the outbound leg. Gennady said they have two more months of duty before he can go back to his family in Ekaterinbourg.


Someone told me that the second biggest airline in Africa is the United Nations. They have planes and helicopters all over the place. The biggest airline is South African Airlines.