DRC airspace ban will be costly for RwandAir, experts say

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RwandAir is seeking bigger regional market share in its partnership with Qatar Airways.

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Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir has been forced to find new routes after the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday banned all Rwandan "civil and state" aircraft from its airspace.

Kinshasa said the move was necessitated by the "situation of insecurity due to armed conflict".