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Viewing cable 08KIGALI202, RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAIR EXPRESS CAUSE CONCERN

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KIGALI202 2008-03-19 16:23 2011-08-24 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kigali
VZCZCXRO9430
PP RUEHJO
DE RUEHLGB #0202/01 0791623
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 191623Z MAR 08
FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5188
INFO RUEHBS/AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS 0208
RUEHJB/AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA 0262
RUEHDR/AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM 1076
RUEHKM/AMEMBASSY KAMPALA 1844
RUEHKI/AMEMBASSY KINSHASA 0397
RUEHLG/AMEMBASSY LILONGWE 0091
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0184
RUEHNR/AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 1161
RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0438
RUEHSA/AMEMBASSY PRETORIA 1958
RUEHJO/AMCONSUL JOHANNESBURG 0112
RUEHMT/AMCONSUL MONTREAL 0018
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA 0287
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KIGALI 000202 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
SUBJECT: RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAIR EXPRESS CAUSE CONCERN 
 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary. Recently Rwandair Express (Rwandair), 
Rwanda's regional airline carrier, has been experiencing 
major breakdowns in both airline safety and customer 
service.  Concerned about the safety of American citizens 
and Mission staff who frequently use Rwandair to travel 
around the region, Emboffs spoke with Rwandair and GOR 
Civil Aviation officials to convey our concern and request 
improvements.   Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority required 
Rwandair to replace a malfunctioning aircraft, and 
Rwandair has discontinued its contractual relationship 
with the aircraft leasing company, InterAir. 
Looming privitization may be the long-term solution to 
the airline's continuing problems.  End summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) Owned by the Government of Rwanda, Rwandair 
is a regional carrier that runs multiple flights 
per week out of Kigali to Nairobi, Johannesburg, Bujumbura, 
Entebbe, Kilimanjaro and Cyangugu, using two wet-leased 
aircraft from Air Malawi (one prop plane and one Boeing 
737).  Since January, Rwandair service on its 
Boeing 737 has been increasingly erratic and dangerous. 
Multiple mechanical failures, including one aborted 
take-off late February in Johannesburg with three Mission 
staff abroad as passengers, began to raise serious 
concerns over the safety of the airline.  Passengers 
on the other flights reported repeated engine failures 
on the tarmac, and claimed that several times Rwandair 
took off with only one of two jet engines working.  Local 
travel agents and pilots reported that passengers were 
frequently stranded by the airline, with little or no 
explanation as to the nature of the problem, and no 
accommodations offered to them. 
 
3. (SBU) On March 14, pol/econ chief spoke with Joshua 
Mbaraga, Director of the Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority 
(CAA), to express Mission's concern at the repeated reports 
of 
mechanical failures and poor service.  At the direction of 
the Ambassador, pol/econ chief told Mbaraga that absent 
significant and immediate changes in Rwandair's operations, 
the Mission would be forced to place Rwandair off limits to 
employees, and inform American citizens of the recurring 
safety problems.  Mr. Mbaraga pledged to investigate the 
situation.  Later the same day, Mbaraga called to 
to say he has grounded the malfunctioning Boeing aircraft. 
Rwandair would receive a "warning note" on its failure to 
inform his office on aircraft substitutions and crew 
changes.  In a subsequent call the next day, Mbaraga said 
the Boeing 737 had been flown out of Rwanda under a "failed 
flight permit," with no passengers on board, to be returned 
to its leasing company (InterAir based in South Africa). 
 
4.  (SBU) Econoff met with Manzi Kayihura, Rwandair CEO, 
on March 17 to discuss Rwandair.  According to Kayihura, in 
January Air Malawi subcontracted with InterAir, a South 
African 
company, to provide a replacement jet aircraft to Rwandair 
while Air Malawi's own craft was undergoing maintenance. 
Kayihura admitted several problems with the Interair 
737, including a bird strike, flat tires on takeoff and two 
engine incidents in which engines would not start.  He denied 
Qengine incidents in which engines would not start.  He denied 
passenger accounts of engine failures on takeoff, or 
any failures to accomodate passengers for missed flights, 
and stated that - although there were problems - the the 
South 
African Aviation Authority approved the InterAir flight. 
The fourth incident (see paragraph 2), with an aborted 
takeoff 
and blown tires in Johannesburg, was the "final straw" 
according to Kayihura.  Rwandair "fired" Interair and 
substituted Interlink, another South African company. 
Further, said Kayihura, Rwandair would not renew its 
contract with Air Malawi, set to expire at the end of 
March.  Acknowledging that Rwandair has been on the market 
for some time, Kayihura commented that the GOR had narrowed 
the field of potential buyers to two companies, Meridian 
Airlines and SN Brussels.  The winner would be announced in 
the first two weeks of April. 
 
 
KIGALI 00000202  002 OF 002 
 
 
5. (SBU) Comment: While safety problems may have been 
resolved 
for the moment with the Rwandair switch to Interlink (which 
we understand has a better aviation track record than 
Interair), a longer-term solution to the airline's problems 
is needed.  We are disturbed that Kayihura's 
characterization of the events of the last two months 
contradicts passenger, pilot and travel 
agency accounts of the various equipment mishaps and 
customer services failures.  While imminent privatization 
may be the needed solution for consistent and safe service 
in the long term, flights are scheduled and passengers will 
continue to fly in the short term.  We will monitor 
Rwandair's performance closely. End comment. 
 
 
ARIETTI