Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert (LARA) was a short-lived civilian airline in the Belgian Congo colony.

Fleet: Levy Lepen hydroplane.

Route: Leopoldville - Ngombe - Lisala - Stanleyville.

Belgium had set up the SNETA

SNETA

SNETA is a former Belgian airline which operated from 1919 to 1923 in order to pioneer commercial aviation in Belgium...

 in 1919 to study the possibilities and options of civilian air transport. In Europe, SABENA

Sabena

SABENA was the national airline of Belgium from 1923 to 2001, with its base at Brussels National Airport. After its bankruptcy in 2001, the newly formed SN Brussels Airlines took over part of SABENA's assets in February 2002, which then became Brussels Airlines...

 was created as a result, in their African colony the Belgians created CENAC, which would evolve into the Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert. The airline had only a short life, discontinuing operations on June 7, 1922. It operated a Levy Lepen hydroplane along the river Congo. Starting from the capital Leopoldville

Leopoldville

Leopoldville may refer to:* The capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, today known as Kinshasa* SS Leopoldville, a troopship sunk in 1944...

, the route gradually extended upstream, first to Ngombe, later to Lisala

Lisala

Lisala is the capital of Mongala District, in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located at around . The Congo River flows through the city. It is best known as the birthplace of Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire from 1965 to 1997....

 and finally to Stanleyville.

After its demise, a Congo local network was set up by SABENA, followed by a Belgium-Congo link in 1935.