Zambia Airways
| Zambia Airways | |
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| IATA code : | QZ |
| ICAO code : | ZAC |
| Call sign : | Zambia |
| Founding: | 1964/2015 |
| Operation stopped: | 1994 |
| Seat: |
Lusaka , Zambia
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| Home airport : | Lusaka |
| Company form: | Corporated Ltd. |
| Management: | George A. Lewis |
| Number of employees: | 1200 |
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| Aims: | |
| Zambia Airways ceased operations in 1994. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Zambia Airways was the flag carrier of Zambia from 1967 to 1994. Since 2015, this has been in a new company and is to take off again for the first time in the third quarter of 2019 in a joint venture with Ethiopian Airlines . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia , among other things , the first flight was postponed again in April 2020.
It is 55 percent owned by the Zambian state and 45 percent owned by Ethiopian.
history
As early as 1963, in the course of the dissolution of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyassaland, it was decided to found Zambia Airways as well as Air Malawi and Air Rhodesia as a subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA). On July 1, 1964, Zambia Airways began flight operations with two Douglas DC-3 and three DHC-2 Beaver from the CAA's inventory. The five Vickers Viscount remained with the parent company, but operate on behalf of the three subsidiaries as needed. With the unilateral declaration of independence from Southern Rhodesia in 1965, the end of Central African Airways began. From February 4, 1966, the CAA was forbidden to fly to Kenya , Tanzania or Uganda or to use their airspace. For Zambia Airways, the connections carried out on behalf of the CAA were thus lost. On September 1, 1967, the Zambia Airways Corporation was founded as one of the successor companies of the CAA as the state airline of Zambia, which is the legal successor to Zambia Airways Ltd. has been. The Central African Airways dissolved on December 31, 1967. Alitalia took over the management of the now independent airline . Zambia Airways received the two ordered BAC 1-11 from the dissolution of the CAA .
In 1970 the fleet was supplemented by a DC-8 taken over from Alitalia, which was used on the Lusaka - Rome - London route. In 1974 a charter / cargo subsidiary, National Air Charter was founded. The subsidiary began flight operations in March 1974 with a leased Canadair CL-44 .
In 1991 Zambia Airways got into a crisis. Many international connections were closed, foreign offices closed and staff laid off. In December 1994, the now insolvent Zambia Airways ceased operations, and in 1995 the company was dissolved. The flight rights of all international and regional routes were transferred to Airo Zambia at the end of January 1995 .
Zambia Airways was not affiliated with the private Zambian Airways .
Recent events
On July 23, 2015, the government established a new state airline, the predecessor of which had already gone bankrupt in 1994. It operates under the name Zambia Airways 2014 Limited . In July 2017, the order for five Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 was announced, which are to be delivered by 2018. As of December 2017, the use of De Havilland DHC-8-400 and Boeing 737 is planned.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Zambia Airways to relaunch late 2019. In: Lusaka Times. April 4, 2019, accessed June 11, 2019 .
- ↑ Zambia Airways launch delayed again due to COVID-19. ch-aviation, April 29, 2020.
- ↑ Zambia Airways' launch slips to early 2019. ch-aviation , August 21, 2018.
- ^ The new CAA. A Postscript, Flight International, Dec. 26, 1963
- ^ Critical Year for Central African Airways, FLIGHT International, Dec. 31, 1964
- ^ Ban on CAA postponed, FLIGHT international, Feb. 3, 1966
- ^ World Airline Survey FLIGHT International, Apr. 10, 1969
- ↑ Skyhost (Air Zimbabwe magazine), 1996
- ↑ FLIGHT international, March 20, 1975
- ^ News in Brief, FLIGHT international, March 19, 1991
- ↑ a b LusakaTimes.com: Government incorporates Company to operate Zambia Airways . News from October 21, 2015 on www.lusakatimes.com (English)
- ^ Zambian void attracts potential players, FLIGHT international, Jan. 17, 1995
- ^ Encyclopedia of African Airlines, Ben R. Guttery
- ↑ Sukhoi sells five superjets to Africa. AeroTelegraph, July 25, 2017.
- ↑ Lusaka seeks to relaunch Zambia Airways in early 4Q18. ch-aviation . 20th December 2017.