African International Airways was an all-cargo airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The airline operated international chartered cargo flights out of Kent International Airport, United Kingdom, OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg and Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Belgium, most of which were on behalf of Intavia Limited.[1]

History

An African International Airways Douglas DC-8-62

African International Airways was established and started operations in 1985 in Swaziland. A commercial alliance with South African carrier Executive Aerospace was established in 2002.[1] In late 2008, African International Airways was shut down.[2]

The most notable airlines African International Airlines was operating for were Alitalia (1985–1996), and later South African Airways and British Airways World Cargo.[citation needed]

Fleet

At March 2007, the African International Airways fleet included the following aircraft:[1]

One of the DC-8s (ZS-OZV) Is abandoned at Cape Town Airport.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 27 March 2007. p. 51.
  2. ↑ African International Airways at airlineupdate.com
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_International_Airways