Air Rhodesia
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| Air Rhodesia | ||
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| IATA RH |
ICAO N/A |
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| Founded | September 1, 1967 | |
| Hubs | Salisbury | |
| Focus cities / secondary hubs | Bulawayo | |
| Fleet size | 14 | |
| Destinations | Domestic, South Africa, Mozambique | |
| Headquarters | Salisbury, Rhodesia | |
| Key people | ? | |
| Website: None | ||
Air Rhodesia was national airline of Rhodesia. It was originally formed as a subsidiary of Central African Airways in June 1964, but became an independent corporation on September 1, 1967. Air Rhodesia flew many internal routes, and during the 1970s had international flights to Johannesburg and Durban in South Africa, Beira, Vilanculos and Lourenço Marques in Mozambique, and Blantyre in Malawi.
Its mainstay aircraft was the Vickers Viscount (two of which were shot down by portable surface-to-air missiles during the Bush War) and the Boeing 720, three of which were successfully purchased in spite of sanctions against the Rhodesian Government. Following the renaming of the country, it became known as Zimbabwe Rhodesia Airways in 1979, and then reformed as Air Zimbabwe in 1980.
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[edit] References
- Peter Bridger et al, "Encyclopaedia Rhodesia" (College Press Pvt Ltd, Salisbury, Rhodesia, 1973), p. 20
