Zambia Airways

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Zambia Airways Corporation is the defunct flag carrier of the Republic of Zambia.

[edit] History

Zambia Airways was founded in 1964 and was a subsidiary of Central African Airways. The original fleet consisted of two Douglas DC-3 and several DHC-2 Beaver. By 1967 Zambia Airways had become independent of Central African Airways and acquired a pair of BAC 1-11s and a couple of HS.748s. They also leased from Alitalia a DC-8 with which services to London were started. Originally the London route was flown twice a week with intermediate stops at Nairobi, Kenya and Rome, Italy. In 1975 the Boeing 707 replaced the DC-8 and the Boeing 737-200 replaced the BAC 1-11s.

The widebody era arrived in 1984 with the acquisition of a DC-10. This was the only widebody used by Zambia Airways and was used to open a route to New York. Meanwhile, the ATR 42 replaced the HS.748s. The next fleet expansion consited a of Boeing 757-200F which substituted one of the 707s. Zambia Airways ordered the MD-11 and leased DC-8-61 while waiting for the delivery of the MD-11. That delivery never happened because the airline went bankrupt in December 1994.

[edit] Code Data

• Former IATA Code: QZ
• Former ICAO Code:
• Former Callsign:

[edit] External links

• contemporary timetable images