Rhodesian Air Services

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Rhodesian Air Services
IATA
RF		 ICAO
 Callsign
Founded 1960
Ceased operations 1965
Operating bases Salisbury Airport
Headquarters Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia

Rhodesian Air Services (RAS) was an airline from Southern Rhodesia (today's Zimbabwe, until 1963 part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) from 1960 to 1965. Headquartered in Salisbury, it operated scheduled and chartered passenger flights on regional routes.[1]

Route network

In 1965, RAS offered scheduled flights to the following destinations in Southern Rhodesia:[2]

Fleet

Upon closure, the Rhodesian Air Services fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[3]

Rhodesian Air Services fleet
Aircraft In fleet
de Havilland Dove
1
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
2
Douglas DC-4
1
Total 4

The livery consisted of a red tail with a stylized white 'R', a white semicircle on the trailing edge and a blue cheatline. A seahorse was painted on the nose.[citation needed]

Accidents and incidents

  • On 22 November 1961, a Rhodesian Air Services Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered VP-YRX) crashed near Salisbury Airport, killing the three occupants that had intended to fly the aircraft to Livingstone. Shortly after take-off, an engine problem had been encountered, which the pilot had failed to address properly so that control was lost.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Information about Rhodesian Air Services at the Aero Transport Data Bank
  2. ↑ 1965 Rhodesian Air Services routemap, at timetableimages.com
  3. ↑ Flight International: World Airline Directory. Published on 15 April 1965
  4. ↑ 1961 Report of the Rhodesian Air Services 1961 crash at the Aviation Safety Network
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