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Air Djibouti (click here)



Airbus 310-222, F-OHPQ cn 318 at Paris Charles de Gaule, France 1999.
Photo: M. Négerir


Mc Donnell Douglas DC-9-32, JU-AJI cn 47563
1991 leased from JAT, Jugoslav Airlines.
Photo: Milan Pavlovic

Boeing 737-2K2C/Adv, PH-TVD cn 20943
1980 leased from Transavia, Netherlands.
Photo: Peter de Groot


Douglas DC-6B, F-OCYJ cn 43740/290 at Paris -
Orly, France 1976 (leased 4. 1974 - 3.1977).
Photo: Michel Gilliand, Airliners Net

Air Djibouti
Air Djibouti (Red Sea Airlines), the national flag-carrier of the Republic of Djibouti, operated international scheduled passenger and cargo services to Aden, Addis Ababa, Borama, Burao, Cairo, Hargeisa, Mogadishu, Paris, Sanaa and Sharjah.

History:
The carrier was formed in July 1971 when Air Somalia (founded in 1962 by Air France and Les Messageries Maritimes)took over the previoius Air Djibouti (formed in 1963. Sharehold- ing was reorganised following independence in June 1973. The carrier has since the been reorganised and estblished 1997 as Air Djibouti (Red Sea Airlines).

During the years the carrier has operated leased aircrafts, such as McDonnell Douglas DC9-30, de Havilland DHC Twin Otter, An-24RV, An-26B, IL-18, Boeing 727, 737-200 and the last known aircraft operated by Air Djibouti during 1998 - 1999 was the Airbus 310-200 F-OHPQ.

Air Djibouti, has ceased operations!


Air Tanzania (click here)



Airbus A320-214, 5H-MWH cn 363 in the new logo at Johannesburg International Airport, Jan Smuts, South Africa 2008

Air Tanzania was relaunched in September 2007 after the dissulution of the partnership with South African Airways. The introduction of the airline's new logo bears the image of the national symbol, the "giraffe", to replace the SAA flag symbol.
Photo: Sean Mowatt


De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8, 5H-MWG cn 462 at Dar es Salaam
International Airport 2008 Tanzania.
Photo: Jari Alanko


Boeing B737-236, 5H-MUZ cn 2209 in the former SAA-group subsidiary colour scheme 2003 at Johannesburg, Jan Smutz, South Africa.
Photo: Ringo Chui


Fokker F28-4000 Fellowship, ZS-JAS cn 11225 at Dar es Salaam International Airport, Tanzania 2004.
Photo: Hannes Meyer


De Haviland Dash 8-315B, ZS-NMA cn 358 at Johannesburg, Jan Smutz, South Africa 2004.
Photo: Hannes Meyer


Fokker F27-600, 5H-MPT cn 10566 at Mombasa International Airport 1986.
Photo: Rolf Wallner
Boeing 737-244, 5H-MRK cn 21711 at Sheyshelles 1981.
Photo: Tony Edlind

Air Tanzania
The Tanzanian flag-carrier, operated a network of scheduled domestic services in addition of international services to Nairobi, Dubai, Aden, Muscat, Mombasa, Harare, Lusaka, Bujumbura and Entebbe.

The company was established on 11 March, 1977, to operate services suspended following the collapse of East African Airways, which was owned jointly by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. In the initial moment, the airline leased one McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 and operated two Boeing 707. The fleet was graduately updated by two Boeing 737-200, Fokker F27 and DHC-6 Twin Otters. The company has leased one Boeing 767 from Ethiopian Airlines (ET-AIZ) but this aircraft to large and the airline had to dipose it.

Air Tanzania was privatized late 1988 and there were plans to be merged into Alliance Air but the plans were cancelled and the airline remained state-owned.

During 2002, 49% was acquired by South African Airways (SAA) but resold 2006, eventualy written-off by SAA in July 2006 and the carrier was repurchaced by Tanzanian government in Sepember 2006 for a symbolic sum of $1.

The introductuion of the airline's new logo bears the image of the national symbol, "The Giraffe" to replace the SAA flag.

Fleet 2004 : Three (3) Boeing 737-236 (5H-MUZ, 5H-MVA, 5H-MVV) and two (2) De Havilland Canada DHC-8-311Q Dash 8 (5H-MWF, 5H-MWG) .

Air Tanzania , P.O.Box 543, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania


EgyptAir (click here)


Boeing 777-266ER, SU-GBP, cn 28423 at Dusseldorf Int. (DUS, Germany 2003.
Photo: Sven Tobergte


B737-266, SU-BBW cn 21196 at Athens, Greece 1982.
Photo: Johan Ljungdahl

Airbus A300, SU-BCA cn 115 at Frankfurt - Main, Germany 1982.
Photo: Johan Ljungdahl

EgyptAir
United Arab Airlines became EgyptAir UAA 1958-1971. Renamed in
1961 following merger of Egypt & Syria in 1958, becoming associated with Syrian AW. Kept the UAA name for several more years following Syria's withdrawal in 1961, hoping that other Arab airlines would join. Set-up associate company Misrair in 1964, re-absorbed in 1968. Renamed EgyptAir when United Arab Republic became Arab Republic of Egypt in 1971. EgyptAir was acquired 1980 by National Bank of Egypt & Misr Insurance.


FLEET HISTORY
A300 An-24B, B707, B720, B727, B737, B767, B747, DH.106 Comet4C,
F27, IL18, IL62, L1011, Tu154, Vickers Viscount.


FLEET 2004
A320, A321, A340, B707, B737, B777.

EgyptAir, Adly office, 6 Adly Street, Cairo, Egypt




Ethiopian Airlines (click here)


Boeing 767-200ER, ET-ALJ, cn 33768 in the new color scheme on arrival to Stockholm - Arlanda, Sweden 2003.
Photo: Stefan Sjögren


Boeing 737-760, ET-ALK cn 33764 at Addis Abeba,
Ethiopia 2004 in new color scheme and blended winglets.
Photo: Raimund Stehmann


Fokker 50, ET-AKU cn 20333 at Addis Abeba, Ethiopia,
2006, the first F50 in the new color scheme.
Photo: Raimund Stehmann


DeHaviland DHC-6 Twin Otter, ET-AIT cn 820 at Addis
Abeba, Ethiopia, 2004 in the new color scheme.
Photo: Raimund Stehmann


Boeing 767-200ER, ET-AIF cn 23107 at Addis Abeba,
Bole International Airport, Ethiopia 2001.
Photo: Tony Edlind


Boeing 737-200, ET-AJB cn 23915 at Addis Abeba,
Bole International Airport, Ethiopia 2001.
Photo: Tony Edlind


Fokker 50, ET-AKR cn 20313 at Lalibela, Ethiopia 2004.
Photo: Raimund Stehmann


Boeing 727-260, ET-AHL cn 21987/150 at Aden Inter-
national Airport,Yemen, 1992, taxiing in after a short
hop from Addis Ababa.
Photo: Rolf Wallner


Boeing 720-060B, ET-AAH cn 18455/322 at Franfurt -
Main, Germany 1982.
Photo: Gerhard Plomitzer


Douglas DC-6B Super Cloudmaster, ET-AAY cn 45524/
994 at London/Gatwick Airport, Great Britain 1966.
Photo: John Varndell


Convair CV240-25, ET-T-20/ET-AAV cn 168 "The Eagle
of Ethiopia" equiped with JATO (jet-assisted take-off) in
a shape of cannisters under the wings which fired for 12
seconds and gave the necessary extra lift to make the air-
craft airborne due to that e.i. the runways at both Addis
Ababa and Asmara where to short for Convair with full
load. The JATO equipped aircrafts had to be abandoned
when a misaligned cannister blew a hole in ET-T-21.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection


Douglas DC-3, ET-AHQ cn 4607 (serial 41-18514) at
Bole International Airport Addis Abeba, Ethiopia 1981.
Photo: George Gayuski
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Ethiopian Airlines
Is the national flag-carrier of Ethiopia and operates a domestic network of scheduled passenger and cargo services together with international network linking capitals in Africa, Europe and Asia. The airline was formed in December 1945 with initial tecnical assistance from TWA.

Fleet : Ethiopian operates a modern fleet of aircraft headed by five Boeing 767-300s, which are used for long haul passenger services. Medium-range flights are covered by four Boeing 757s, three Boeing 737-700s (Winglets) and a Boeing 737-260. Five Fokker 50s, and three DHC Twin Otters fly the domestic routes.

The airline has also operated Convair CV240, Lockheed Constelation, Boeing 720B/707/727, Douglas DC-3 and DC-6A/B and ATR 42aircrafts.

Ethiopian Airlines , P.O. Box 1755, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia


East African Airways (click here)


Vickers Super VC10, 5H-MOG cn 885 at Lusaka International Airport,
Zambia 1973. This flight EC860 is bound for Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Photo: Tony Edlind



McDonnell Douglas DC9-32, 5H-MOI cn 47430 at
Chileka, Blantyre International Airport, Malawi 1973.
This flight EC996 is bound for Nairobi, Kenya.
Photo: Tony Edlind


DeHaviland DH106, 5H-AAF cn 6433 at London
Heathrow, Great Britain 1967.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection


Fokker F27, 5H-AAI cn 10213 at Zanzibar, Tanzania
1970. The flight routing for this aircraft was Nairobi –
Mombasa – Tanga – Zanzibar - Dar-es-Salaam.
The flag of Tanzania on the fin is positioned above
those of Kenya and Uganda because Tanzania is the
country of registration.
Photo: Phil Rix


Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Dakota), 5H-AAJ cn 15080/32628
at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi, Kenya
1973. This flight EC031 is bound for Musoma, Tanzania.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection


East African Airways East African Airways (1946-1977). The airline served as the national airline of Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda until economic and political problems grounded the airline on 1 February 1977, leading to each country forming its own airline.

1945-1959
In the early days, the airline operated DH 89A Dragon Rapide, DH104 Dove, Lockeed Lodestar, Douglas C-47B, Macchi MB320, Piper PA-20 Pacer, Consolidated Catalina 3, Airspeed Consul and Canadair DC-4M.

1960-1977
Fleet : five Vickers Super VC10-1154, three McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, nine Douglas DC-3/C-47, four Fokker F-27-200, five DHC-6 Twin Otter, seven DH104 Comet 4 delivered 1975 and leased to Simbair).

Epilogue
Of the remaining fleet (the Comets, Twin Otters and several of the DC-3s where already sold) at the collapse, the F27s and DC-9s were transferred to Kenya Airways. One DC-9 was leased to Air Tanzania during six months. The last delivery flight in EAA-coulors was by the Super VC10 5H-MOG, 3rd August, 1977, Nairobi - Filton (England). All Super VC10s (except 5X-UVA that was lost during take-off from Addis Ababa 1972) were converted to VC10 K3 tankers for the Royal Air Force.

Annex
The loss of Super VC10, 5X-UVA
It was 18th of April, 1972, when the flight, EC720 bound for Rome and London had made a scheduled stop-over at Addis Ababa to pick up passengers. The Super VC10, 5X-UVA was ready to depart from Bole Airport. The four engines responded the full take-off power. Just before reaching V1 there was a loud bang followed by an increase in noise and vibration. The captain decided to abort the take-off at about 160kts, but the aircraft over-ran the runway and hit the lower ground slightly with the starboard wing down and the fuselage broke up. The aircraft burst into flames.

Passengers left the aircraft from the starboard side. There were sixty-four survivors. Thirty-four passengers and four cabin crew were killed in this tradgic accident most as a result of the fire. The Super VC10 was acknowledged as one of the safest aircraft in the world. The cause of the bang was soon found. A light aircraft jacking pad had punctured the nosegear tyre and the aircraft could not stop on the short runway due to that it had not the recommended normal I.C.A.O standard over-run lenght.

Kenya Airways (click here)


Boeing 777-208/ER, 5Y-KQT cn 33682/514, in the latest new livery seen
at Amsterdam - Schipol, Netherlands 2005.
Photo: Vincent de Koning


Boeing 767-3YO/ER, 5Y-KQW cn 26207, Amsterdam - Schipol, Netherlands 2003.
Photo: David Alders


Airbus 310-304, 5Y-BEL cn 416 in the old color scheme on arrival to Stockholm - Arlanda, Sweden 1997.
Photo: Stefan Sjögren



Boeing 757-23A, 5Y-BGI cn 24566/255 at Paris - Orly,
France 1998.
Photo: Eddy Cuperos




Boeing 737-76N, 5Y-KQE cn 30133 at Johannesburg, South Africa 2003.
Photo: Sam Chui

Boeing 737-244, 5Y-BHW cn 21196 at Mombasa, Kenya 1992.
Photo: Tony Edlind


Douglas DC-8-71, EI-BZU cn 45994/387 at London Heathrow Great Britain 1990 (leased from GPA).
Photo: Paul Burchell

Fokker F27-600, 5Y-BBS cn 10213 at Mombasa, Kenya 1982, Kenya. Photo: Rolf Wallner




Boeing 707-351, 5Y-BBK cn 19872 a "successor" of East African Airways to resume routes between Nairobi and major European cities here seen at Zurich, Switzerland 1986.
Photo: Rolf Wallner

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, 5Y-BBR cn 47478/612 in the airline´s first color scheme at Zurich, Switzerland 1989.
Photo: Rolf Wallner



Kenya Airways
The national flag-carrier of Kenya operates scheduled domestic network and international services linking capitals in Africa with Europe and Asia.

Kenya Airways was established by the Kenyan Government in 1977, after the collapse of the former East African Airways. Kenya Airways launched it´s operations with a fleet of seven aircrafts, three Boeing 707-320, one Boeing 720, one McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 and two Fokker F27-200s. The company has had one Boeing 757 and a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-72 on lease in their fleet. Fokker F50 was also seen within the airline.

Fleet 2004 : One (1) Boeing 777-200ER, six (6) Boeing 767-300ER, four (4) 737-700, four (4) Boeing 737-300, three (3) 737-200 and two (2) SAAB 340.



Kenya Airways , P.O.Box 19002, Nairobi, Kenya



South African Airways (click here)


Airbus A340-642 , ZS-SNF, cn 547 15th May 2004, Zurich - Kloten, Switzerland.
Photo Rolf Wallner


Boeing, B747-357, ZS-SKB cn 22995, 2001 in the latest
livery.
Photo A. Jonsson


Boeing, B747-244B, ZS-SAP, "Swartberg" cn 20 557
at Johannesburg, Jan Smutz International airport 1973.
Photo: Tony Edlind


Boeing, B737-244, ZS-SBM, cn 19708
at Johannesburg, Jan Smutz International airport 1973.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection

South African Airways
The airline was named "The Flying Springbok" after this unique animal and for the airline´s longhaul routes to other population centers. The Flying Springbok has linked the cities of South Africa to each other and to almost every continental in the world. The airline was established in February, 1934 at Durban when the Government took over the financially sick Union Airways.

The airline has operated Douglas DC-3/C-47, DC-4, DC-7, Boeing 707/727, Hawker Siddely HS748, Lockeed Constelation, Lockeed Lodestar and Vickers Viscount.

Fleet 2004:
Three (3)Airbus A340-200, three (3) Airbus A340-600, one (1)Boeing 747 (Ndizani), eight (8) Boeing 747-400, six (6)Boeing 747-300, five (5) Boeing 747-200, two (2) Boeing 767, eightteen (18) excl. freighter Boeing 737-200S and thirteen (13)Boeing 737-800.

Historic fleet:
The historic fleet comprises DC-3, two DC-4, DC-6, De Haviland Dove (static), Junkers JU-52 (currently not flying), Lockheed Super Constelation (static) and one Lockheed Lodestar (static).



South African Airways
Airways Towers
P.O. Box 7778
Johannesburg 2000
South Africa


Zambia Airways(click here)


Mc Donnell Douglas DC-8 42/43, 9J-ABR cn 45599at London - Heathrow,
Great Britain 1973.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection




BAC 1-11 207AJ, 9J-RCH cn 039.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection





Hawker Siddeley HS748, 9J-ABM, Ngoma Airstrip 1972.
Photo: Tony Edlind



McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, N3016Z cn 47870.
Photo M Nason




Boeing 707, 9J-ADY cn 18976 at London - Heathrow
1981
Photo: Tony Edlind collection


Boeing 737-291, 5J-AEG cn 22744/923, at Jomo
Kenyatta International Airport Nairobi, Kenya 1976.
Photo: P.A. Petit


ATR 42-300, 9J-AFC cn 092, 1976
Photo: ATR - Avimage


Douglas DC-3 9J-RFY cn 25805 ex VP-YKL, Central
African Airways.
Photo: Tony Edlind collection

Zambia Airways
Zambia Airways (1967-1995). The national flag-carrier of Zambia was founded 1967 and operated a domestic network of scheduled passenger and cargo services together with an international network linking capitals in Africa and Europe.

After almost 30 years of service in the aviation industry, the decision by the Zambian Government 1995 was to let its national carrier collaps due to economic problems.

The airline has operated ATR42, BAC 1-11, Boeing 707, B737, B757, De Haviland Beaver, Douglas DC-3, DC-8-62, DC-8-71, DC-10-30, Hawker Siddeley HS-748 aircrafts.

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