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Bechuanaland National Airways
Bechuanaland National Airways was the national airline of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and was based in Francistown. History The airline was formed on 1 October 1965 by Johnny Gibson with a government grant, and took over the route network of privately-owned Bechuanaland Safaris. Assistance from British airline Autair International Airways was given, seeing Autair providing Bechuanaland National Airways with its first two aircraft, Douglas DC-3s. The airline was also technically supported by Air Trans Africa. Operations of the airline commenced on 15 November 1965, and the airline immediately began the development of a large domestic air network from Francistown to seven cities. Internationally, the airline operated on routes linking Francistown to Bulawayo in Rhodesia and Livingstone in Zambia, and Lobatse to Johannesburg. The airline's route network saw it flying Bulawayo–Francistown–Serowe– Gaborone–Johannesburg–Gaborone–Lobatse–Ghanzi on Mondays; Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Botswana BNB 6382 1981 (Botswana History)
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Zambia
Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city of Zambia is Lusaka, located in the south-central part of Zambia. The nation's population of around 19.5 million is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the north, the core economic hubs of the country. Originally inhabited by Khoisan peoples, the region was affected by the Bantu expansion of the thirteenth century. Following the arrival of European exploration of Africa, European explorers in the eighteenth century, the British colonised the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Airlines By Former Country
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