African International Airways was an all- cargo airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The airline operated international chartered cargo flights out of Kent International Airport, United Kingdom, OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg and Ostend-Bruges International Airport, Belgium, most of which were on behalf of Intavia Limited.

History

African International Airways was established and started operations in 1985 in

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. A commercial alliance with South African carrier

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was established in 2002. In late 2008, African International Airways was shut down.African International Airways at airlineupdate.com
The most notable airlines African International Airlines was operating for were Alitalia (1985–1996), and later

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and British Airways World Cargo.

Fleet

At March 2007, the African International Airways fleet included the following aircraft: *2 Douglas DC-8-54F *2 Douglas DC-8-62F *1 Douglas DC-8-62F Flown to Kemble and broken down for spares/scrap

References

External links

Official website
Defunct airlines of South Africa Defunct airlines of Eswatini Airlines established in 1985 Airlines disestablished in 2008 Defunct cargo airlines Cargo airlines of South Africa Companies based in Johannesburg 2008 disestablishments in South Africa South African companies established in 1985 {{SouthAfrica-transport-stub