Ciskei International Airways was an airline run and owned by the Bantustan government of the

Ciskei Ciskei (, or ) was a Bantustan for the Xhosa people-located in the southeast of South Africa. It covered an area of , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian O ...

in South Africa. The airline ran from June 1987 to January 1989 operating out of

Bhisho Airport Bhisho Airport ( af, Bhisho-lughawe; ), also known as Bulembu Airport, is a local airport in Eastern Cape, South Africa, which serves Bhisho and King William's Town. The airport lies on the right side of the N2 national road toward Peddie. T ...

as its hub. The airline, along with the construction of Bhisho Airport, was funded and run by the Government of South Africa. The airline flew one

Convair 990 Coronado The Convair 990 Coronado is an American narrow-body four-engined jet airliner produced between 1961 and 1963 by the Convair division of American company General Dynamics. It was a stretched version of its earlier Convair 880 produced in respon ...

airplane and one

Convair CV-880 The Convair 880 is an American narrow-body jet airliner produced by the Convair division of General Dynamics. It was designed to compete with the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 by being smaller but faster, a niche that failed to create demand. Whe ...

airplane.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:1time Defunct airlines of South Africa Airlines established in 1987 Airlines disestablished in 1989 1989 disestablishments in South Africa South African companies established in 1987