Zambia Skyways was an

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...

based in

Lusaka Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...

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 cent ...

. The airline, which formerly traded as Eastern Air. Zambia Skyways started flying, as Eastern Air, in 1993. The airline had two light aircraft, which were joined by a Let 410 18 seater in 1997. In 1999, Eastern Air changed its name to Zambia Skyways. Zambia Skyways had resumed services partially in 2009, with flights to

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and

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

through a partnership with Air Zimbabwe in which the airline was allowed to use Air Zimbabwe's

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and

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aircraft for the flights between Lusaka and London, Dubai,

Lubumbashi Lubumbashi (former names: ( French), (Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga ...

and Harare.

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