Zambezi Airlines was a privately owned airline headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia, that operated flights to south and western Africa out of its base at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport.
History
Zambezi Airlines began operations in July 2008.[1] The airline first operated an Embraer 120. In May 2009, it acquired two Boeing 737-500. In June 2009, operations to Johannesburg and Dar es Salaam commenced. In the same month, the airline was authorized by the Zambia Competition Commission to form an alliance with Proflight Commuter Services.[2][3]
On 1 November 2011, the airline licence of Zambezi Airlines was suspended because of safety issues.[4] Subsequently, the airline was dismantled in 2012.[5][6]
Destinations
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇹🇿 Tanzania
🇰🇪 Kenya
🇲🇼 Malawi
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
DR Congo
🇿🇲 Zambia
- Johannesburg - OR Tambo International Airport
- Cape Town - Cape Town International Airport
- Dar es Salaam - Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Nairobi - Jomo Kenyatta International Airport
- Lilongwe - Lilongwe International Airport
- Harare - Harare International Airport
- Lubumbashi - Lubumbashi International Airport
- Lusaka - Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, hub
- Ndola - Ndola Airport
Fleet
Upon shutdown, the Zambezi Airlines fleet included the following aircraft:
References
- Airline ticket sales remained down in July 14 August 2009, retrieved 22 December 2011^
- Cynthia Mwale. ZCC approves Zambezi Airlines, Proflight alliance 2009, retrieved 20 July 2010^
- Business Day retrieved 2017-08-16^
- Harro Ranter. Aviation Safety Network > ASN Aviation Safety Database > Operator index > Zambia > Zambezi Airlines aviation-safety.net, retrieved 2017-08-16^
- List of airlines from Zambia, at airlineupdate.com retrieved 2013-04-09^
- Zambezi Airlines loses planes UKZAMBIANS, 2012-02-23, retrieved 2017-08-16^