Zambian Airways

IATA Q3 ICAO MBN Callsign ZAMBIANA
Founded	1948
Ceased operations	2009
Hubs	Lusaka International Airport
Fleet size	5
Destinations	6
Company slogan	Changing The Way Africa Flies
Headquarters	Lusaka, Zambia
Key people	Mutembo Nchito (CEO) Bernard Chiwala (CCO) Donald MacDonald (CFO)
Website	http://www.zambianairways.com/

Zambian Airways was the flag carrier of Zambia, based in Lusaka, Zambia.

Zambian Airways suspended operations on January 10, 2009. ^[1]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links

[edit] History

Mines Air Services Limited (MAS) was incorporated in 1948 as a subsidiary of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM). As part of the process of privatisation of the mines, MAS was disposed of by the Government of Zambia on 28 April 1998. MAS purchased two new Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner aircraft from Raytheon Credit Corporation (RCC) in July and August 1998 respectively. The company has been operating these two aircraft since then, under the trading name of Zambian Airways. On the 10th January, 2009, the company announced it was suspending operations citing high fuel costs as the main reason. Shareholders were not available for comment in order to answer questions about when or if the airline may commence operations again, but according to the Zambian Minister of Communications and Transport, Dora Siliya, 41 passengers had been stranded in Johannesburg as a direct result of the airline suspension of operations. The Zambian government announced on the 9th February, 2009, that it intended to sue Zambian Airways in order to recover the money the airline owes various firms. Its debt was noted to be US $29 mil.^[2]

The unrelated carrier Zambia Airways was the state-owned Zambian flag carrier which went bankrupt in 1994.

[edit] Destinations

Zambian Airways used to serve the following destinations when it operated:

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Lubumbashi (Lubumbashi International Airport)

• Zambia
  • Chipata (Chipata Airport)
  • Livingstone (Livingstone Airport)
  • Lusaka (Lusaka International Airport) Hub
  • Mfuwe (Mfuwe Airport)
  • Ndola (Ndola Airport)
  • Solwezi (Solwezi Airport)

• South Africa
  • Johannesburg (OR Tambo International Airport)

• Tanzania
  • Dar es Salaam (Julius Nyerere International Airport)

[edit] Fleet

The Zambian Airways fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of 24 September 2008) [1]:

Zambian Airways Fleet

Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Business/Economy)	Routes	Notes
Boeing 737-200	3	118 (12/106)	Short and medium haul routes South Africa and Tanzania	two aircraft are leased from Safair
Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner	2	18 (0/18)	Short haul routes Domestic services and Zimbabwe
Total number of aircraft	5	Updated: September 2008

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Zambian Airways