African International Airways

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.[1]

African International Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
– AIN FLY CARGO
Founded1985
Ceased operations2008
Hubs
  • OR Tambo International Airport
  • Kent International Airport
  • Ostend-Bruges International Airport
Fleet size4 (at closure)
Parent companyAfrican International Airways (Pty) Ltd.
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Key peoplePJM Corbin and JL Warburton McBride
(76 percent majority owners)
Websitehttp://www.aiaflycargo.com/

History
An African International Airways Douglas DC-8-62

African International Airways was established and started operations in 1985 in Swaziland, initially concentrating on contract services on behalf of other airlines. Following Intavia taking a 24 percent stake in the company in 1988, the airline was restructured towards worldwide charter cargo services. A commercial alliance with South African carrier Executive Aerospace was established in 2002.[1] In late 2008, African International Airways was shut down.[2]

The most notable airlines African International Airlines was operating for were Alitalia (1985–1996), and later South African Airways and British Airways World Cargo.

Fleet

At March 2007, the African International Airways fleet included the following aircraft:[1]

References
  1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 51.
  2. African International Airways at airlineupdate.com Archived 2010-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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