Air Trans Africa
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| Founded | 1964 | ||||||
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| Hubs | None | ||||||
| Focus cities |
Salisbury Libreville |
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| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | Domestic, Africa, Europe | ||||||
| Headquarters | Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||
| Key people | Jack Malloch | ||||||
| Website | None | ||||||
Air Trans Africa was formed by Jack Malloch in 1964 after his first company, Rhodesian Air Services failed in 1962. It operated a Super Constellation, a Douglas C-54 and a DH114 Heron aircraft before Southern Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). The airline's financial crises were compounded when Ian Smith's government declared independence (UDI) on November 11, 1965.
It was a charter airline flying cargo and/or passengers to many different destinations throughout Europe and Africa. The company (in chronological order):
call sign was PG
Non IATA
Web page: www.jackmalloch.com
CL44: TR-LVO
DC-8-55F: TR-LVK and TR-LQR (later to be changed to PAA40 under CargOman, another company of Affretair's)
Fin and upper fuselage was medium blue fin, later green replaced the blue.
Air Trans Africa photos and info to be found in this website. Www.a2oxford.info
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