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| Founded | 1 September 1967 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Salisbury | ||||||
| Focus cities | Bulawayo, Kariba | ||||||
| Fleet size | 13 | ||||||
| Destinations | Domestic, South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique | ||||||
| Headquarters | Salisbury Airport Salisbury, Rhodesia | ||||||
| Key people | Mervin Eyatt, Ken Greager | ||||||
Air Rhodesia was the national airline of Rhodesia. Its head office was located on the property of Salisbury Airport in Salisbury.[1]
The airline was formed as a subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA) in June 1964, but became an independent corporation on 1 September 1967. It flew internal routes to Buffalo Range, Bulawayo, Fort Victoria, Kariba, and Victoria Falls. During the 1970s, it operated international flights to Johannesburg and Durban in South Africa; Beira, Vilanculos and Lourenço Marques in Mozambique; and Blantyre in Malawi.
Air Rhodesia's mainstay aircraft were Vickers Viscount 700D turboprops and Boeing 720 jetliners, three of which were successfully purchased in April 1973 despite sanctions against the Rhodesian government. After the country was renamed, the airline became known as Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, before reforming as Air Zimbabwe in 1980.
- ^ "World Airline Directory". Flight. 95 (3135): 557. 10 April 1969. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
Head Office: Salisbury Airport, Salisbury, Rhodesia.