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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1967 (split up into Zambia Airways, Air Malawi and Air Rhodesia) | ||||||
| Hubs | Belvedere Airport (1946–1956) Salisbury Airport (1956–1967) | ||||||
| Focus cities | Lusaka Airport Ndola Airport | ||||||
| Headquarters | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||
| Key people | Sir Charles Warburton Meredith The 1st Baron Robins | ||||||
Central African Airways (CAA) was a supranational airline corporation serving as flag carrier for Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland (respectively the present day countries of Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi), which were organised as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation, from 1953 to 1963. Based in Salisbury, it offered an extensive network of domestic passenger and cargo flights, as well as international services to major cities in Southern and Central Africa, and a route to London. In 1960, CAA owned 15 aircraft and had 1,155 employees.[1]