African Airlines Atlas From Colonies to Carriers

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Country Pages

Static country pages make the African Airlines Atlas easier to search, cite, and browse. Each page summarizes local airline records and links back into the interactive atlas.

Algeria22 recordsFirst listed: Compagnie Transafricaine d'Aviation (CTA) (1929)Angola14 recordsFirst listed: Aero Club de Angola (1937)Benin8 recordsFirst listed: Afro Unity Airways (1960)Botswana23 recordsFirst listed: Wenela Air Service (1952)Burkina Faso3 recordsFirst listed: Air Volta (1967)Burundi4 recordsFirst listed: Royal Air Burundi (1960)Cameroon7 recordsFirst listed: Régie Air Cameroun (1940)Canary Islands1 recordsFirst listed: Líneas Aéreas Canarias (LAC) (1980)Cape Verde1 recordsFirst listed: Transportes Aériens de Cabo Verde (TACV) (1958)Central African Republic5 recordsFirst listed: Compagnie Centrée Africaine / Air Bangui (1966)Chad2 recordsFirst listed: Chadair (1963)Comoros2 recordsFirst listed: Air Comores (1966)Congo5 recordsFirst listed: Air Congo (Brazzaville) (1961)Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)59 recordsFirst listed: Comité d'Études pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo (CENAC) (1919)Djibouti5 recordsFirst listed: Air Djibouti (1963) (1963)Egypt24 recordsFirst listed: Misr Airwork (1932)Equatorial Guinea3 recordsFirst listed: Líneas Aéreas de Guinea Ecuatorial (LAGE) (1969)Ethiopia5 recordsFirst listed: Ethiopian Air Lines (EAL) (1945)Gabon20 recordsFirst listed: Transgabon (1949)Gambia7 recordsFirst listed: Gambia Airways (1964)Ghana13 recordsFirst listed: Ghana Airways (1958)Guinea7 recordsFirst listed: Air Bissau (TAGP / TAGB) (1960)Guinea-Bissau2 recordsFirst listed: Guinea-Bissau Airline 241 (year not stated)Ivory Coast19 recordsFirst listed: Air Inter Ivoire (1958)Kenya52 recordsFirst listed: Air East Africa (1945)Lesotho6 recordsFirst listed: Basutair (1969)Liberia11 recordsFirst listed: Liberia National Airways (1949)Libya3 recordsFirst listed: United Libyan Airlines (1962)Madagascar14 recordsFirst listed: Transports Aériens de Madagascar (TAM) (1947)Malawi11 recordsFirst listed: Christowitz Air Service (1931)Morocco8 recordsFirst listed: Air Atlas (1946)Namibia11 recordsFirst listed: South West African Airways (1931)Niger4 recordsFirst listed: Aero Niger (1961)Nigeria71 recordsFirst listed: Elders Colonial Airways (1935)Réunion1 recordsFirst listed: Air Austral (1990)Rwanda4 recordsFirst listed: Societe de Transport Aerien du Rwanda (STAR) (1970)Senegal9 recordsFirst listed: Aeromaritime (1935)Seychelles6 recordsFirst listed: Trans Oceanic Lines (1963)Sierra Leone4 recordsFirst listed: Sierra Leone Airways (1958)Somalia1 recordsFirst listed: Somali Airlines (1964)South Africa156 recordsFirst listed: South African Aerial Transport (1919)Sudan16 recordsFirst listed: Sudan Airways (1946)Swaziland6 recordsFirst listed: Swazi Air (1956–1961) (1956)Tanzania12 recordsFirst listed: V.W. Soltau (1950)Tunisia13 recordsFirst listed: Tunis Air (1948)Uganda12 recordsFirst listed: Uganda Company (1945)Zambia16 recordsFirst listed: Consortair (1960)Zimbabwe15 recordsFirst listed: Rhodesian Aerial Tours (1922)