African Airlines Atlas From Colonies to Carriers

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Botswana

23 airline records in the African Airlines Atlas, with 17 marked as operating at the 1998 survey horizon.

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Country facts

Total records
23
Active at 1998 horizon
17
Ceased by survey horizon
6
State-linked records
3
Destination records
44
Service scopes
Domestic, Regional
First listed airline
Wenela Air Service (1952)

Ownership mix

  1. Private15
  2. Private (subsidiary)3
  3. Not stated2
  4. State-owned2
  5. State-owned (subsidiary)1

Records

Botswana airline records

These are structured record pages, not copied encyclopedia entries.

  1. Wenela Air ServiceDomestic, Regional1952 to 1970
  2. Bechuanaland SafarisDomestic1960 to 1965
  3. Bechuanaland National AirwaysDomestic, Regional1965 to 1966
  4. Botswana National AirwaysDomestic, Regional1966 to 1969
  5. Botswana AirwaysNot stated1970 to 1971
  6. Air BotswanaDomestic, Regional1972 to 1998 horizon
  7. Aer KavangoDomestic1980 to 1998 horizon
  8. Air XababaDomestic1980 to 1998 horizon
  9. Southern LinksDomestic1990 to 1993
  10. Botswana SafarisDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  11. Chobe ExplorationsDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  12. Desert & Delta AirDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  13. Desert AirwaysDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  14. Esquire AirwaysDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  15. Executive CharterDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  16. Heli-BotswanaDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  17. Kalahari Air ServicesDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  18. Northern AirDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  19. Okavango Air ServiceDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  20. Okavango ExplorationDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  21. Texxon AirDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  22. Western AirDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon
  23. Wildlife HelicoptersDomesticUnknown to 1998 horizon

Cite this country page

Reese Hollister, ed., African Airlines Atlas, Botswana country page, 23 airline records from the From Colonies to Carriers dataset, built from Ben Guttery, Encyclopedia of African Airlines (McFarland, 1998).