Air Malawi
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| Air Malawi | ||
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| IATA QM |
ICAO AML |
Callsign MALAWI |
| Founded | 1967 | |
| Hubs | Chileka International Airport, Blantyre |
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| Focus cities | Lilongwe | |
| Fleet size | 4 | |
| Destinations | 6 | |
| Headquarters | Lilongwe, Malawi | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.airmalawi.com | ||
Air Malawi is an airline based in Blantyre, Malawi. It is the national airline of Malawi and operates a domestic and regional passenger network. Its main base is Chileka International Airport (BLZ), with a hub at Lilongwe Airport (LLW).
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[edit] History
Air Malawi was established by Act of Parliament and started operations on 1 September 1967 following the dissolution of Central African Airways. It succeeded another airline of the same name which had been established a s a subsidiary of Central African Airways in 1964. The first Air Malawi aircraft were Vickers Viscounts, later supplemented by BAC 1-11s extending regional routes out to Harare, Johannesburg and Nairobi. In 1974 a London Heathrow service was started using a Vickers VC-10 in full livery although this service had stopped by the end of the 1970s. Short Skyvan, Britten-Norman Islander and Hawker Siddeley HS-748 aircraft were used for local and regional routes. These were replaced in the 1990s with Dornier 228 and ATR 42 aircraft. In 1985 a Boeing 747SP was leased by the airline for VIP and Government flights. The BAC 1-11 was replaced with a Boeing 737.
[edit] Services
Air Malawi operates the following services (at January 2005):
- International scheduled destinations: Dar es Salaam, Dubai, Harare, Johannesburg, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Nairobi and Nampula.
[edit] Fleet
The Air Malawi fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) [1]:
1 Boeing 737-500
Other aircraft (at March 2005):
- 1 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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