Affretair (ATDB)

Name	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
Affretair	AG;ZL	AFM	Zimbabwe	Harare-Int'l	1970-2001
Afro-Continental Airways			Zimbabwe		1970-????
Formed by Air Rhodesia and John "Jack" McVicar Malloch, rotating aircraft with Air Gabon Cargo & CargOman, and used to circumvent the embargo against Rhodesia.
Air Trans Africa	AG		Zimbabwe		1964-1970
Formed by Jack Mallock. Reorganized as a successful sanctions-busting business after Rhodesia severed ties with UK. Aircraft purchased from cover companies in Liechtenstein owned by Gabon's Omar Bongo.

Name

Alias

IATA

ICAO

Country

Base

Dates

Affretair

AG;ZL

AFM

Zimbabwe

Harare-Int'l

1970-2001

Afro-Continental Airways

Zimbabwe

1970-????

Formed by Air Rhodesia and John "Jack" McVicar Malloch, rotating aircraft with Air Gabon Cargo & CargOman, and used to circumvent the embargo against Rhodesia.

Air Trans Africa

Zimbabwe

1964-1970

Formed by Jack Mallock. Reorganized as a successful sanctions-busting business after Rhodesia severed ties with UK. Aircraft purchased from cover companies in Liechtenstein owned by Gabon's Omar Bongo.

Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
Affretair	B.707	B.707-420			1	1	-
Affretair	DC-8	DC-8-50			3	3	-
Affretair	DC-8	DC-8-70			1	1	-
Affretair	DC-7	DC-7C			3	3	-
Affretair	L.1049	L.1049G			4	4	-
Affretair	L.1049	L.1049H			2	2	-
Affretair	DC-4	C-54D (DC-4)			1	1	-
TOTAL:			15	15	-

Operator

Model

Sub-Type

Current
Active

Current
Leased
-out

Current
Inactive

Planned

Current
or
Planned

Historical

Total
all times

Avg Age
Active

TOTAL:

Reg'n	Type	MSN	s/n	Built	at	1^stFlight	1^stDel	Operator	Origin	Became	Status	Last fl^t	Cancel^ed	Destroyed	Remarks
VP-WBO	DC‑7C/F	45463	935		LGB		1958-02-01	Affretair	ex D‑ABAN @ Südflug	Scrapped ((impounded after illegal use of regn ZP-WBO) at LFW)	Scrapped at LFW
VP-YTY	DC‑7C/F	45188	837		LGB		1957-07-14	Affretair	ex TR‑LNZ @ Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affrêtements Aériens	To (La Mancha Aire N103LM)	Scrapped		2015-05-06
VP-WAJ	DC‑7C	44874	661		LGB		1956-09-06	Affretair	ex N7326A @ Private users in USA	To (Civil N7326A)	Scrapped			1974-11-	no titles, dba Air Trans Africa
Z-WZL	DC‑8‑71(F)	45975	369	1968-05-14	LGB		1968-06-25	Affretair	ex N8085U @ United AL	To (Emery Worldwide Airlines N8085U)	Scrapped			2006-05-17	converted DC-8-71
VP-WMJ	DC‑8F‑55	45821	255	1966-02-16	LGB		1966-03-17	Affretair	ex A4O‑PA @ CargOman	To (Affretair Z-WMJ)	Scrapped	2006		2009
Z-WMJ	DC‑8F‑55	45821	255	1966-02-16	LGB		1966-03-17	Affretair	ex VP‑WMJ @ Affretair	To (Liberia World Airlines EL-KRU)	Scrapped	2006		2009
Z-WSB	DC‑8F‑55	45805	244	1965-11-09	LGB		1965-11-30	Affretair	ex TR‑LVK @ Air Gabon Cargo	Destroyed ( at HRE)	Destroyed at HRE			1996-01-28
N9985F	B.707‑430	18056	192		RNT	1961-02-23	1961-03-17	Affretair		To (Interconair Interconair)	Scrapped	1984-03-		1989-03-06	no titles, operator tbc (Afro-Continental)
VP-	L.1049H‑03‑152	4831			BUR			Affretair	ex CF‑NAL @ Eastern Provincial AW-- Acquisition cancelled	(n/a)	Preserved
VP-	L.1049H‑03‑152	4832			BUR			Affretair	ex CF‑NAM @ Nordair-- Acquisition cancelled	(n/a)	Preserved
9J-RBL	C‑54D‑DC (DC‑4)	10640			MDW		1945-03-26	Affretair	ex VP‑YYR @ Rhodesian Air Svcs	To (Invicta International Airlines G-ASZT)	Destroyed			1987-01-07
VP-	L.1049G‑03‑124	4672			BUR		1957-07-22	Affretair	ex CS‑TLF @ TAP Air Portugal	Scrapped ( at HRE)	Scrapped at HRE		1967-10-02	1969
VP-WAW	L.1049G/01‑03‑158	4685			BUR		1958-01-17	Affretair	ex ZS‑FAA @ Private users in South Africa	To (Civil ZS-FAA)	Scrapped	1974-09-28
VP-WAW	L.1049G/01‑03‑158	4685			BUR		1958-01-17	Affretair	ex PP‑VDF @ VARIG	To (Civil ZS-FAA)	Scrapped	1974-09-28
VP-WAW	L.1049G/01‑03‑158	4685			BUR		1958-01-17	Affretair	ex TR‑LNY @ Compagnie Gabonaise d'Affrêtements Aériens	Scrapped ((club house) at FVCP)	Scrapped at FVCP	1974-09-28

Last session initiated on 2024-04-16 06:20:42. Re-attached.