African International Airways (ATDB)

Name	Alias	IATA	ICAO	Country	Base	Dates
African International Airways	AIA		AIN	Eswatini	Manzini/London-Gatwick	1985-2008
Reorganized 1988 when partially acquired by Intavia, Ltd. Entered business alliance with SA' Executive Aerospace in 2002. Listed on EU ban list 22/3/06, worked around by placing aircraft on South African register. Put up for sale in 6/08 by shareholders Alan Stocks and Bernrd Keay. Ceased ops 30/9/08 when new financing could not be found.

Name

Alias

IATA

ICAO

Country

Base

Dates

African International Airways

AIA

AIN

Eswatini

Manzini/London-Gatwick

1985-2008

Reorganized 1988 when partially acquired by Intavia, Ltd. Entered business alliance with SA' Executive Aerospace in 2002. Listed on EU ban list 22/3/06, worked around by placing aircraft on South African register. Put up for sale in 6/08 by shareholders Alan Stocks and Bernrd Keay. Ceased ops 30/9/08 when new financing could not be found.

Operator	Model	Sub-Type	Planned	Current or Planned	Historical	Total all times	Avg Age Active
African Int'l AW	DC-8	DC-8-50			8	8	-
African Int'l AW	DC-8	DC-8-60			5	5	-
TOTAL:			13	13	-

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Avg Age
Active

Reg'n	Type	MSN	s/n	Built	at	Operator	Origin	Became	Status	Termin^ed	Remarks
ZS-OSI	DC‑8‑62(F)	46098	516	07/01/1970	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N802MG @ Kitty Hawk Int'l	To (Stars Away Aviation Stars Away Avn)	Scrapped	15/02/2015	3D-AIA ntu
ZS-POL	DC‑8‑62(F)	46110	487	11/08/1969	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex 3D‑AJG @ African Int'l AW	To (Trans Air Cargo Services 9Q-CJG)	Active	02/2019
3D-AJG	DC‑8‑62(F)	46110	487	11/08/1969	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N8974U @ Arrow Air	To (African International Airways ZS-POL)	Active	02/2019
ZS-PAE	DC‑8F‑54	46012	410	11/10/1968	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex 3D‑ADV @ African Int'l AW	Scrapped ? ( at JNB)	Scrapped at JNB	2010	ZS-OZI ntu
3D-ADV	DC‑8F‑54	46012	410	11/10/1968	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex 5N‑AWZ @ Trans Sahel AL	To (African International Airways ZS-PAE)	Scrapped	2010
ZS-OZV	DC‑8‑62(F)	45986	379	21/06/1968	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex 3D‑CDL @ African Int'l AW	To (Stars Away Aviation Stars Away Avn)	Derelict	2009	ZS-OZS ntu
3D-CDL	DC‑8‑62(F)	45986	379	21/06/1968	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N801MG @ Kitty Hawk Int'l	To (African International Airways ZS-OZV)	Derelict	2009
3D-AFX	DC‑8F‑54	45886	283	13/10/1966	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N8049U @ Express net AL	To (Civil N698QS)	Scrapped	1998
3D-AIA	DC‑8‑55	45854	278	17/08/1966	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N819SL @ Antares A/c	Scrapped ( at LUX)	Scrapped at LUX	06/1994
3D-ADV	DC‑8F‑55	45858	274	22/07/1966	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex HC‑BJT @ ANDES AL	To (Flash Airlines 5N-ATY)	Scrapped	23/09/2003
3D-AFR	DC‑8F‑54	45802	247	06/12/1965	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N46UA @ United Avn Svcs	To (Espace Aviation Services 9Q-CTA)	Scrapped	2011
ZS-OZH	DC‑8F‑54	45802	247	06/12/1965	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex 3D‑AFR @ African Int'l AW-- Acquisition cancelled	(n/a)	Scrapped	2011
3D-AIA	DC‑8F‑55	45803	229	18/06/1965	LGB	African Int'l AW	ex N809CK @ Kitty Hawk Int'l	Scrapped ( at EGBP)	Scrapped at EGBP	1999