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Operating bases
  
Salisbury Airport

Ceased operations
  
1965

Founded
  
1960

Operating base
  
Harare International Airport

Headquarters
  
Harare, Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia

Rhodesian Air Services (RAS) was an airline from Southern Rhodesia (today's Zimbabwe, until 1963 part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) from 1960 to 1965. Headquartered in Salisbury, it operated scheduled and chartered passenger flights on regional routes.

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Route network

In 1965, RAS offered scheduled flights to the following destinations in Southern Rhodesia:

  • Bulawayo - Bulawayo Airport
  • Chiredzi - Buffalo Range Airport
  • Fort Victoria
  • Salisbury - Salisbury Airport (base)
  • Triangle

    • Fleet

    Upon closure, the Rhodesian Air Services fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

    The livery consisted of a red tail with a stylized white 'R', a white semicircle on the trailing edge and a blue cheatline. A seahorse was painted on the nose.

    Accidents and incidents

  • On 22 November 1961, a Rhodesian Air Services Douglas C-47 Skytrain (registered VP-YRX) crashed near Salisbury Airport, killing the three occupants that had intended to fly the aircraft to Livingstone. Shortly after take-off, an engine problem had been encountered, which the pilot had failed to address properly so that control was lost.

    • References

    Rhodesian Air Services Wikipedia
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