Commercial Air Services (Rhodesia)

Commercial Air Services (Rhodesia) was formed in 1946 as a subsidiary of Commercial Air Services of South Africa, but the latter’s holding was acquired jointly in 1956 by Airwork Ltd and AngloTransvaal
Industries. In addition to charter flying, internal services with Cessna 180s within Southern Rhodesia used to be flown between Bulawayo, Shabani, Gwelo, Fort Victoria and Salisbury, these services having been taken over from Central African Airways, in 1960 CAS (Rhodesia) merged with Hunting-Clan Air Carriers to form United Air Carriers, and ceased to exist as a separate company
– [RUAC (Rhodesia United Air Carriers) was formed in 1957 by the merger of Hunting-Clan African Airways + Air Carriers + Fishair + Flights (1956) + Victoria Falls Airways. Commercial Air Services (Rhodesia) merged in in Aug1960. Renamed to United Air Charters after it declared itself a republic. The airline operated services throughout Southern Africa]

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