SRAS (Southern Rhodesia Air Services)

The Southern Rhodesian government formed Southern Rhodesia Communications Squadron on 01Feb1940 from RANA. This was renamed to SRAS (Southern Rhodesia Air Services) after the war. Its assets used to form CAA (Central African Airways) in 1946

[ – Air Rhodesia was formed as a subsidiary of Central African Airways (CAA) in Jun1964, but became an independent corporation on 01Sep1967. After the country was renamed, the airline became known as Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979, before reforming as Air Zimbabwe in 1980]

[ – The entity that eventually became Air Zimbabwe formally came into being on 01Sep1967, when the Government of Rhodesia created Air Rhodesia Corporation to succeed Air Rhodesia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Central African Airways Corporation (CAAC) that had existed since 1964 as a domestic airline within Rhodesia. Air Rhodesia was renamed to Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1979 and to Air Zimbabwe after Independence on 02Apr1980
< international airline that is the flag carrier of Zimbabwe. It was 100%-owned by the Government of Zimbabwe >]

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