(CAA) was formed in 1946 from the wartime
Southern Rhodesian Air Services (SRAS) , which was in turn formed from the pre-war Rhodesia And Nyasaland Airways (RANA) and
Southern Rhodesia Air Force (SRAF) communications squadron. The airline was the national carrier initially of Southern Rhodesia, then of the Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in 1953.
CAA operated its first service to London in 1953 with Vickers Vikings. Following delivery of five new Viscount 78Ds in 1956, these took over the European service in 1957. In 1958 an agreement was reached with BOAC, where BOAC operated a weekly 'Rhodesian' service using CAA flight numbers (CE892 northbound, and CE893 southbound)for a period of 10 years. In sequence BOAC operated the Rhodesian Argonaught, Britannia, Comet and VC10. The services ceased in 1966, following the Rhodesian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI).
When
Rhodesian Air Services ceased operations in 1962, CAA took over their route to
Vilancoulas and the aircraft. When the Federation was dissolved in 1963,
CAA established subsidiary airlines in the three countries as Air Malawi,
Air Rhodesia and Zambia Airways. In 1968 all CAA assets were divided between the three subsidiaries and CAA ceased to be an operator.
CAA history
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CAA accidents from ASN
