This is a list of now defunct airlines from Botswana . [1] [2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations | Ceased operations | Notes |
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Aer Kavango | 1974 | 1984 | Operated BN-2 Islander [3] | ||||
Bechuanaland National Airways | ![]() | FRW | FBFT | 1965 | 1966 | Merged into Botswana National Airways | |
Botswana Airways Corporation | BAC | 1969 | 1972 | Merged into Air Botswana | |||
Botswana Desert Airways | 1976 | 1978 | Operated Convair 340 [4] | ||||
Botswana National Airways | BNA | 1966 | 1969 | Merged into Botswana Airways Corporation | |||
Chobe Explorations | 1985 | 1986 | Operated Cessna 207 [5] | ||||
Desert Airways | 1978 | 1984 | Established as Esquire Airways [6] | ||||
Desert & Delta Air | 1982 | 1983 | [7] | ||||
NAC Executive Charter | 2002 | 2006 | [8] | ||||
Northern Air | 2004 | 2008 | [9] | ||||
Sefofane Air Charters | 1991 | 2009 | Renamed to Wilderness Air. Operated Cessna Grand Caravan, Cessna Stationair [10] | ||||
Southern Links | 1990 | 1993 | [11] | ||||
Swamp Air | 1995 | 2004 | [12] | ||||
Wenela Air Services | 1952 | 1978 | Operated Douglas DC-3, Douglas DC-4 [13] [14] | ||||
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