USAfrica Airways

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USAfrica Airways
IATA ICAO Callsign
E8USFAfrica Express
Commenced operationsJune 1994
Ceased operationsFebruary 3, 1995
Fleet size2 [1]
DestinationsSouth Africa
Headquarters Reston, Virginia
Key peopleMichael Meszaros - Exec VP Marketing (Founder)
Arthur Lewis - Chairman (Founder)
Greg Lewis - CEO
Edward Bolton - CEO

USAfrica Airways was a United States-based airline that operated flights between Washington Dulles International Airport (then called Dulles International Airport) and Johannesburg starting in June, 1994. [2] Its headquarters was in Reston, Virginia, and it had an office in Washington, DC. [3]

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Flights refueled in the Cape Verde Islands. Later, once a week flights were added to Cape Town, which also refueled in the Cape Verde Islands.

The airline was the first U.S. airline flying only international routes since the U.S. airline industry was deregulated in 1978.

The airline operated flights from June 1994 to February 3, 1995. [4]

Fleet

A USAfrica Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N1758B) USAfrica MD-11, N1758B (8485777398).jpg
A USAfrica Airways McDonnell Douglas MD-11 (N1758B)

It leased two McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft from American Airlines, registered as N1757A and N1758B. [5]

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References

  1. "USAfrica Airways". rzjets. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. "TRAVEL ADVISORY; Airline Links Dulles And Johannesburg". The New York Times. 1994-06-26. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. "World Airline Directory." Flight International . March 23–29, 1994. 127. "Head office: 11180 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 22091, USA." and "Washington office: Suite 400, 1824 Eye Street NW, Washington, Washington DC 20006, USA."
  4. USAfrica Airways Suspends Flights – The Washington Post – HighBeam Research
  5. The African-American Dream - USAfrica Airways Inc. by Paul Dubois