Eastern Air was established at Lusaka International in 1993 with a pair of light twins which was supplemented by a Let 410 in 1997. Rebranding as Zambia Skyways in 1999, the airline remains in operation in 2025 serving as an approved maintenance organization and charter airline from Lusaka to various safari and tourist destinations. 9J-ZSL started service with the Soviet Air Force as 2017 Nov 1987 as an E3, to Heli Air as LZ-CCN Sep 1998, to Orsmond as ZS-OMI Oct 1999. Converted to E20 and leased to Zambia Skyways 2002, returned Jan 2003. To Mombasa Air Safari Sep 2004. To ZS-ATA April 2008 with Aircrafts Systems and the UN. Withdrawn from use at Antananarivo, Madagascar 2009. Photographer unknown

Air Zambezi was a Zimbabwean airline which was based at Harare's Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport 1998 and 2002. The airline operated services to the main tourist destinations Victoria Fall, Kariba, and Hwange. In addition to a pair of L-410s, a Cessna Caravan was operated. This Let 410 started life as OK-XYA with Let, sold to the USA as N240LW and later N240Y with Ayres Aviation. To ZS-OSE in April 2001 and leased to Air Express Algeria, then Air Zambezi, ICRC, and MSF. From May 2008 with Air Tec Aviation who re-registered the aircraft to 3B-NBY June 2020. To C9-NBY with Skyway Aviation March 2021. Photographer unknown

Air Zambezi was a Zimbabwean airline which was based at Harare' between 1998 and 2002. The airline operated services to the main tourist destinations Victoria Fall, Kariba, and Hwange. In addition to a pair of L-410s, a Cessna Caravan was operated. This Let 410 started life as an E3 serving with the Soviet Air Force as 1922 and later Red 33 with the Russian Air Force. Returned to Let in 2000 and converted to E20 as OK-SDC. To Sol Air as Z-LNK. To Inter Ocean as ZS-OOH July 2000 and Air Zambezi Feb 2001, re-registerd Z-OMC Nov 2001. To United Airlines as 5X-UAZ Sept 2002, ZS-OOH restored Aug 2003 with Aircraft Systems SA, to Citylink of Ghana Oct 2003, re-registered 9G-LET Nov 2003. Photographer unknown

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Delivered to Sabena as OO-SNJ in May 2001, to Air Luxor as CS-TQB in February 2002, CSA in April 2005, Bingo Airways as SP-AEK in June 2013, Air Armenia as EK32050 in July 2014 and Iberia Express as EC-MEH in March 2015. Stored (as 2-CMEH) from August 2024

Delivered in January 2002, to Austrian as OE-LBW in July 2012

New with THY in June 1985, to KTHY in May 1999, returned to Turkish in August 2005 and stored at Istanbul-Ataturk from September 2008, broken up in 2014

Ex LN-RCA see my photo, bought from Conair at the end of 2001. Stored at Istanbul-Ataturk since April 2004 on return from a Sudan Airways lease.

Long term storage with most markings removed.

Crashed and w/o 02 December 2006 in Afghanistan near Tarin Kowt. All 8 crew and pax members killed.

Hybrid Hasemit Kingdom of Jordan colors

Transair.

In the museum at Wanaka.

after being returned from Aeroflot she came to ZRH for some maintenance, sadly already neutralized. Ferried to Victorville the next month. Joining Arrow Air 2 years later. After JW ceased trading she was ferried to Opa Locka and broken up in 2012.

ex NZ7627