Transkei Transkei Transkei (, meaning "the area beyond [the river] Kei"), officially the Republic of Transkei (), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994. It was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and operated as a nominally independent parliamentary democracy. Its capital was Umtata (renamed Mthatha in 2004). Transkei represented a significant precedent and historic turning point in South Africa's policy of apartheid and "separate development"; it was the first of four territories to be declared independent of South Africa. Throughout its existence, it remained an internationally unrecognised, diplomatically
Falcon Airways British authorities and the airline ceased to operate. Falcon Airways Falcon Airways was a British charter flight airline that operated from 1959 to 1961 when the operating licence was withdrawn due to concerns over safety. Falcon Airways Limited was formed in 1959 by Captain Mariam Kozuba-Kozubski with one Vickers Viking at Hurn Airport to operate charter services from both Hurn and Blackbushe Airport. In October 1959 the airline acquired three four-engined Handley Page Hermes piston engine airliners, although one was sold in December 1959. In 1960 the airline and the two Hermes moved its operations from Blackbushe to Gatwick Airport