Swazi Airways Swazi Airways Swazi Airways was an upcoming Swazi airline based at King Mswati III International Airport in Manzini. It is the successor to Royal Swazi National Airways and is fully owned by the Swaziland Government. The airline had stated in September 2016 that it would commence flights in November, flying from Manzini to destinations in South Africa and Zimbabwe. It was closed down in July 2017. In 2013, the Royal Swazi National Airways Corporation was revived in order to create a new national airline. The former flag carrier of Swaziland, Royal Swazi National Airways, had collapsed in 1999. The Ministry
Bechuanaland National Airways setting up. Bechuanaland National Airways Bechuanaland National Airways was an airline of the Bechuanaland Protectorate and was based in Francistown. The airline was formed on 1 October 1965 with a government grant by Johnny Gibson and took over the route network of privately owned Bechuanaland Safaris. Assistance from British airline Autair International Airways was given, seeing Autair providing Bechuanaland National Airways with its first two aircraft, Douglas DC-3s. The airline was also technically supported by Air Trans Africa. Operations of the airline commenced on 15 November 1965, and the airline immediately began the development of a large domestic air network