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
Khalifa Airways Khalifa Airways Khalifa Airways () was a passenger and cargo airline based in Algiers, Algeria which was founded in June 1999 by Rafik Khalifa and ceased flying in 2003. The airline was founded in . Authorisation to launch services was given by the government in ; operations started that month. A Boeing 737-400 was leased from Pegasus Airlines late that year. In 2001, Khalifa Airways ordered Airbus A340-300 aircraft, along with A330-200s and A320s, scheduled for delivery in 2004. The airline was liquidated by a French court on 10 July 2003 after it failed to make an EUR 5 million