Woermann-Linie Hamburg Woermann-Linie was founded on 15 June 1885 by Adolph Woermann and developed as one of the leading shipping companies between Europe and Africa. From 1899 the company was headquartered in Afrikahaus, in Hamburg. For decades it transported contract laborers to various places on the African continent, for instance, workers from Liberia and Nigeria…
Christmas Mail Experimental Flight From Mazoe to Cape Town To Transvaal
Zambia Airways First Direct Viscount Flight between Lusaka and Blantyre 5 January 1967 On Thursday, 5 January 1967, Zambia Airways’ launched the first direct jet-prop flight (QZ 808) between Lusaka and Blantyre. This new once-weekly service reduced the distance between the two cities to a mere two hour flight, and was considered a benefit to…
Deutsche Afrika Linien The Deutsche Afrika-Linien is a German shipping company, based in Hamburg. The company operates container and general cargo services between Europe, the Canary Islands, eastern and southern Africa, and Indian Ocean ports. Gas and chemical tankers are operated under the name Essberger Tankers. In addition, the group offers logistics and insurance services,…
Christmas Mail Experimental Flight From Bulawayo to England From Bulawayo to England
Tata Airlines Tata Airlines was founded by Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (1904–1993) as Tata Airlines in 1932. Tata himself flew its first single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth, carrying air mail from Karachi to Bombay’s Juhu aerodrome and later continuing to Madras (currently Chennai). The airline launched its first domestic flight from Bombay to Trivandrum with a six-seater Miles Merlin. Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Delhi…
First Flight of Tata Air Services 15 October 1932 On 15 October 1932, Tata flew a Puss Moth carrying airmail from Karachi to Bombay and the aircraft continued to Madras piloted by Nevill Vintcent, a former Royal Air Force pilot and friend of Tata. The airline fleet consisted of a Puss Moth aircraft and a…
First Flight Zimbabwe to Portugal 22 September 1981 First Flight Covers FB
TAP Air Portugal TAP (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) Air Portugal is the flag carrier airline of Portugal, headquartered at Lisbon Airport which also serves as its hub. The airline, founded on 14 March 1945 began commercial services on 19 September 1946, with a flight from Lisbon to Madrid using a Douglas DC-3. On 31 December, TAP Air Portugal began its Linha Aérea Imperial, a twelve-stop colonial service including Luanda, Angola and Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), Mozambique. Rhodesia’s Unilateral Declaration…
TAP Jet Inaugural Flight 14 January 1968 Flight Covers FB
