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Code Data

• ICAO Code: QSC
• Callsign: ZEBRA ^[1]

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History

The airline was established on 1 August 1967 and started operations on 31 December 1967 with a flight between Zurich and Mombasa. It is wholly owned by the African Safari Club company which also controls eight hotels on the Kenyan coast and six safari lodges and camps. August 1 is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

Services

African Safari Airways operates the following services (at August 2006): Mombasa to Basel, Berlin (Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London (London Gatwick Airport), Milan (Malpensa International Airport), Munich, Vienna and Zurich. 2006 (MMVI), a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mombasa is the second largest city in Kenya, lying on the Indian Ocean. ... Basel (British English traditionally: Basle and more recently Basel , German: Basel , French: Bâle , Italian: Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest urban area as... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Landsat image of SXF Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport (Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld) (IATA: SXF, ICAO: EDDB) is an international airport located in Schönefeld immediately south of Berlin, Germany. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Gatwick Airport (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is Londons second largest airport and the second busiest airport in the UK after Heathrow. ... Milan (Italian: Milano; Lombard: Milán (listen)) is the main city of northern Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. ... Malpensa International Airport (IATA: MXP, ICAO: LIMC) is located in the province of Varese, near Milan, Italy. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich: St. ... Inhabitants according to official census figures: 1800 to 2005 Vienna in 1858 Vienna (German: Wien ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Avcom fleet includes ^[2] : 2006 (MMVI), a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 1 Airbus A310-300

Previously operated: Between 1992 and 2002 African Safari Airways did operate a DC10 aircraft however this was withdrawn from service. The Airbus A310 is a medium- to long-range widebody airliner developed from the Airbus A300 and manufactured by Airbus SAS. Perhaps the greatest attribute of the A310 is that of range. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Biman Bangladesh Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-10 The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engined long-range airliner, with two engines mounted on underwing pylons and a third engine at the base of the vertical stabilizer. ...

External links

• African Safari Airways
• African Safari Airways Fleet Detail

References

1. ^ Airline Codes (November 2006)
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006