icao iata company callsign country
EC EAA East African Airways Eastaf Kenya
EAA East African Airways Tanzania
EAA East African Airways Uganda

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EAA was formed in 1945 to provide air service throughout British colonies in East Africa of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. Airline started operations using ex RAF/BOAC DH-89 Dragon Rapides. In its early years airline served only regional network in East Africa and Salisbury, Durban, Blantyre and Mozambique. By 1974 airline served dense domestic network in Kenya and Tanzania. International service were operated from Nairobi and Entebbe to Rome, Athens, Frankfurt, London, Zurich and Copenhagen. Karachi, Bombay and Aden were served in Asia. Addis Ababa, Kinshasa, Tananarive, Blantyre, Kigali, Bujumbura, Lusaka and Mauritius were served in Africa.

founded - demised (age)

October 30 1945 - January 28 1977  (32)

headquarters

, Nairobi

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base airports

HKJK Jomo Kenyatta International Nairobi hub
HTDA Mwalimu Julius K Nyere International Dar es Salaam hub
HUEN International Entebbe / Kampala hub

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