USAfrica Airways

US Africa Airways was a United States based airline that operated flights between Washington Dulles International Airport (then called Dulles International Airport) and Johannesburg in starting in June, 1994. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9D0DEFD7113DF935A15755C0A962958260 TRAVEL ADVISORY; Airline Links Dulles And Johannesburg - New York Times ] ] Flights refueled in the Cape Verde Islands. Later, once a week flights were added to Cape Town, which also refueled in the Cape Verde Islands.

The airline was the first U.S. airline flying only international routes since the U.S. airline industry was deregulated in 1978.

The airline operated flights from June 1994 to February 3, 1995. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-819473.html USAfrica Airways Suspends Flights - The Washington Post - HighBeam Research ] ] It leased two McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft from American Airlines, registered as N1757A and N1757B. [ [http://www.sa-transport.co.za/aircraft/usafrica.html The African-American Dream - USAfrica Airways Inc. by Paul Dubois ] ]

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Information about print article in Aviation Week and Space Technology http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/record/tris/00844700.html

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