As a kid I had this strong ambition to become a pilot, but somewhere in my grades 6/7, my elder brother asked me why I was studying hard, then I told him that I want to be a pilot. After hearing me saying, "I want to be a pilot," He laughed and said, " Sorry to tell you that there are no aeroplanes in Zambia, these ones that you see only come from other countries." This frustrated me a lot 😢😢😢 such that up to now it has left a wound in my heart. But thank God I'm servant of God and a contractor, who knows how to encourage others even from painful frustration.
Thanks for this upload. People like me will always miss Zambia Airways of the eighties. Zambia Airways contributed in a way to the dismantling the Apartheid system in South Africa when it flew to Jhb with an all black Zambian crew, exploding the myth perpetrated by the Apartheid regime that Blacks were incapable to be anything, including in the airline industry. Its liquidation was a loss to Zambia from which it has continue to struggle to regain
I was always proud to fly Zambia Air Ways on DC10. It was one of the best airlines in Africa, with well experienced pilots. I remember a flight I was on from London Heathrow to Lusaka Direct when one hour into the flight the plane had navigational problems and the flight had to get back to Heathrow. The Flight Captain was Captain Kawanu. He and his crew flew back to Heathrow.
The short fellow killed it. He didn't want anything to do with the legacy of KK. Zambia Airways only had a debt of US$20million Which could've been repaid with little restructuring.
I flew a bunch of flights with Zambia Airways in the mid 80's and it wasn't a bad airline. Sadly, that was not the case by the 90's. In the early 90's as a teenager I used it for flying out of Zambia to boarding schools overseas. I remember the last flight I ever took on the airline in 1993 being a complete disaster. We were to take the DC-10 from Heathrow to Lusaka. But the Zambia Airways staff in London gave all the boarding passes to people intended to fly on a 737 via Rome. Many DC-10 passengers were thus forced to go on the wrong plane. The anger in the terminal that day was intense as many passengers had to sit and wait in the terminal with nowhere to go until the 737 was ready to be boarded. When we landed in Rome, a flight attendant who apparently had her children on board refused to leave the plane so the flight crew could be changed. I remember hearing her arguing with the Roman police that she had no place to stay in Rome. We sat on the tarmac for almost 4 hours until the Roman police forcibly removed her. When we finally arrived in Lusaka, were were 6 hours late and almost half a day late from when the DC-10 had landed. Zambia Airways offered no compensation for the error. By that point of time, it was generally known that the company was poorly run and hemorrhaging money. That was my last flight on Zambia Airways. My family switched to British Airways after that. In its final years, Zambia Airways suffered from the same problem many parastatals had at the end of the UNIP days. The company was woefully mismanaged, bloated with many useless employees and a victim of rampant corruption. When the MMD government liquidated the company in 1992, the great airline of the 70's and 80's had already been gone for some time.
Just seen this video.
The story is amazing wow... Zambia was flying high in Africa. 🎉
I live in Zambia and its the best and safest airways with no crashes its the best airways with a Boeing 737 dash 8
As always, this is a well researched and produced video.
Lovely.
Awesome work man. You are the best.
Am glad I clicked, beautiful content.
Thank you very much
DC-10. So nostalgic. Great video. 👍🏿
Thank you very much
As a kid I had this strong ambition to become a pilot, but somewhere in my grades 6/7, my elder brother asked me why I was studying hard, then I told him that I want to be a pilot. After hearing me saying, "I want to be a pilot," He laughed and said, " Sorry to tell you that there are no aeroplanes in Zambia, these ones that you see only come from other countries." This frustrated me a lot 😢😢😢 such that up to now it has left a wound in my heart. But thank God I'm servant of God and a contractor, who knows how to encourage others even from painful frustration.
Good dream man
Thank God u guys are back in the sky come to the Caribbean
Thanks for this upload. People like me will always miss Zambia Airways of the eighties. Zambia Airways contributed in a way to the dismantling the Apartheid system in South Africa when it flew to Jhb with an all black Zambian crew, exploding the myth perpetrated by the Apartheid regime that Blacks were incapable to be anything, including in the airline industry. Its liquidation was a loss to Zambia from which it has continue to struggle to regain
Thank you very much for your comment this is very encouraging
Great content and well articulated 👍👍👌
Zambia Airways! Let's Keep Moving! #MaraviHeritage
Thank you very much
I was always proud to fly Zambia Air Ways on DC10. It was one of the best airlines in Africa, with well experienced pilots. I remember a flight I was on from London Heathrow to Lusaka Direct when one hour into the flight the plane had navigational problems and the flight had to get back to Heathrow. The Flight Captain was Captain Kawanu. He and his crew flew back to Heathrow.
I want to thank yoy for sharing your memories
The short fellow killed it. He didn't want anything to do with the legacy of KK. Zambia Airways only had a debt of US$20million Which could've been repaid with little restructuring.
I flew a bunch of flights with Zambia Airways in the mid 80's and it wasn't a bad airline. Sadly, that was not the case by the 90's. In the early 90's as a teenager I used it for flying out of Zambia to boarding schools overseas. I remember the last flight I ever took on the airline in 1993 being a complete disaster. We were to take the DC-10 from Heathrow to Lusaka. But the Zambia Airways staff in London gave all the boarding passes to people intended to fly on a 737 via Rome. Many DC-10 passengers were thus forced to go on the wrong plane. The anger in the terminal that day was intense as many passengers had to sit and wait in the terminal with nowhere to go until the 737 was ready to be boarded. When we landed in Rome, a flight attendant who apparently had her children on board refused to leave the plane so the flight crew could be changed. I remember hearing her arguing with the Roman police that she had no place to stay in Rome. We sat on the tarmac for almost 4 hours until the Roman police forcibly removed her. When we finally arrived in Lusaka, were were 6 hours late and almost half a day late from when the DC-10 had landed. Zambia Airways offered no compensation for the error. By that point of time, it was generally known that the company was poorly run and hemorrhaging money. That was my last flight on Zambia Airways. My family switched to British Airways after that.
In its final years, Zambia Airways suffered from the same problem many parastatals had at the end of the UNIP days. The company was woefully mismanaged, bloated with many useless employees and a victim of rampant corruption. When the MMD government liquidated the company in 1992, the great airline of the 70's and 80's had already been gone for some time.
By now we would be like Ethiopian airlines the people