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Botswana National Airways

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The airline suspended operations in late 1969, and was placed into receivership. The bankruptcy court deemed that it would be impossible for the airline to emerge from receivership and to recover its debts, which in July 1969 totalled some 453,600
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After Botswana's independence, Bechuanaland National Airways was renamed Botswana National Airways. It began services on domestic and regional routes utilising Douglas DC-3 and DC-4 aircraft and later a
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resolution banning air transportation to and from Rhodesia, Botswana National Airways was forced to cease operations to
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was formed on 1 November 1969. The new company resumed some operations, before ceasing all operations by 1971.
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During 1967, the airline began to carry diesel fuel for the Roan Selection Trust Copper mines in
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which ceased operations in late 1966. The airline was formed by
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Geldenhuys, Deon (1990). "Some secondary case studies".
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Index

Air Botswana
Sir Seretse Khama International Airport
Johnny Gibson
airline
Gaborone
Botswana
Bechuanaland National Airways
Johnny Gibson
Vickers Viscount
Fokker F-27
Gaborone
Livingstone
Lusaka
Zambia
Johannesburg
South Africa
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
South African Airways
Britten-Norman Islander
Beech Baron
Francistown
Zambia
Douglas DC-4
Philippine Airlines
Copperbelt
United Nations
Security Council
Bulawayo
rand

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