Central African Airways (CAA) was a supranational airline corporation serving as flag carrier for Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, which were organised as the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, also known as the Central African Federation, from 1953 to 1963. Based in Salisbury, it offered an extensive network of domestic passenger and cargo flights, as well as international services to major cities in Southern and Central Africa, and a route to London. In 1960, CAA owned 15 aircraft and had 1,155 employees.
A Central African Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking arriving at London Heathrow Airport, completing a flight from Salisbury (1953).
A Vickers Viscount of Central African Airways at Heathrow Airport in 1957.
Nyasaland was a British protectorate located in Africa that was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 and 1963, Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After the Federation was dissolved, Nyasaland became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964 and was renamed Malawi.
Native residents of Nyasaland, 1911
All 75 European residents of Blantyre, 1897
John Chilembwe's church, the Providence Industrial Mission, was captured and destroyed by government forces in 1915.