Phoenix Airways (South Africa)

Phoenix Airways was a short-lived South African [1][2] low cost airline in the mid-1990s.

[3] The airline was formed by the merger of Letaba Airways and Giyani Airways in 1995,[4] the same year was acquired by Cape Town-based Atlantic Air after running into financial difficulties.

[5] Phoenix Airways operated Johannesburg-Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth-George routes [5] South Africa The airline operated a fleet of 4 Boeing 727s.

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A profile view of a white, mid-sized commercial airliner sits on the tarmac at an airport. It has the words Phoenix Airways painted on the side near the front along with a logo on its tail that pays homage to the South African flag.
A former American Airlines plane, now painted with the Phoenix Airways name and logo. Photographed February 18th, 1995.