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| | East Africa: Flying with the Lion by Richard Newton | Travel Reviews from Travel Intelligence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | It was into this challenging environment that East African Airways was born in 1946, established jointly by the British colonial authorities of Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika and Zanzibar. |
 | | In 1957, East African Airways introduced a new aircraft type, the Canadair C4 (a Canadian-built pressurised variant of the Douglas DC4), and far-flung destinations, including London, were added to the network. |
 | | At a meeting of the East African Community, it was decided that the airline’s chairman should be from Tanzania (newly renamed after the merger of Tanganyika and Zanzibar), the general manager would be Ugandan and his assistant would be Kenyan. |
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