Royal Air Burundi
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Commenced operations | 1962 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 1963 | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 Lockheed Constellation | ||||||
Headquarters | Usumbura, Burundi |
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Royal Air Burundi was an airline from Ruanda-Urundi and was based in Usumbura.
![N9412H Cockpit.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/N9412H_Cockpit.jpg/220px-N9412H_Cockpit.jpg)
The airline was formed in 1962 to perform non-scheduled passenger flights utilising a Lockheed L.049 Constellation N9412H, which was obtained from Las Vegas Hacienda. The national airline of newly independent Burundi made numerous passenger flights to Europe, and ceased operations at the end of 1963.[1][2]
![N9412H .jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/N9412H_.jpg/220px-N9412H_.jpg)
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![Royal Air Burundi.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Royal_Air_Burundi.jpg/220px-Royal_Air_Burundi.jpg)
References[]
![Landing in Burundi.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Landing_in_Burundi.jpg/220px-Landing_in_Burundi.jpg)
- ^ "Royal Air Burundi". Aerotransport Data Bank. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ Guttery, Ben R. (1998). Encyclopedia of African airlines. Ben Guttery. p. 29. ISBN 0-7864-0495-7. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
![Inside N9412H.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Inside_N9412H.jpg/220px-Inside_N9412H.jpg)
Categories:
- Defunct airlines of Burundi
- Airlines established in 1962
- Airlines disestablished in 1963
- 1962 establishments in Ruanda-Urundi
- 1963 disestablishments in Burundi
- African airline stubs
- Burundi stubs