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Air Zimbabwe is an airline based in Zimbabwe. The company provides domestic and international flight services to various destinations. It is owned by the government of Zimbabwe and operates a fleet of aircraft for passenger and cargo transportation. The airline’s main hub is at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare, and it also operates from Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo. With its commitment to safety and reliable service, Air Zimbabwe plays a vital role in connecting Zimbabwe to the world and promoting travel and trade opportunities for the country.
Meaning and history
Air Zimbabwe is an airline founded by the Zimbabwean government in 1967. Despite facing numerous challenges, the airline has achieved notable milestones. It expanded its route network, providing domestic and international flights to destinations such as South Africa, Zambia, and the United Arab Emirates. Air Zimbabwe also acquired a fleet of aircraft, including Boeing and Airbus models, to serve its passengers. However, in recent years, the airline has faced financial difficulties, resulting in operational disruptions and fleet downsizing. It has undergone restructuring efforts to improve efficiency and attract investment. Air Zimbabwe continues to operate with a reduced number of routes and is working towards enhancing its financial stability.
What is Air Zimbabwe?
Air Zimbabwe is the national flag carrier airline of Zimbabwe. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights to destinations in Africa and Asia. Despite facing financial challenges and operational difficulties in the past, Air Zimbabwe continues to provide air transportation services and plays a crucial role in connecting Zimbabwe with the rest of the world.
1967 – 1970
The original name of the air carrier, known today as Air Zimbabwe, was Air Rhodesia, and this is exactly what was written in the first logo of the company. It was a bold uppercase inscription in a geometric sans-serif typeface, placed at the bottom of the banner and painted in a bright shade of red. The wordmark was accompanied by a fancy and elegant emblem, drawn in the same hue, and depicting a stylized bird with elongated traits and sharpened lines.
1970 – 1979
The redesign of 1970 changed the composition of the Air Rhodesia logo and extended its color palette to red, white, and black. Now the name of the airlines was written in black, in the center of the composition, and enclosed into a thin red rectangular frame. The font of the lettering was almost the same as in the previous version but with slighter wider characters. As for the sleek bits, it was now drawn in white against a solid red square, which was attached to the right side of the frame.
1979 – 1980
The name of the company was changed to Air Rhodesia Zimbabwe in 1979, hence another redesign of the logo was held in the same year. The emblem with the stylized birds has kept its shape and contours and was again drawn in red against a white background. The enlarged graphical part was now in the center of the composition, while the black narrowed inscription in a refined sand-serif terrace with more traditional shapes of the letters, was placed under the emblem, and set without any additional framing. The badge was active for less than a year.
1980 – 1983
In 1980 the company got its current official name, Air Zimbabwe. The composition was significantly changed and the color palette was switched to two shades of blue, red, and white. Red was again for the bird emblem, which was now very small and got placed into the right part of the badge, roofed by a light blue element, which came out from the elongated outline of the wordmark. The lettering was set in bold white lowercase characters against a solid blue banner.
1983
Another version of the air carrier’s logo was introduced in 1983 and only stayed active for several months. The red bird moved inside the lettering, which was significantly enlarged and rewritten in a modified italicized sans-serif typeface. The vertical bar of the “R” from the top level of the inscription was merged with the vertical bar from the “B” of the bottom level. The main part of the logo was painted in a calm and pleasant sea-blue shade.
1984
A completely new style was adopted by the Air Zimbabwe company for its new logo, released in 1984. First of all, the color palette was changed to black and bright yellow, where black was used for the lettering, and yellow — for the emblem, which depicted a new geometric bird. The typeface of the wordmark repeated the one from the previous badge, yet the merged line was split into two, and the inscription started looking more balanced and confident.
1985 – 1998
The redesign of 1985 kept the style of the lettering part, yet used a dark shade of gray for the characters. As for the yellow bird emblem, it was significantly redrawn, gaining a more elegant tail part with an ornament and more distinctive wings with pointed ends. The new mascot of the air Carrie was drawn on the left from the top line of a two-leveled inscription, creating the main accent in the composition.
1998 – Today
In 1998 the Aie Zimbabwe logo was redesigned again, and now the wing of the bird, which, by the way, got enlarged, was colored in the shades of the National Flag of Zimbabwe and featured green, yellow, red, and black horizontal stripes of the same thickness. As for the lettering part, it is still black, set in the slanted lowercase with more modern shapes of the characters and bolder lines.
