South Ckoqua Airways - Boeing 727-200

Disclaimer: This region is purely FICTIONAL, and none of it is real. Any similarities are purely coincidence. Even the language is gibberish mixed in the style of African Bantu languages, but it may mean something in a completely unrelated language. Please don't roast me over this country, I literally thought it up when I was a kid, and added more to it over time.

Airline: South Ckoqua Airways (Koquwa Airlines)
Model: B727-200
Reg: TQ-AFA
History
Delivered to SCA TQ-AFA 1977
Sold to Safair ZS-AFA 2001
Leased to Vuva Air TQ-AFA 2012
Returned ZS-AFA 2014
Scrapped at FAOR 2014

The airline grew in revenue, passengers, and destinations, including its first domestic one to nearby Lalika (now Lavaana). And so, in 1976, the airline obtained an old Lockheed L-1049 Constellation, registered as TQ-ADA. Even that wasn't enough, and the airstrips in the country were paved and expanded to handle large jet aircraft up to a Boeing 747. The airline ordered 5 Boeing 727-200 jets, the first one (TQ-AFA shown above) arriving in 1977. Flights were launched to Cape Town, Windhoek, Harare, and Lusaka, and the airline soon became popular, renaming to South Ckoqua Airways (SCA). Two more DC-3s joined the fleet, and domestic flights to neighbouring North capital Maquloon, as well as flights to Luanda, were launched. A rival arrived in 1977 in the form of none other than the Flying Springbok themselves. South African Airways launched 727 service to Easue to compete against SCA. Both South West African (Air Namibia) and Air Rhodesia (Air Zimbabwe) launched services as well. As a result, SCA began upping its game, introducing new amenities such as hot foods, Business Class, and a few others. Then came tension between the North and the South, and SCA pulled out of Maquloon. The North decided to create its own airline in 1978, backed by the Soviets, and SCA now had to fight North Kakwaland Air (NKA) for its Johannesburg route. However, it still managed to stay on top.

In 1980, SCA launched Marques (Maputo) service, followed by Gaborone service. The Constellation was retired in favor of the big jets, the DC-3s doing the short haul and low income routes. Not much happened in the 80s, with the rest of the 727s arriving. Rival NKA ceased operations in 1986, and then came the end of 1987. On 4 December of that year, TQ-AFD, a Boeing 727 operating flight CQ14 between Lusaka and Easue, lost its front gear to a hydraulic issue. The aircraft performed a safe landing on Runway 09, with no passenger harmed. Despite this, the aircraft was written off, a huge loss to the tiny company. The loss of TQ-AFD brought the company to getting a replacement aircraft - well, almost. Lack of demand in the low months, coupled with near constant political tension, led the airline to decide against doing so. It did, however, lease aircraft in the summer months - ZS-SII (B732) for 1988, and ZS-SBD (B722) for 1989. However, the airline would be forced to cease operations in 1990 because of the outbreak of war. For seven long years, both the guerilla and communist North and the racist South fought a long, bloody conflict, with many civilian deaths, plus countless others. A few other counties, such as South Africa, were involved. However, due to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the fighting started lessening. South Africa's passing into a democratic country in 1994 lessened it even further, and in 1996, SCA started flying again (with reduced schedules).

This third livery for the airline is very 1980s style, and was introduced on the 727. It stayed on the 727 until the end of the Koquwa Civil War in 1997, when all the aircraft were repainted into the new Koquwa Airlines colours.