Nationwide Airlines (South Africa)
Nationwide Airlines was founded in 1991, South African airline based in Johannesburg.
History
The airline was founded in 1991 by Vernon Bricknell. Originally Nationwide was a charter airline and mainly for the United Nations and the ' World Food Program works with flights in Africa. Since 1995, a domestic airline service existed in South Africa. In the meantime, the airline was one of the three most important companies in South Africa with a market share of more than ten percent.
On 30 November 2007 Nationwide the license to operate an airline by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SA CAA) was due to the incident on 7 November 2007, withdrawn temporarily. By 7 December, the scheduled service was stopped completely. Part of the line routes between Johannesburg and Cape Town as well as to London -Gatwick was initially operated with the single Boeing 767 fleet.
After the gradual obtaining operating licenses in the following weeks, the remaining aircraft of the airlines were able to resume regular service again gradually. However, the airline could not recover from the losses incurred themselves. Therefore, an attempt was made to sell part of the company to a majority- owned South African investment company color (English: Black Economic Empowerment ). This sale has failed, after which the company due to significant liquidity problems flight operations completely stopped voluntarily on 29 April 2008.
Objectives
Nationwide serviced by the Lanseria International Airport, the domestic destinations Cape Town, Durban, George and Kruger / Nelspruit; and Livingstone in Zambia and London Gatwick Airport. Furthermore, there was a connection from Durban to Cape Town via Port Elizabeth.
Fleet
(As of December 2007)
- 03 Boeing 727-200
- 11 Boeing 737-200 (one machine in Lanseria decommissioned)
- 02 Boeing 737-500
- 01 Boeing 767 -300ER
Incidents
On 7 November 2007 a Boeing lost on the domestic flight CE723 from Cape Town to Johannesburg at the start of the right engine. The pilot was able to return and make an emergency landing with the remaining engine to Cape Town International Airport. The 106 passengers on board were unharmed.