Safair

Safair is a South African charter airline based in Kempton Park and based at the Johannesburg airport.

History

Safair was founded in March 1969 by the shipping company Safmarine and began on 18 March 1970 with the flight operations.

Until the 1990s, it served the loakalen and regional freight market. In 1998, she specialized in aircraft maintenance and overnight courier services, then focused on leasing and charter business. 1998 acquired Safair 49 % of Irish cargo airline Air Contractors and was itself acquired in December of the year for $ 40 million by Imperial Holdings, which also includes the cargo airline Imperial Air Cargo belongs. In 1999 Safair control of the South African charter airline National Airways and the trading company Streamline Aviation.

Destinations

Safair itself operates no scheduled flights in his own name but also offers charter, leasing and trading aircraft, contract flights and leasing service, flight crew leasing and training, aircraft overhauls and conversions, aerospace, security and medical training and operational support.

Fleet

As of July 2013, the fleet of Safair from four aircraft that are primarily leased to other companies or operated for this is:

• 01 Boeing 737-300
• 02 Boeing 737- 300F (1 leased to Trigana Air Service, 1 operated for DHL)
• 01 Boeing 737- 300QC