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National Airways IATA
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NATCHAIRFounded 1946 Hubs Lanseria Airport Fleet size 35 Destinations Headquarters Lanseria Airport
Johannesburg, South AfricaWebsite http://www.nac.co.za National Airways Corporation is an airline with its head office on the grounds of Lanseria Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1] It is a general aviation company offering a range of products and services for aircraft and helicopters, including maintenance, pilot training, aircraft and spares sales and aviation management. NAC Charter is the flight operations and charter division. Its main base is Lanseria Airport, with hubs at Cape Town International Airport, Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, Gaborone and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport.[2].
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History
The airline was established in 1946 and started operations on 25 May 1946. On 1 July 1999, Safair, a subsidiary of Imperial Holdings Group, purchased NAC. At the same time Streamline Aviation merged into NAC to form NAC Charter. The airline is owned by Imperial Holdings (68%) and management (38%) and has 320 employees (at March 2007)[2].
Fleet
As of March 2009 the National Airways fleet includes [3]:
- 1 × Bombardier Learjet 35A
- 1 × Cessna 208 Caravan
- 3 × Raytheon Beech King Air C90B
- 3 × Raytheon Beech King Air B200
- 2 × Raytheon Beech King Air 350
- 1 × Raytheon Premier IA
- 1 × Beechcraft 1300
- 5 × Raytheon Beech 1900C Airliner
- 16 × Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
- 1 × Beechcraft 400A
Accidents and incidents
- On 6 October 1970, Douglas C-47B ZS-DKR crashed near Germiston following the failure of the port engine shortly after take-off from Rand Airport on an executive flight. Three of the 11 people on board were killed.[4]
External links
References
- ^ "Directions to NAC Lanseria." National Airways. Retrieved on 18 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 54. 2007-04-10.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (2009)". Flight International: 29–90. 2009-04-14.
- ^ "ZS-DKR Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19701006-0. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
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