Interair South Africa
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Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1994 | ||||||
Ceased operations | August 2015 | ||||||
Hubs | O. R. Tambo International Airport | ||||||
Headquarters | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||
Website | www |
Inter Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd, which traded as Interair South Africa, was a privately owned airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It operated scheduled passenger services from Johannesburg to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base was O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.[1]
History
The airline was established, by Aeronautical Investments, as Inter Air Lines at
Interair South Africa was a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA/IOSA certified), and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
Corporate affairs
Ownership
The airline was owned by the late David P. Tokoph (who was also Chairman & Chief Executive Officer consecutively), J Attala, M Attala, P Attala (Executive Director), and had 191 employees (as at March 2012).[1]
Business trends
Because it was a private company, annual reports were not published. In the absence of these, little information on trends is available, as shown below:
2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
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Turnover (€m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Profits (€m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Number of employees | 240 | |||
Number of passengers (m) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Passenger load factor (%) | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Number of aircraft (at year end) | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Notes/sources | [5] |
Destinations
Interair South Africa appeared to operate services to the following international scheduled destinations (according to the company website), as of August 2015:
Hub | |
Terminated route |
City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Refs |
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Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | BZV | FCBB | Maya-Maya Airport | [6] |
Cotonou | Benin | COO | DBBB | Cadjehoun Airport | [6] |
Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | DAR | HTDA | Julius Nyerere International Airport | [7] |
Johannesburg | South Africa | JNB | FAOR | O. R. Tambo International Airport | |
Ndola | Zambia | NLA | FLSK | Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport | |
Pointe Noire |
Republic of the Congo | PNR | FCPP | Pointe Noire Airport |
[6] |
As of June 2014, the airline had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Fleet
The Interair South Africa fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[9]
Aircraft | In fleet | Order | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Boeing 737-200 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 96 | 108 | |
Boeing 737-200C | 1 | 0 | ||||
Boeing 767-200ER | 1 | 0 | 214 | |||
Total | 4 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 93.
- ^ "Interair". Airline History. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ "Obituary David P Tokoph". El Paso Times. 22 August 2015.
- ^ "Fatal Accident Report". Kathryn's Report. 21 August 2015.
- ^ "Interair South Africa Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net Just Aviation". www.planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012.
- ^ a b c "Flight Timetable". Interair. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
- ^ "Inter Air Adds Johannesburg - Dar es Salaam Service from late-June 2014". Airline Route. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Air Tanzania-Interair in code sharing pact". Daily News (Tanzania). 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2017): 32.
External links
Media related to Interair South Africa at Wikimedia Commons