Mack Air
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Commenced operations | 1994 | ||||||
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Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
Headquarters | Maun, Botswana | ||||||
Key people | Stuart and Lara Mackay | ||||||
Employees | 110 (2021) | ||||||
Website | mackair |
Mack Air is a
The company provides aircraft for charter, scenic, medical evacuation, and services a wide range of tourist destinations within Botswana and the Southern Africa region; as well as providing supply flights to camps and lodges within the Okavango Delta and Kalahari regions of Botswana.[1]
The Botswana Travel Guide says of the airline that it "maintains a good reputation as an reliable, high-quality air charter company which doesn't have ties to any of the camps."[2]
History
Mack air was founded at
In 2007 Mack Air employed 15 people and in 2019 reported 50 employees, including 19 pilots. By 2021 it had 110 employees, including 30 pilots.[4][5][6]
In 2017, the company took delivery of ten new
In 2019, Mack Air became the first private commercial operator in Botswana to be issued an International Scheduled Air Service Licence.[8]
Accidents and incidents
On 6 January 2010 the company's
Destinations
The following is a list of destinations Mack Air flies to as part of its scheduled services, as of February 2022[update]:[11]
Fleet
- Cessna Citation M2[12]
- Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX[12]
- Cessna 210 Centurion[12]
- GippsAero GA8 Airvan[12]
References
- ^ Mack Air. "Mack Air". Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ Botswana Travel Guide. "Flight companies". Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ^ Spaeth, Andreas (July 2023). "Botswana's sky-high bush safari". Airliner World (288): 53–61.
- ^ Penton Media (2007). "Operator Details - Mack Air". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ^ "About Mac Air". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ^ "About | MackAir". www.mackair.co.bw. July 22, 2020.
- ^ "Botswana's Mack Air Takes Delivery of 10 Cessna Caravan EX's". www.avcom.co.za.
- ^ https://www.mackair.co.bw/scheduled/
- ^ Ontebetse, Khonani (January 2010). "Five injured in aircraft crash". Botswana Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network (January 2010). "Accident description". Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ "Scheduled Services | MackAir". www.mackair.co.bw. August 13, 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d Mack Air (22 July 2020). "Our Fleet". www.mackair.co.bw. Retrieved 7 February 2022.