Safair

Safair
IATA code :	FA
ICAO code :	SFR
Call sign :	CARGO
Founding:	1969
Seat:	Kempton Park , South Africa
Home airport :	Johannesburg – OR Tambo
Management:	Elmar Conradie ( CEO )
Fleet size:	9
Aims:	National and international
Website:	www.safairoperations.com

Safair and its subsidiary FlySafair are a South African charter and low-cost airline based in Kempton Park and based at OR Tambo Airport .

history

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

It served the local and regional freight market until the 1990s. In 1998 she specialized in aircraft maintenance and overnight courier services, after which she concentrated on leasing and charter businesses. In 1998, Safair acquired 49% of the Irish cargo airline Air Contractors and was taken over by Imperial Holdings , which also owns the cargo airline Imperial Air Cargo , in December of that year for US $ 40 million . In 1999 Safair took control of the South African charter airline National Airways and the trading company Streamline Aviation .

A planned merger with Airlink was canceled in October 2018.

Destinations

Safair offers charter flights , aircraft leasing and trading of aircraft, contract flights and leasing services, flight crew leasing and training, aircraft overhauls and conversions, aviation, safety and medical training and operational support.

fleet

Current fleet

As of December 2018, the Safair fleet consists of nine aircraft:

Boeing 727-230 from Safair, formerly Lufthansa

Lockheed L-100 Hercules the Safair

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks
Boeing 737-400	1
Boeing 737-400C	1
Boeing 737-400F	1
Lockheed L-100-30 Hercules	6th
total	9

Historic fleet

In the course of its existence Safair also operated the following types of aircraft:

• ATR 72
• Beechcraft 1900D
• Boeing 707-320
• Boeing 727-100
• Boeing 727-200
• Boeing 737-200
• British Aerospace 146-100QT
• British Aerospace 146-200QC
• CASA CN-235
• Convair 580
• Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules
• Douglas DC-9-81
• Douglas DC-9-82

FlySafair

FlySafair
IATA code :	FA
ICAO code :	SFR
Call sign :	CARGO
Founding:	2013
Seat:	Kempton Park , South Africa
Operational bases:	Durban Johannesburg – OR Tambo Cape Town
Home airport :	Johannesburg – OR Tambo
Management:	Elmar Conradie ( CEO )
Number of employees:	912
Fleet size:	14 (+1 order)
Aims:	national
Website:	www.flysafair.co.za

FlySafair's Boeing 737-400

Cheap flights are operated under the FlySafair brand .

history

FlySafair was founded in 2013. The first flight took place on October 16, 2014 with a Boeing 737-400 .

Destinations

FlySafair offers domestic flights to and from seven airports in six cities in South Africa.

fleet

As of March 2019, the FlySafair fleet consists of 14 aircraft with an average age of 22.1 years:

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Boeing 737-400	09			165
Boeing 737-800	05	1		189
total	14th	1

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Safair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : FlySafair  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Safair website of the (English)
• FlySafair website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Merger planned between independent airlines SA Airlink and Safair. Business Day, November 27, 2017.
2. ^ Airlink and Safair abandon proposed tie-up. Tourism Update, October 26, 2018.
3. ↑ OUR FLEET. In: safairoperations.com. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1967 to 2007
5. ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013
6. ↑ FlySafair. In: flysafair.co.za. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} FlySafair Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. February 6, 2019, accessed March 4, 2019 . 
8. ^ History of FlySafair. In: flysafair.co.za. Retrieved December 22, 2018 . 
9. ^ Cheap Flight Schedules. In: flysafair.co.za. Retrieved December 22, 2018 .