Federal Air (incorporating Pelican Air Services) is an airline headquartered at

O. R. Tambo International Airport O. R. Tambo International Airport is an international airport serving the twin cities of Johannesburg and the main capital of South Africa, Pretoria. It is situated in Kempton Park, Gauteng, Kempton Park, Gauteng. It serves as the primary air ...

near

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. It operates

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, scheduled and charter services throughout

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for business and tourism. Its main base is Johannesburg, with hubs at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport,

Nelspruit Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River, the city lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, east of Johannesburg and north of ...

and Vilanculos Airport. Daily flights are operated to

Kruger National Park Kruger National Park () is a national park in South Africa covering an area of in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the country's northeast. It extends from north to south and from east to west. The administrative headquarters are i ...

and other parks and game reserves in South Africa and

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History

The airline was founded as Comair Charters (Natal) and became branded as Federal Air (Fedair) in 1993. It later acquired and absorbed Pelican Air Services to provide scheduled

services in Southern Africa and to link remote bush lodges with Johannesburg.

Destinations

OR Tambo International Airport O. R. Tambo International Airport is an international airport serving the twin cities of Johannesburg and the main capital of South Africa, Pretoria. It is situated in Kempton Park, Gauteng. It serves as the primary airport for domestic and ...

(hub) * Hoedspruit - Eastgate Airport *

Mbombela Mbombela, formerly Nelspruit, is a city in northeastern South Africa. It is the capital of the Mpumalanga province. Located on the Crocodile River (Mpumalanga), Crocodile River, the city lies about by road west of the Mozambique border, east o ...

- Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (hub) *Phinda - Phinda Private Game Reserve (hub) *

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; ) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. The town was named in Zulu after King ...

- Oribi Airport * Sabi Sabi - Ulusaba Airstrip (hub) * Madikwe Game Reserve *

Durban Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal. Situated on the east coast of South ...

- Virginia Airport

Operations

Federal Air operates between 22 and 25 flights daily from the Airline's hubs of OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport in Mbombela.

Fleet

The Federal Air fleet included the following aircraft in November 2023:

References

External links

* Airlines of South Africa Companies based in Ekurhuleni Kempton Park, Gauteng Airlines established in 1989 1989 establishments in South Africa {{SouthAfrica-airline-stub