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 fixed wing aircraft and helicopter markets, including aircraft sales, aircraft maintenance, aircraft parts, value added products, aircraft charter, international operations and pilot training. NAC Charter is the flight operations and charter division. NAC operates a South African network of offices, its main base is Lanseria Airport, with office hubs at Cape Town International Airport, Durban, Grand Central Airport, Wonderboom Airport, Rand Airport and Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport.[2] NAC also has businesses further afield in Botswana Sir Seretse Khama International Airport, Gaborone and internationally, Awesome Flight Logistics in Perth, Australia and Specialized Aircraft Services in Wichita, USA.>
[edit] History
The airline was established in 1946 and started operations on 25 May 1946. 1 July 1999, Safair, a subsidiary of Imperial Holdings Group, a mobility group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, purchased a 62% share in NAC in 1999. At the same time Streamline Aviation merged into NAC to form NAC Charter. The airline is owned by Imperial Holdings (62%) and management (38%) and has 320 employees (at March 2007).[2]
As of March 2009 the National Airways fleet includes [3]:
[edit] 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]
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