Comair (South Africa)
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History
The airline was established and started operations on 14 July 1946 as Commercial Air Services. It was founded by Second World War South African Air Force colleagues AC Joubert, JMS Martin, L Zimmerman and JD Human. Scheduled services between Rand Airport, Johannesburg and Durban began in 1948, using a Cessna Model 195.
The airline grew over the next decades, to the point where it was able to start service on major domestic routes in 1992, using Boeing 737-200 aircraft. In addition to domestic flights to destinations such as Cape Town and Durban, it also offered a few international flights in Southern Africa, e.g. to Gaborone and Harare.
A franchise agreement with British Airways was signed in 1996 and in early 2000 British Airways acquired a minority holding. The airline is owned by the management (39%), institutions and public (38%), British Airways (18%) and employees (5%) and has 1189 employees.
In 2001 Kulula.com was set up. It is a 100% owned subsidiary of Comair and was set as a low-cost carrier.
Destinations
Comair serves the following destinations (at January 2005):
- Domestic scheduled destinations: Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
- International scheduled destinations: Harare, Livingstone, Victoria Falls and Windhoek.
Fleet
The Comair fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):
External links
- [Comair]
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