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Federal Air (incorporating Pelican Air Services) is an airline headquartered at O. R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg, South Africa.

It operates air shuttle, scheduled and charter services throughout Africa for business and tourism. Its main base is Johannesburg, with hubs at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport, Nelspruit and Vilanculos Airport. Daily flights are operated to Kruger National Park and other parks and game reserves in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

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

Destinations

• Johannesburg - OR Tambo International Airport (hub)
• Hoedspruit - Eastgate Airport
• Mbombela - Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport (hub)
• Phinda - Phinda Private Game Reserve (hub)
• Pietermaritzburg - Oribi Airport
• Sabi Sabi - Ulusaba Airstrip (hub)
• Madikwe Game Reserve
• Durban - 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

1. "Contact details". Federal Air. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2009. "Physical Address Hangar 14 O. R. Tambo International Airport (Johannesburg International Airport) South Africa
   - "Background". Ekurhuleni. 3 (3/8). Retrieved 30 September 2009.
2. ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 81.
3. "Route Map". Fedair. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
4. "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
5. "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2 November 2023.

External links

• Official website

• South Africa
• Aviation

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