Inter Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd, which traded as Interair South Africa, was a privately owned airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It operated scheduled passenger services from Johannesburg to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base was O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.
History The airline was established, by Aeronautical Investments, as Inter Air Lines at Lanseria in 1979; it was renamed to Interair in 1993 and started operations in 1994. It initially operated domestic services, but these later ceased. Regional services were started in April 1995, and the airline ceased operations altogether in late August 2015, following the death of Executive Chairman David Tokoph on 18 August 2015.
Interair South Africa was a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA/IOSA certified), and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).
Corporate affairs
Ownership The airline was owned by the late David P. Tokoph (who was also Chairman & Chief Executive Officer consecutively), J Attala, M Attala, P Attala (Executive Director), and had 191 employees (as at March 2012).
Business trends Because it was a private company, annual reports were not published. In the absence of these, little information on trends is available, as shown below: 2009 2010 2011 2012 Turnover (€m) n/a n/a n/a n/a Profits (€m) n/a n/a n/a n/a Number of employees 240 Number of passengers (m) n/a n/a n/a n/a Passenger load factor (%) n/a n/a n/a n/a Number of aircraft (at year end) 3 4 4 4 Notes/sources
Destinations Interair South Africa appeared to operate services to the following international scheduled destinations (according to the company website), as of August 2015:
HubTerminated route
CityCountryIATAICAOAirportRefsBrazzavilleBZVFCBBMaya-Maya Airport CotonouCOODBBBCadjehoun Airport Dar es SalaamDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport Johannesburg JNB FAOR O. R. Tambo International AirportNdolaNLAFLSKSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport Pointe NoirePNRFCPPPointe Noire Airport
Codeshare agreements As of June 2014, the airline had codeshare agreements with the following airlines: Air Tanzania (Dar es Salaam–Johannesburg)
Fleet
The Interair South Africa fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of August 2017):
+ Interair South Africa fleetAircraftIn fleetOrderPassengersNotesCYTotalBoeing 737-200201296108Boeing 737-200C10Boeing 767-200ER10214 Total40
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