Interair South Africa

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.[1]

Interair South Africa
IATA ICAO Callsign
D6 ILN INLINE
Founded1993
Commenced operations1994
Ceased operationsAugust 2015
HubsO. R. Tambo International Airport
HeadquartersJohannesburg, South Africa
Websitewww.interair.co.za

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.[2] 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.[3] [4]

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).[1]

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 [5]

Destinations

Interair South Africa appeared to operate services to the following international scheduled destinations (according to the company website), as of August 2015:

Hub
Terminated route
City Country IATA ICAO Airport Refs
Brazzaville Republic of the CongoBZVFCBBMaya-Maya Airport[6]
Cotonou BeninCOODBBBCadjehoun Airport[6]
Dar es Salaam TanzaniaDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport[7]
Johannesburg South AfricaJNBFAORO. R. Tambo International Airport
Ndola ZambiaNLAFLSKSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport
Pointe Noire Republic of the CongoPNRFCPPPointe Noire Airport[6]

Codeshare agreements

As of June 2014, the airline had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Fleet
Interair Boeing 737-200 ZS-SIM at O. R. Tambo International Airport

The Interair South Africa fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of August 2017):[9]

Interair South Africa Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Order Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-200 2 0 12 96 108
Boeing 737-200C 1 0
Boeing 767-200ER 1 0 214
Total 4 0

    References
    1. "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 93.
    2. "Interair". Airline History. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
    3. "Obituary David P Tokoph". El Paso Times. 22 August 2015.
    4. "Fatal Accident Report". Kathryn's Report. 21 August 2015.
    5. "Interair South Africa Fleet Details and History - Planespotters.net Just Aviation". www.planespotters.net. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012.
    6. "Flight Timetable". Interair. 2 July 2014. Archived from the original on 20 December 2015. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
    7. "Inter Air Adds Johannesburg - Dar es Salaam Service from late-June 2014". Airline Route. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
    8. "Air Tanzania-Interair in code sharing pact". Daily News (Tanzania). 27 June 2014. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
    9. "Global Airline Guide 2017 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2017): 32.

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