Mack Air
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| Commenced operations | 1994 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | See Fleet below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Maun, Botswana | ||||||
| Key people | Stuart and Lara Mackay | ||||||
| Employees | 19 pilots (2016)[1] | ||||||
| Website | http://www.mackair.co.bw/ | ||||||
Mack Air is an Air Charter airline based in Maun, Botswana. The company has been operating in northern Botswana since 1994. In 2007 it employed 15 people, including eight pilots.[2]
The company provides charter aircraft for aerial photography, tourist travel and supply flights to game lodges, medical evacuations, scenic flights.[3]
The Botswana Travel Guide says of the airline that it "maintains a good reputation as an reliable, high-quality air charter company which doesn't have ties to any of the camps."[4]
Accidents and incidents
On 6 January 2010 the company's Cessna 208 crashed and was "extensively damaged" upon takeoff from Piajio Airstrip, Chief's Island, Okavango Delta, Botswana when its engine failed. The aircraft landed on a wet flood plain and overturned. The pilot and the five passengers were all injured, including one passenger who suffered a broken hip. The pilot and four of the injured passengers were evacuated to a South African hospital.[5][6]
Fleet
- 3 - Cessna 208 Grand Caravan[7]
- 1 - Quest Kodiak Kodi[7]
- 6 - Cessna 206 Stationair[7]
- 1 - Cessna 210 Centurion[7]
- 8 - GippsAero GA8 Airvan [7]
References
- ↑ "About MACK AIR". mackair.co.bw. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
- ↑ Penton Media (2007). "Operator Details - Mack Air". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
- ↑ Mack Air (n.d.). "Mack Air". Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ↑ Botswana Travel Guide (n.d.). "Flight companies". Retrieved 28 December 2010.
- ↑ Ontebetse, Khonani (January 2010). "Five injured in aircraft crash". Botswana Gazette. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ↑ Aviation Safety Network (January 2010). "Accident description". Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Index of /fleet/pages_fleet". www.mackair.co.bw. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
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