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Rand Airport, Germiston, South Africa
P O Box 18004, Rand Airport, 1419
Tel: +27 11 827 5593/4 Fax: +27 11 824 2928
E-mail: arthur@avionicsystems.co.za
AMO 020 Member of Trace International
Arthur Wurdeman
Avionic Systems at Rand Airport - 47 YEARS SERVICE TO
THE INDUSTRY. We are authorised dealers for ROCKWELL-
COLLINS (Business & Regional and Air Transport Divisions).
In addition, we are SOLE Dealers in the region for COLLINS
GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS (Military equipment). Our
experienced technicians are available for pre- and after-sales
advice. We also import and support equipment from
BECKER and INTERTRADE. Our Licenced workshop is
accessible by road and runway, with convenient aircraft
parking. We are sole agents for ENTERPRISE
ELECTRONICS, manufacturers of meteorological
equipment, including ground-based radar systems.
Pieter Breedt
46 WORLD AIRNEWS, AUGUST 2011.
Kimberley, Nelspruit, Port Elizabeth and Richards
Bay and regionally to Gaborone, Lubumbashi,
Maputo, Walvis Bay and Windhoek.
SAFAIR OPERATIONS
PO Box 938, Kempton Park, 1620.
Tel: +27 11 928 0000.
Email: marketing@safair.co.za
Executives: Hugh Flynn (chairman, Group
CEO); Dave Andrew (CEO, MD and/or DG);
Wimpie Davidson, (operations director/manager);
Capt Dirk Van Eeden, (chief pilot).
Fleet: Eight Lockheed Hercules L100s, two
Boeing 737-300Fs, one B 737-300QC, one
B737-400 Combi aircraft to be operational in
January 2012 with a further two B737-300QCs
to be possibly included in the fleet sometime later
this year.
Safair operates its aircraft wherever the client
requires to operate whether that be on a wet
lease (ACMI), dry lease or charter basis.
SKYHAUL
PO Box 12504, Hatfield, 0228.
Tel: +27 82 851 2106.
E-mail: johan.oliver@skyhaul.co.za
Executive: Glenn Taylor
Fleet: Two Convair 580s.
Provides cargo charters within southern
Africa.
SOLENTA AVIATION
PO Box 469, Lanseria 1748.
Tel: +27 11 707 4000.
Email: info@solenta.com
Executives: Mark Hurst, (group managing director),
Andrew Steytler,(group technical director),
Johann Minnaar (operations manager), Michael
Newbery. (chief pilot).
Fleet: One Beech King Air B200C, eight Cessna
C208Bs, three Beech 1900Cs, 18 Beech
1900Ds, five ATR42-320s, one ATR42-500, one
ATR72.
The company conducts operations on a
long term contract basis, unscheduled cargo and
passenger, aviation support to aid operations in
remote areas, aviation support to oil and gas
industries, scheduled airline operations on
conventional routes into existing hubs, ad hoc
charter operations, dry leasing of aircraft etc.
SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS
Private Bag X13, Johannesburg International
Airport, 1627.
Tel: +27 11 978 5313.
Executives: Cheryl Carolus (chairperson), Siza
Mzimela (CEO). Kaushik Patel (CFO), Chris
Smyth (operations).
Fleet: Eleven Airbus A319-100s, one Airbus
A330-200, six Airbus A340-200, eight Airbus
A340-300s, nine Airbus A340-600s, seventeen
Boeing 737-800s. On order: Twenty Airbus
A320-200s and five Airbus A330-200s.
The national flag carrier serves more than 30
international destinations together will all major
domestic cities.
STAR AIR CARGO
PO Box 2360, Rivonia, 2128.
Executives: Peter Annear (CEO), Ismail Hassen
(operations), Etienne Jacobs (technical).
Fleet: Three Boeing 737-200s. Will possibly be
leasing to Air Malawi later this year.
This company charters to airlines within sub-
Saharan Africa and the Middle East.
STARS AWAY AVIATION
PO Box 7470, Roggebaai, 8012.
Tel: +27 21 934 1144.
E-mail: starsaway@mweb.co.za
Executives: Moussa Baba (CEO), Tubby
McLough, Neil Berriman (chief pilot).
Fleet: Two DC-8-62Fs, two HS748s and one DC-
9-F33 Freighter.
Stars Away Aviation provides charter and
leasing solutions to a varied client base including
airlines, governments, NGOs, corporations,
cargo agents, courier companies, and freight
forwarders.
The carrier’s main areas of activities are:
short- to medium-term aircraft leasing, passenger
charters, executive aircraft charters and cargo
charters.
THG
PO Box 10326, George, 6530.
Tel: +27 44 878 0453.
Executives: M. Steynberg (chairman); B.
Adebayo (COO), G. Spreadbury (technical
manager); G. du Toit (flight operations manager).
Fleet : Two Sikorsky S61Ns; three S76A++s; two
Bell 212s; two Kamov KA32s; five Bo105; one
MI-8, one MI- 8P and three Convairs.
The company, which is also stationed at
Cape Town International Airport and Oranjemund
in Namibia, offers a variety of helicopter services
both onshore and offshore and operate within
Africa as well as Internationally.
Its two passenger Convair aircraft are used
primarily for charters and the third Convair is
available for freighter operations.
TRAMON AIR
PO Box 1032, Lonehill, 2062.
Executives: Daniel Coetzer (chairman), Jeff
Swain (CEO), Chris Calnan (operations).
Fleet: One Grumman Gulfstream I.
This privately owned airline operates charter
passenger and cargo services to domestic and
international destinations.
VELVET SKY
PO Box 22401, Glenashley, 4022.
Tel: +27 31 582 8700
Email: enquiries@flyvelvetsky.com
Executives: Dhevan Pillay, Gary Webb and
Captain Paul Green.
Fleet: Boeing 737-300 with two more aircraft due
to be leased,
This airline began operations in May this year
on routes from Durban to Johannesburg and
Johannesburg Cape town. At the time of writing
another company, Excalibur Aerospace, had
made a take-over bid for the carrier and sale
negotiations were underway.
WILDERNESS AIR
PO Box 427, Lanseria, 1748.
Tel :+27 11 701 3700.
Email: ianr@wilderness-air.co.za
Executives: Andy Payne (chairman, as per
Wilderness Group: CEO, MD and/or DG),