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CemAir (Pty) Ltd is a privately owned airline operating in South Africa, servicing popular tourist destinations and important business towns, as well as leasing aircraft to other airlines across Africa and the Middle East. The airline is based in Johannesburg. It was forced by the authorities to suspend operations in late 2018.[2] The airline successfully launched a High Court challenge and the grounding was overturned. The CAA then again grounded the Airline in January 2019 and CemAir challenged the decision before the Civil Aviation Appeal Committee. On 29 April 2019, the CAAC issued a judgement in favour of the airline, calling the CAA's actions "irrational, arbitrary, unreasonable and procedurally unfair" and "factually wrong."[3]

CemAir

IATA ICAO Callsign 5Z KEM CEMAIR
Founded	2005
Hubs	OR Tambo International Airport
Frequent-flyer program	SKYREWARDS
Fleet size	23
Headquarters	Kempton Park, South Africa
Key people	Miles van der Molen (CEO)[1]
Website	cemair.co.za

History

The company was formed in 2005[4] with the purpose of operating turboprop commuter aircraft, with the initial fleet consisting of 1 Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft and 3 Beechcraft 1900C aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2018, the South African Civil Aviation Authority withdrew the Certificate of Airworthiness for 12 of the airline's aircraft due to allegedly unqualified personnel certifying the aircraft as airworthy.[5]

In December 2018, the airline was grounded until further notice by the South African aviation authorities, stating safety reasons.[2][6] The decision was challenged and the CAA decision was overturned by the Civil Aviation Appeal Committee.[7]

In January 2021, CemAir signed an interline agreement with Ethiopian Airlines.[8]

Corporate affairs

Head office

CemAir's head office and engineering and maintenance facility are located in Hangar 6 OR Tambo International Airport.[9]

Destinations

Charter operations

Based at OR Tambo International Airport, South Africa, a large portion of the fleet is deployed outside of South Africa. The main foreign deployments are to Mali in West Africa, Gaborone, Botswana, and Juba, South Sudan.^{[citation needed]}

Scheduled destinations

Domestic

• Bloemfontein - Bloemfontein Airport
• Cape Town - Cape Town International Airport
• George - George Airport
• Hoedspruit - Hoedspruit Airport
• Johannesburg - O.R. Tambo International Airport hub
• Margate - Margate Airport
• Plettenberg Bay - Plettenberg Bay Airport
• Sishen - Sishen Airport
• Richards Bay - Richards Bay Airport suspended
• Kimberley - Kimberley Airport
• Durban - King Shaka International Airport
• Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) - Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport

International

• Luanda, Angola - Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport
• Lusaka, Zambia - Kenneth Kaunda International Airport suspended
• Maputo, Mozambique - Maputo International Airport
• Vilankulo, Mozambique - Vilankulo Airport

Fleet

As of January 2021^[update], the CemAir fleet consists of the following aircraft:

CemAir Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Notes
Airbus A319-100	0	3	[10]
Beechcraft 1900C	-	-
Beechcraft 1900D	7	-
Bombardier CRJ-100	5	-	ZS-CRJ operating for United Nations
Bombardier CRJ-200	2	-
Bombardier CRJ-900	3	1
Bombardier Dash 8-100	1	-
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300	2	-
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400	4	1
Total	21	3

Accidents and incidents

CemAir suffered two hull losses in 2008 with aircraft leased out to 3rd parties, one in South Sudan and the other in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• On 2 May 2008, a CemAir-owned Beechcraft 1900 - registered in Kenya and operated by Kenyan-based Flex Air Cargo - was flying from Wau to Juba, South Sudan when it crashed near Rumbek, killing all nineteen passengers and two crew. Among the passengers were two senior officials of the Sudan People's Liberation Army and their wives.[11]
• On 1 September 2008, an Air Serv-leased nineteen passenger Beechcraft 1900C crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 15 km northwest of Bukavu[12][13] carrying two crew and fifteen passengers.[14][15][16][17] The aircraft was wet leased at the time and flown by crew from Cemair, which was then based at Lanseria International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight was arriving at Bukavu following technical service at N'Dolo Airport, Kinshasa.[18] The aircraft crashed into a mountainous ridge.[19] Passengers included twelve Congolese, one French, one Indian, and one Canadian.[20]

References

На других языках

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[de] CemAir

CemAir ist eine südafrikanische Charter- und Linienfluggesellschaft mit Sitz in Johannesburg und Basis auf dem Flughafen O. R. Tambo.

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- [en] CemAir

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[es] CEM Air

CEM Air es una compañía de alquiler de aeronaves con base en el Aeropuerto de Lanseria, Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica.

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[fr] CemAir

CemAir (Pty) Ltd est une société privée de compagnie aérienne opérant en Afrique du Sud, qui dessert des destinations touristiques populaires et des villes d'affaires importantes et effectue des contrats de location d'avions pour d'autres compagnies aériennes à travers l'Afrique et le Moyen-Orient. La compagnie est basée à Johannesbourg.

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[ru] CEM Air

CEM Air — южноафриканская авиационная лизинговая компания со штаб-квартирой в Лансерия, пригород Йоханнесбурга, ЮАР.

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