CemAir explained

Airline:CemAir
Iata:5Z
Icao:KEM
Callsign:CEMAIR
Founded:2005
Frequent Flyer:Skyrewards
Fleet Size:26
Headquarters:Kempton Park, South Africa
Key People:[1]

CemAir (Pty) South Africa, servicing popular tourist destinations and important business towns, as well as leasing aircraft to other airlines across Africa. The airline's head office and engineering and maintenance facility are located in Hangar 6 OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg.[2]

History

The company was formed in 2005[3] with the purpose of operating turboprop commuter aircraft, with the initial fleet consisting of 1 Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft and 3 Beechcraft 1900C aircraft. 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. It was subsequently forced by the authorities to suspend operations in late 2018. 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."[4] [5] [6] [7]

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

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.

Scheduled destinations

Cemair operates to the following destinations as per the FlyCemair website.[9]

Domestic

International

Fleet

, the CemAir fleet consists of the following aircraft:[12] [13]

AircraftIn FleetOrdersPassengersNotes
Beechcraft 1900D4 - 19
Bombardier CRJ1004 - 50
Bombardier CRJ2004 - 50
Bombardier CRJ7002—70
Bombardier CRJ9005 - 90
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-1001 - 37
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q3002 - 50
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q4004 - 78
Total26 -

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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://za.linkedin.com/in/miles-van-der-molen-b6076a38?trk=pub-pbmap{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  2. Web site: CemAir - Specialised Aircraft Leasing Company - About Us . 2016-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160809000202/http://www.cemair.co.za/about_us.html . 2016-08-09 . dead .
  3. Web site: Planespotters. 28 February 2020. Cemair Fleet Details and History. 2020-06-05. www.planespotters.net.
  4. Web site: Judgement.
  5. Web site: CemAir grounded over safety concerns. Independent Online.
  6. Web site: CemAir flights still grounded after failed court bid. Fin24.
  7. News: Mkentane . Luyolo . CAA's 'irrational' decision to ground CemAir is overturned . 7 May 2022 . BusinessLIVE . 13 May 2019 . en-ZA.
  8. Web site: Ethiopian Airlines – oft cited as a possible SAA saviour – just did a local deal.
  9. https://www.flycemair.co.za/ FlyCemair website
  10. Web site: CemAir sees gold in Maun . 16 February 2023 .
  11. News: Fraser . Luke . Two new international flights launching in South Africa . Businesstech.co.za . 3 July 2023 . 3 July 2023.
  12. https://cemair.co.za/wp/fleet/ cemair.co.za - Fleet
  13. Web site: CemAir Fleet Details and History . 24 December 2023.
  14. http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article26976 "South Sudan declares three-day mourning for crash victims"
  15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7593405.stm "'No survivors' in DR Congo crash"
  16. Joe Bavier "Aid plane crashes in Congo, no sign of survivors" Reuters 2 September 2008
  17. http://www.airserv.org/main.cfm?action=newsroom&sub=article&art=50 Air Serv press release
  18. News: Discussion about airplane crashed in Congo. 2008-09-02. 2017-08-31. EN.
  19. https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=27892&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo "Aid plane with 17 on board crashes in eastern DR Congo"
  20. https://www.un.org/apps/newsFr/storyF.asp?NewsID=17199&Cr=RDC&Cr1=OCHA "RDC: Un avion humanitaire de l'ONU avec 17 personnes à bord s'écrase dans l'est"
  21. http://www.radiookapi.net/index.php?i=53&a=20151 "Crash d’avion près de Bukavu, 17 morts"
  22. http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2386836,00.html "SA pilot killed in DRC crash"
  23. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jkYN3vME5I3fy54kQQH9F-teBpxA "Crash au Kivu: les secours n'ont pas encore pu atteindre l'épave, selon l'ONU"
  24. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900C-1 ZS-OLD Bukavu-Kavumu Airport (BKY) .

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