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Federal Air is a South African airline headquartered at O. R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg.1
Last updated Oct 18, 2026.
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Federal Air is a South African airline headquartered at O. R. Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg. It specializes in flights to luxury safari lodges and operates air shuttle, scheduled, and charter services throughout Southern Africa.2
History
The airline was established in 1989 as Comair Charters (Natal). It was rebranded as Federal Air (Fedair) in 1993. The company later acquired and absorbed Pelican Air Services to expand its scheduled air shuttle services. In 2012, Federal Air merged with Bateleur Air Charter.
From Wikipedia’s article on Federal Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
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