Commenced operations 1994 Key people Stuart and Lara Mackay Headquarters Maun | Fleet size See Fleet below Employees 19 pilots (2016) | |
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Landing at maun in a mack air quest kodiak
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.
Contents
- Landing at maun in a mack air quest kodiak
- Flying the okavango delta with mack air
- Accidents and incidents
- Fleet
- References
The company provides charter aircraft for aerial photography, tourist travel and supply flights to game lodges, medical evacuations, scenic flights.
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."
Flying the okavango delta with mack air
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.