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Maluti Sky is an airline based at Moshoeshoe I International Airport in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. It offers scheduled and charter flights. The airline was founded in 2009 as MGC Airlines, becoming the first privately owned airline in Lesotho. It is also the only airline based in the country since Lesotho Airways ceased operations in 1996. Maluti Sky began passenger flights to Johannesburg in March 2016.
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History
Maluti Sky was founded in 2009 as MGC Airlines. The founder, entrepreneur Sam Matekane, says he was inspired to start the airline after King Letsie III was stranded in Paris because of a strike by Air France pilots in November 2008. MGC Aviation was officially launched on 23 February 2010 with King Letsie III and Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili in attendance. The airline began charter operations using a Hawker 700A and a Eurocopter EC135.
In April 2012, the airline received its first CRJ200 aircraft, followed by a second in 2013. The aircraft were initially used on charter flights and by other African airlines. In June 2015, MGC Airlines rebranded as Maluti Sky.
On 29 March 2016, the airline launched scheduled operations with flights to O. R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Flights operate five times a week using CRJ200 aircraft.
Destinations
Maluti Sky operates scheduled flights to the following destinations as of April 2016:
Fleet
As of April 2016 Maluti Sky operates the following aircraft: