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Interair South Africa

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Airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa

Inter Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd, which traded as Interair South Africa, was a privately owned airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It operated scheduled passenger services from Johannesburg to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base was O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1993Founded1

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Interair South Africa Boeing 737-200 Volpati
Photo: Christian Volpati, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons5

Inter Aviation Services (Pty) Ltd, which traded as Interair South Africa, was a privately owned airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It operated scheduled passenger services from Johannesburg to regional destinations in Africa. Its main base was O. R. Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.2

The story

The airline was established, by Aeronautical Investments, as Inter Air Lines at Lanseria in 1979; it was renamed to Interair in 1993 and started operations in 1994. It initially operated domestic services, but these later ceased. Regional services were started in April 1995, and the airline ceased operations altogether in late August 2015, following the death of Executive Chairman David Tokoph on 18 August 2015.

Interair South Africa was a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA/IOSA certified), and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA).

From Wikipedia’s article on Interair South Africa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

Destinations

Interair South Africa appeared to operate services to the following international scheduled destinations (according to the company website), as of August 2015:

Codeshare agreements

As of June 2014, the airline had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Air Tanzania (Dar es Salaam–Johannesburg)

Fleet

The Interair South Africa fleet comprised the following aircraft (as of August 2017):

From Wikipedia’s article on Interair South Africa, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1993Founded Founded1

Sources

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