Private company
South African based airline
Pelican Air Services was a trading name of Federal Air, an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It now trades under the name Federal Air, and no longer uses the Pelican Air branding. It operated scheduled services.2 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Pelican Air Services was a trading name of Federal Air, an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa. It now trades under the name Federal Air, and no longer uses the Pelican Air branding.2
The airline was established by PWD Farquhar in the late 1990s in association with TTA Mozambique. In 2001 JF Pienaar joined the company (PWD Farquhar (67%) and JF Pienaar (33%)) and had 19 employees (at March 2007).
From Wikipedia’s article on Pelican Air Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
Pelican Air Services operated services from Johannesburg to Vilanculos, and onto the Bazaruto Archipelago in association with Mozambique airline, ASAS de Moçambique.
As of 29 November 2009 the Pelican Air Services fleet included:
1 ATR 42-320 (which was operated by Solenta Aviation)
From Wikipedia’s article on Pelican Air Services, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3
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