Safair
Safair is an airline based at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, South Africa. It operates one of the world's largest fleets of civil Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft.
Key facts
- Airline.airline
- Safair
- Airline.logo
- Safair logo.svg
- Airline.IATA
- FA
- Airline.ICAO
- SFR
- Airline.callsign
- CARGO
- Airline.founded
- 1965
- Airline.headquarters
- Dublin, Ireland
- Airline.hubs
- O.R. Tambo International Airport
- Airline.fleet_size
- 34
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Safair is an airline based at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, South Africa. It operates one of the world's largest fleets of civil Lockheed L-100 Hercules cargo aircraft.
== History == Safair Operations as it is known today was established in 1965. At the time it was known as Tropair (Pty) Ltd and was a general aviation charter company. In 1970 the company name changed to Safair Freighters (Pty) Ltd when the company was purchased by Safmarine and the new entity began operations on 18 March 1970. Its primary client in the 1980s was the South African Defence Force.