Mack Air

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 and in 2019 reported 50 employees, including 19 pilots.[1][2]

Mack Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
- MKB Greentail
Commenced operations1994
Fleet sizeSee Fleet below
HeadquartersMaun, Botswana
Key peopleStuart and Lara Mackay
Employees50 (2019)
Websitemackair.co.bw
Mack Air Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft in Maun, Botswana
Mack Air Cessna Citation M2 over the Zambezi River in flood season
Company former logo

The company provides aircraft for charter, scenic, medical evacuation and services a wide range of tourist destinations within Botswana and the Southern Africa region; as well as providing supply flights to camps and lodges within the Okavango Delta and Kalahari regions of Botswana.[3]

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."[4]

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.[5][6]

Destinations

Following is a list of destinations Mack Air flies to as part of its scheduled services, as of April 2020:[7]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
NamibiaWindhoekHosea Kutako International Airport—[8]

Fleet

References
  1. Penton Media (2007). "Operator Details - Mack Air". Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2016-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Mack Air (n.d.). "Mack Air". Retrieved 2015-09-21.
  4. Botswana Travel Guide (n.d.). "Flight companies". Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  5. Ontebetse, Khonani (January 2010). "Five injured in aircraft crash". Botswana Gazette. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  6. Aviation Safety Network (January 2010). "Accident description". Retrieved 14 December 2010.
  7. https://www.mackair.co.bw/routes.html#scheduled
  9. "Index of /fleet/pages_fleet". www.mackair.co.bw. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
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