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Airline in South Africa

CemAir

IATA	ICAO	Call sign
5Z	KEM	CEMAIR

Founded

2005

Hubs

OR Tambo International Airport

Frequent-flyer program

Skyrewards

Fleet size

Headquarters

Kempton Park,South Africa

Key people

Miles van der Molen (CEO)^[1]

Website

cemair.co.za

CemAir (Pty) is an airline fromSouth Africa servicing tourist destinations and business towns, as well as leasing aircraft to other airlines acrossAfrica. The airline's head office and engineering and maintenance facility are located in Hangar 6OR Tambo International Airport inJohannesburg.^[2]

History

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The company was formed in 2005 with the purpose of operating turboprop commuter aircraft, with the initial fleet consisting of 1Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft and 3Beechcraft 1900C aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

In January 2018, theSouth African Civil Aviation Authority withdrew theCertificate of Airworthiness for 12 of the airline's aircraft due to allegedly unqualified personnel certifying the aircraft as airworthy. It was subsequently forced by the authorities to suspend operations in late 2018.^[3] The airline successfully launched aHigh Court challenge, and the grounding was overturned. The CAA then again grounded the Airline in January 2019 and CemAir challenged the decision before the Civil Aviation Appeal Committee. On 29 April 2019, the CAAC issued a judgement in favour of the airline, calling the CAA's actions "irrational, arbitrary, unreasonable and procedurally unfair" and "factually wrong."^[4]^[3]^[5]^[6]

In January 2021, CemAir signed an interline agreement withEthiopian Airlines.^[7]

Destinations

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Charter operations

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Based atOR Tambo International Airport,South Africa, a large portion of the fleet is deployed outside ofSouth Africa. The main foreign deployments are toMali in West Africa,Gaborone, Botswana, andJuba, South Sudan.^{[citation needed]}

Scheduled destinations

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Cemair operates to the following destinations as per the FlyCemair website.^[8]

Domestic

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International

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Maputo,Mozambique -Maputo International Airport
Kasane, Botswana -Kasane Airport
Maun, Botswana -Maun Airport^[9]
Victoria Falls,Zimbabwe -Victoria Falls Airport^[10]

Fleet

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As of August 2025^[update], CemAir operates the following aircraft:^[11]

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers
Beechcraft 1900D	5	—	19
Bombardier CRJ100	3	—	50
Bombardier CRJ200	4	—	50
Bombardier CRJ700	1	—	70
Bombardier CRJ900	6	—	90
De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100	1	—	37
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q300	2	—	50
De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400	4	—	78
Total	26	—

Accidents and incidents

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CemAir suffered two hull losses in 2008 with aircraft leased out to 3rd parties, one inSouth Sudan and the other in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.

On 2 May 2008, a CemAir-ownedBeechcraft 1900 - registered inKenya and operated by Kenyan-based Flex Air Cargo - was flying fromWau toJuba, South Sudan when it crashed nearRumbek, killing all nineteen passengers and two crew. Among the passengers were two senior officials of theSudan People's Liberation Army and their wives.^[12]
On 1 September 2008, anAir Serv-leased nineteen passengerBeechcraft 1900C crashed in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo, about 15 km northwest ofBukavu^[13]^[14] carrying two crew and fifteen passengers.^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] The aircraft waswet leased at the time and flown by crew from Cemair, which was then based atLanseria International Airport,Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight was arriving at Bukavu following technical service atN'Dolo Airport,Kinshasa.^[19] The aircraft crashed into a mountainous ridge.^[20] Passengers included twelve Congolese, one French, one Indian, and one Canadian.^[21] All 17 occupants were killed.^[22]

References

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^https://za.linkedin.com/in/miles-van-der-molen-b6076a38?trk=pub-pbmap^{[permanent dead link]}
^"CemAir - Specialised Aircraft Leasing Company - About Us". Archived fromthe original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved6 July 2016.
^^a ^b"CemAir grounded over safety concerns". Independent Online.
^"Judgement"(PDF).
^"CemAir flights still grounded after failed court bid". Fin24.
^Mkentane, Luyolo (13 May 2019)."CAA's 'irrational' decision to ground CemAir is overturned".BusinessLIVE. Retrieved7 May 2022.
^"Ethiopian Airlines – oft cited as a possible SAA saviour – just did a local deal".
^FlyCemair website
^"CemAir sees gold in Maun". 16 February 2023.
^Fraser, Luke (3 July 2023)."Two new international flights launching in South Africa".Businesstech.co.za. Retrieved3 July 2023.
^"Global Airline Guide 2025 - CemAir".Airliner World. September 2025. p. 74.
^"South Sudan declares three-day mourning for crash victims"Sudan Tribune 3 May 2008
^"'No survivors' in DR Congo crash"BBC News 2 September 2008
^Joe Bavier"Aid plane crashes in Congo, no sign of survivors"Reuters 2 September 2008
^Air Serv press release Archived 2008-09-04 at theWayback Machine
^"Discussion about airplane crashed in Congo". 2 September 2008. Retrieved31 August 2017.
^"Aid plane with 17 on board crashes in eastern DR Congo"United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2 September 2008
^"RDC: Un avion humanitaire de l'ONU avec 17 personnes à bord s'écrase dans l'est" (in French)United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 2 September 2008
^"Crash d’avion près de Bukavu, 17 morts" (in French)Radio Okapi, 2 September 2008
^"SA pilot killed in DRC crash"Archived 2008-09-08 at theWayback MachineNews24 2 September 2008
^"Crash au Kivu: les secours n'ont pas encore pu atteindre l'épave, selon l'ONU" (in French) 3 September 2008Archived September 6, 2008, at theWayback Machine
^"ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft 1900C-1 ZS-OLD Bukavu-Kavumu Airport (BKY)".

External links

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Media related toCemAir at Wikimedia Commons

Official website

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