Comair

Founded in 1946 as a charter company, Comair Limited has evolved over the past seven decades to become, a diversified group, operating airline, training, catering, hospitality and travel brands. Today it operates the most modern fleet in South Africa, offering scheduled and non-scheduled airline services within South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, under its low-fare airline brand, kulula.com, as well as under the British Airways livery, as part of a license agreement. Its catering division, Food Directions, originally launched to cater to the airline brands, now also provides a range of health and other food products to retailers. Its award-winning domestic and international SLOW lounges have set the standards for airline hospitality in South Africa. It is expanding this offering, while its reputation as a lounge operator has resulted in management contracts from other companies. Investment in technology to improve operational efficiency and offer innovative products to travel agencies and consumers has seen it become the country’s largest digital travel distribution network, covered under the Comair Travel brand. The Comair Training Centre, originally founded in early 2000 to train the airline’s own flight and cabin crew has grown considerably and now provides operational training for pilots and crew from other domestic and international airlines and even overseas air forces. Comair is a successful, diversified, innovative travel and aviation group and a South African industry leader. It delivers returns for its shareholders, offers wide-ranging opportunities for employees, provides value and service to its customers and contributes significantly to aviation, travel and tourism in the region.