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Comair Limited, founded by the Novick and Moritz families is an airline based in South Africa that operates scheduled services on domestic routes as a British Airways franchisee (and an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance) and also as a low-cost carrier under its own kulula.com brand. Its main base is OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, with focus cities at Cape Town International Airport and King Shaka International Airport. Its headquarters are near OR Tambo in the Bonaero Park area of Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng.〔"(Contact Us )." Comair. Retrieved on 30 September 2009. "Comair Limited Physical address: Cnr Atlas Road and Marignane Drive Bonaero Park 1619 South Africa"〕 == History == Comair General Aviation Holdings was initially formed on the 17 December 1943 as Commercial Air Services. The company began charter operations on 15 June 1946 using Fairchild F-24/UC-61K Argus Mk III aircraft. Scheduled services between Rand Airport, Johannesburg and Durban began on 1 July 1948, using a Cessna Model 195. In 1978 Mr Donald (Dave) Novick negotiated a management buyout of Comair's aviation assets. A lengthy legal battle ensued between, Mr Novick and the Pickard Group. On the 5th of June 1978, Mr Justice George Colman rendered a 291-page document in favor of Novick. In doing so, Mr Colman established twelve precedents in South African corporate law; the litigation is now considered to be a landmark case. When Novick joined Comair in 1961, the company had some 50 employees and operated two Douglas DC-3 aircraft. Under his direction, the company expanded its fleet into jet aircraft after the de-regulation of South African airline routes in 1991, and today Comair operates 24 Boeing 737 aircraft with almost 2 000 staff. Mr Novick pioneered a strong relationship with British Airways plc and a partnership through a franchise arrangement, which is highly valued by both British Airways and by Comair, as demonstrated by British Airways subsequently taking a shareholding in Comair. In 2001 kulula.com was established, by co-founders Gidon Novick and Eric Venter, as the first low-cost airline in South Africa. The airline, over a period of 10 years has maintained its lead in this segment of the market, serving both leisure customers as well as the country’s business needs. Comair’s success during this period is particularly unique in that the airline has an unbroken 63 year profit history and an internationally recognised and enviable safety record. The government of the British Overseas Territory Saint Helena and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) announced in March 2015 that it had reached agreement with Comair for the provision of weekly air services from Johannesburg, to commence in 2016, when the Atlantic island's airport opens for revenue service.〔"()"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comair (South Africa)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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