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{{Short description|Airline of Botswana}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline = Mack Air
| image = Mack_Air_Logo.jpg
| caption =
| IATA = -
| ICAO = MKB
| callsign = Greentail
| founded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] -->
| commenced = 1994
| ceased =
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| bases = <!-- {{plainlist|*[[Airport Name1]] }} -->
| hubs =
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| frequent_flyer =
| fleet_size = See [[#Fleet|Fleet]] below
| destinations = <!-- See [[#Destinations|Destinations]] below -->
| parent =
| headquarters = [[Maun, Botswana]]
| key_people = Stuart and Lara Mackay
| num_employees = 110 (2021)
| website = {{URL|mackair.co.bw}}
}}
[[File:Mack Air aircraft at sunset v1.jpg|thumb|Mack Air Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft in Maun, Botswana]]
[[File:Citation M2 Kasane v1.jpg|thumb|Mack Air Cessna Citation M2 over the Zambezi River in flood season]]
[[File:Mack-air.jpg|thumb|Former company logo]]
'''Mack Air''' is a [[charter airline]] based in [[Maun, Botswana]]. The company has been operating in northern Botswana since 1994.
The company provides aircraft for [[Air charter|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 Desert|Kalahari]] regions of Botswana.<ref name="Mack">{{cite web|url = http://www.mackair.co.bw/|title = Mack Air|access-date = 2015-09-21|author = Mack Air}}</ref>
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."<ref name="BTG">{{Cite web|url = http://www.botswana-travel-guide.com/bradt_guide.asp?bradt=933|title = Flight companies|access-date = 28 December 2010|last = Botswana Travel Guide}}</ref>
==History==
Mack Air was founded at [[Maun Airport]], Botswana in 1994 by Lara and Stuart Mackay with a single [[Cessna 206 Stationair]].<ref name="AW 7-23">{{cite journal |last1=Spaeth |first1=Andreas |title=Botswana's sky-high bush safari |journal=Airliner World |date=July 2023 |issue=288 |pages=53–61}}</ref>
In 2007 Mack Air employed 15 people and in 2019 reported 50 employees, including 19 pilots. By 2021 it had 110 employees, including 30 pilots.<ref name="ACG">{{cite web|url = http://www.aircharterguide.com/Operator_Info/MACK_AIR/828|title = Operator Details - Mack Air|access-date = 2009-11-07|last = Penton Media|year = 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mackair.co.bw/about_mackair.htm |title=About Mac Air |access-date=2016-03-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825195410/http://www.mackair.co.bw/about_mackair.htm |archive-date=2011-08-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mackair.co.bw/about/|title=About &#124; MackAir|date=July 22, 2020|website=www.mackair.co.bw}}</ref>
In 2017, the company took delivery of ten new [[Cessna Grand Caravan]] EXs as part of its fleet expansion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.avcom.co.za/aerocont/?p=1718|title=Botswana's Mack Air Takes Delivery of 10 Cessna Caravan EX's|website=www.avcom.co.za}}</ref>
In 2019, Mack Air became the first private commercial operator in Botswana to be issued an International Scheduled Air Service Licence.<ref>https://www.mackair.co.bw/scheduled/</ref>
==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 [[Medevac|evacuated]] to a South African hospital.<ref name="Ontebetse">{{Cite news|url = http://gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5029:five-injured-in-aircraft-crash&catid=18:headlines&Itemid=2|title = Five injured in aircraft crash|access-date = 14 December 2010|last = Ontebetse|first = Khonani|date = January 2010|work = Botswana Gazette|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711081417/http://gazettebw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5029:five-injured-in-aircraft-crash&catid=18:headlines&Itemid=2|archive-date = 11 July 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="ASN2010">{{Cite web|url = http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20100106-0|title = Accident description|access-date = 14 December 2010|last = Aviation Safety Network|date=January 2010}}</ref>
== Destinations ==
The following is a list of destinations Mack Air flies to as part of its scheduled services, {{As of|2022|02|lc=y}}:<ref name="routes.html#scheduled">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mackair.co.bw/scheduled/|title=Scheduled Services &#124; MackAir|date=August 13, 2020|website=www.mackair.co.bw|access-date=7 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Kasane]] - [[Kasane Airport]]
*[[Victoria Falls]] - [[Victoria Falls Airport]]
==Fleet==
*[[Cessna Citation M2]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Our Fleet|url = https://www.mackair.co.bw/our-*fleet/|author=Mack Air|website = www.mackair.co.bw| date=22 July 2020 |access-date = 7 February 2022}}</ref>
*[[Cessna 208 Caravan|Cessna 208 Grand Caravan EX]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[Cessna 210 Centurion]]<ref name=":0" />
*[[GippsAero GA8 Airvan]]<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mack Air}}
*{{Official website|http://www.mackair.co.bw}}
[[Category:Airlines of Botswana]]
[[Category:Tourism in Botswana]]
[[Category:Botswana companies]]