Pelican Air Services was a trading name of Federal Air

Federal Air

Federal Air is an airline headquartered in Hangar 14 on the grounds of OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, South Africa, near Johannesburg....

, an airline based in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa

South Africa

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. It now trades under the name Federal Air, and no longer uses the Pelican Air branding.

It operated scheduled services. Its main base was OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, with hubs at Vilankulo Airport

Vilankulo Airport

Vilankulo Airport is an airport in Mozambique that serves the city of Vilankulo in the Inhambane Province.-Modernisation:In 2009 a Chinese company called Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation began construction work on the airport with an estimated cost of US$ 9 million...

, Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

 and at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport

Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport located north east of Nelspruit. It serves travelers to Kruger National Park and there are also scheduled passenger flights to Johannesburg and, less frequently, to other South African cities....

.

History

The airline was established in 2001 and started operations on 19 March 2001. It was owned by PWD Farquhar (67%) and JF Pienaar (33%) and had 19 employees (at March 2007)..

Destinations

Pelican Air Services operated services from Johannesburg to Vilanculos, and onto the Bazaruto Archipelago

Bazaruto Archipelago

The Bazaruto Archipelago is a group of six islands in Mozambique, near the mainland city of Vilankulo. It comprises the islands of Bazaruto, Benguerra, Magaruque, Banque, Santa Carolina and Shell....

 in association with Mozambique airline, ASAS de Moçambique.

Fleet

As of 29 November 2009 the Pelican Air Services fleet included :

• 1 ATR 42-320 (which was operated by Solenta Aviation
  Solenta Aviation
  Solenta Aviation is an airline based in Johannesburg, South Africa, with its maintenance base at Lanseria International Airport. The company was founded in 2002 and operates cargo flights on regional routes throughout the Sub-Saharan Africa on behalf of DHL Aviation, as well as passenger charter...
  
  )