{{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 = | aoc = | bases = <!-- {{plainlist|*Airport Name1 }} --> | hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | fleet_size = See Fleet below | destinations = <!-- See Destinations below --> | parent = | headquarters = Maun, Botswana | key_people = Stuart and Lara Mackay | num_employees = 110 (2021) | website = {{URL|mackair.co.bw}} }}

thumb|Mack Air Cessna Grand Caravan EX aircraft in Maun, Botswana thumb|Mack Air Cessna Citation M2 over the Zambezi River in flood season 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 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 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 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 Grand Caravan EX<ref name=":0" /> *Cessna 210 Centurion<ref name=":0" /> *GippsAero GA8 Airvan<ref name=":0" />

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Mack Air}} *{{Official website|http://www.mackair.co.bw}}

Category:Airlines of Botswana Category:Tourism in Botswana Category:Botswana companies Category:Airlines established in 1994