{{Short description|Airline of Botswana}} {{Infobox airline | airline = Wilderness Air | image = WildernessAirLogo2011.png | image_size = | alt = | IATA = | ICAO = WLD | callsign = WILDERNESS | founded = 1991 | commenced = | ceased = | aoc = | bases = Maun, Botswana | hubs = Maun International Airport | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = 22 | destinations = | parent = | num_employees = | headquarters = Maun, Botswana | key_people = {{unbulleted list |Kago Paul (General Manager)}} | founders = {{unbulleted list |Neil Lumsden |Suzy Lumsden}} | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | website = {{url|https://www.wilderness-air.com}} }}
'''Wilderness Air''', formerly known as '''Sefofane Air Charter''', is an air charter company headquartered in Botswana, Africa.<ref name="Location">{{cite web|url = http://www.sefofane.com/location.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716035738/http://www.sefofane.com/location.html|url-status = usurped|archive-date = July 16, 2011|title = Where we are|accessdate = 10 May 2010|last = Sefofane Air Charters|authorlink = |date = n.d.}}</ref><ref name="NamibiaInfo">{{cite web|url =http://namibia.mydestinationinfo.com/en/sefofane-air-charters|title = Sefofane Air Charters|accessdate = 2 June 2010|last = myDestinationInfo.com Ltd|authorlink = |year = 2010}}</ref> It operates regularly scheduled and sole-use charter flights, as well as limited cargo operations. It also owns and operates a charity called Children in the Wilderness which offers children in rural areas flights and educates them about their camps and local wildlife.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-28 |title=Wilderness Air Botswana celebrates 30 years of aviation excellence |url=https://businessweekly.co.bw/news/wilderness-air-botswana-celebrates-30-years-of-aviation-excellence |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=The Business Weekly & Review |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Nagy |first=Colin |date=2020-01-03 |title=A Bush Pilot Who Always Longs to Return to African Skies |url=https://skift.com/2020/01/03/a-bush-pilot-who-always-longs-to-return-to-african-skies/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Skift |language=en-US}}</ref> It further operates the first flight simulator in Botswana, to train pilots on the Cessna 208B Grand Caravan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=botsunplugged |date=2022-09-16 |title=Wilderness Air Botswana to launch first flight simulator in Maun - Botswana Unplugged |url=https://botswanaunplugged.com/wilderness-air-botswana-to-launch-first-flight-simulator-in-maun/ |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=Botswana Unplugged - The News {{!}} The Beat {{!}} The Style |language=en-GB}}</ref>
==History== thumb|right|former logo The company was founded in 1991 as Sefofane Air Charter by Neil and Suzy Lumsden operating one Cessna 206.<ref name="NamibiaInfo" />
The company operates in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The airline's main base of operations is in Maun, Botswana.<ref name="Location" />
==Fleet== Wilderness operates the following aircraft:
*Cessna 208B Grand Caravan *Cessna 210 Centurion
== Accidents and incidents== The company had a fatal Cessna 210 accident in April 2010. The aircraft apparently broke up in mid air during a flight from Damaraland to Swakopmund, Namibia. The pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, was killed.<ref name="Hartman">{{cite web|url = http://www.namibian.com.na/news/full-story/archive/2010/april/article/pilot-killed-in-plane-crash/|title = Pilot killed in plane crash|accessdate = 10 May 2010|last = Hartman|first = Adam|authorlink = |date=April 2010}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|https://www.wilderness-air.com/}}
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