Nationwide Airlines

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Nationwide Airlines is an airline based in Lanseria, South Africa. Nationwide is South Africa's third full-service airline after South African Airways and Comair. The airline serves domestic and regional destinations and recently began international flights to London Gatwick Airport using a Boeing 767-300ER. Its main base is OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Destinations
4 Fleet
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: CE
ICAO Code: NTW
Callsign: NATIONWIDE ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was founded in 1995 by Chief Executive Vernon Bricknell and began operating charter services within Africa for the United Nations and the World Food Programme, as well as ad hoc passenger and cargo charters. Domestic scheduled operations were started in December 1995 under Nationwide Airlines, which is now one of four companies within the group that consists of Nationwide Air Charter, Nationwide Aircraft Maintenance and Nationwide Aircraft Support. In 2003 it inaugurated an intercontinental service with widebody aircraft ^[2].

Nationwide plans to expand its international operations with flights to Munich and possibly Shanghai or Peking. A second 767 was to enter service in November 2006, however Nationwide failed to secure the purchase. Aircraft also under consideration for the longhaul routes are the Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 777-200ER. The airline is also in the process of updating its shorthaul fleet, introducing its first Boeing 737-500 into service in February 2005, becoming the first operator of the -500 type in South Africa. ^[3]