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NAC Asks Why Everyone Ignores Africa
South Africa’s National Airways Corp. is doing very well but says African aviation companies struggle to be taken seriously by OEMs.

Visiting EBACE yesterday National Airways Corporation (NAC) of South Africa executives were spreading the word about Africa as a growing market where professionalism is as high as anywhere else. Martin Banner, NAC ceo, told AIN as he walked the halls here that the rest of the world seems to ignore Africa. Yet NAC is a major player comparable with any in the U.S. or Europe.

For 69 years NAC has been the largest GA company in the continent. With headquarters at Lanseria near Johannesburg, where the company runs an FBO, the company is active in a wide range of activities including aircraft sales, maintenance, training and flying operations. The breadth of its operations and its adaptability to market conditions has allowed it to remain profitable through periods where one or other sectors have seen downturns.