Sun Air (Southwestern Air Service)

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Sun Air originated from Mafiking Air Services in 1978. It was renamed to Mmabatho Air Service and was renamed again, to Bop Air, after Bophuthatswana in 1994 and the reincorporation of Bantustans into South Africa. Ownership of the airline transferred from the government of Bophuthatswana to the newly-created North West Province which took over much of Bophuthatswana’s former territory, prior to the airline’s planned privatisation in 1997. The airline was called Mafikeng Air Service between 1978 and 1979, and Mmabatho Air Service till 1986. It ceased operations and into liquidation in 1999

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