Trek Airways

Trek Airways was an airline based in South Africa that operated from August 1953 until April 1994.

Founded in 1953 by retired German Generalmajor Friedrich Wilhelm von Mellenthin (1904–1997), Trek Airways was the only South African airline apart from SAA to fly international services.

Trek operated from London, Düsseldorf, Vienna and Luxembourg to Windhoek and Johannesburg with two or three intermediate stops.

In 1991, politics changed again and the South African Government deregulated its aviation policy.

Trek Airways applied for and was granted a license for a South African domestic service, in direct competition to SAA.