Avex Air

Avex Group is a family owned South African group with roots back to 1965. Its head office is in Johannesburg, South Africa, at Avex House in Kempton Park. The group provides aviation services, aviation information products, professional tools and pilot supplies.

The group started in 1965 as a family run flying training company. In the 1960s to 1980s, Avex Air grew into a major general aviation company in Southern Africa. Its fleet included more than 60 aircraft that flew training, charter, survey, crop spraying and maintenance work.

Avex Information Products began in the 1980s. It distributes technical standards, libraries and software to aviation, defence and intelligence sectors. Its products include aviation maintenance libraries, regulatory documents and navigation charts.

Avex Professional Tools began in the 1990s. The site says it supplies tools to aerospace and aviation users and to motor, industrial and mining businesses. It lists more than 100,000 line items.

Avex Air Transport provides aircraft charter and aircraft management. Avex Air Technical provides aircraft maintenance under its operations specification. The site says the group's pilots have owned or operated more than 130 aircraft.

The site says the family owners have more than 48,000 flight hours between them. It lists branches in Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg, and a Pilot Shop with study notes from private pilot to airline transport pilot. Phone numbers are 041 363 8222 and 011 974 4855.