The airline traces it roots as far back as 1948, under the name of Comair, the parent company of Kulula.  With the new South African Aviation regulations, Comair was able to begin its first scheduled service using a new Cessna model 195. Carrying a pilot and four passengers, the Cessna followed the daily return route from Johannesburg to Durban via Kroonstad, Odendaalsrus, Bloemfontein, Bethlehem and Ladysmith. However, not being commercially viable, when Government support was rejected, the service was to come to an end. At the time, the Anglo American Corporation were developing gold mines in the Free State and approached Comair to continue the service, at least to the Free State Goldfields. A limited subsidy was referred and Comair continued to operate a scheduled route, to secure its existence.

The airline was still very small and few people knew about its existence out of the cities it served. However in 1992, with the arrival of the Boeing 737-200s and Fokker aircraft the airline carried almost 100,000 passengers a year with leisure travellers on safari dominating the market. The route network included services to Cape Town, Durban, Richards Bay, Skukuza and Manzini.

In 1996, Comair joined British Airways as a franchise partner and became known as British Airways Comair, taking on the colours and livery of British Airways International. The British Airways brand brought with it a rich heritage of stylish travel, reputation for service excellence and a wide range of products such as the prestigious Executive Club frequent flyer programme.

In July 2012 kulula announced that it was operating the first of seven brand new Boeing 737-800s, with three to be in operation before the end of that year, and the remaining four to be delivered in 2015 and 2016.

Today, its a popular choice to fly Kulula on domestic routes and thinner international sectors as it establishes itself as the major player in the low cost African Market. The airline has grown with more Boeing 737-800 on order as it expands in presence not only in South Africa, it's home, but on the continent.

History source: Wikipedia.org + Kulula.com