Air Namibia is the national
airline of Namibia
,
headquartered in the Trans Namib Building in Windhoek
. It
operates scheduled domestic, regional, and international passenger
and freight services.
Its international hub is Windhoek Hosea Kutako International
Airport
with a domestic services hub at the smaller
Windhoek Eros
Airport
.
History
An Air Namibia MD-11 at Windhoek Hosea
Kutako
The airline was established in 1946 as
South West Air Transport and
started operations in 1948. It was later renamed
South West Airways in 1959. South West
merged with
Namib Air in 1978, retaining
the Namib Air title.
The government of
Namibia acquired majority shareholdings in 1982 making it
the national airline in 1987. It was renamed again to the
current name of Air Namibia in October 1991 after the independence
of the country. In the 1990s
Boeing 747
aircraft were used for services to
Europe.
Since 2004 a
McDonnell Douglas
MD-11 has been used for these services, as well as a newly
obtained
Airbus A340-300, which entered
service late 2005. As of early September 2006, Air Namibia has
obtained a second A340-300, as part of the long haul cost cutting
and service efficiency program. Air Namibia has shown an interest
in
Airbus A319/A320 aircraft to replace
ageing
Boeing 737-200's currently serving
regional and domestic routes.
Destinations
Flights
between Windhoek and London Gatwick
were suspended at the end of May 2009.
Fleet
The Air Namibia fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of
29 November 2009)
:
External links
References
- " Contact Us." Air Namibia. Retrieved on October 13,
2009.
- Flight International 27 March 2007
- SA Promo - AIR NAMIBIA Suspend Services from
Gatwick
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