Air Namibia

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Air Namibia
Air Namibia logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
SWNMBNAMIBIA
FoundedNovember 1946;77 years ago (1946-11)
Ceased operationsFebruary 11, 2021 (2021-02-11) [1]
Hubs Hosea Kutako International Airport
Secondary hubs
Frequent-flyer program Reward$
Fleet size10
Destinations18
Parent company Government of Namibia (fully owned)
Headquarters Windhoek, Namibia
Key peopleTheo Mberirua (interim CEO) [2]
Employees600 (February 2021) [3]
Website airnamibia.com

Air Namibia (Pty) Limited, which traded as Air Namibia, was the national airline of Namibia, [4] headquartered in the country's capital, Windhoek. [5] It operated scheduled domestic, regional, and international passenger and cargo services, having its international hub in Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport and a domestic hub at the smaller Windhoek Eros Airport. As of December 2013, the carrier was wholly owned by the Namibian government. [6] Air Namibia was a member of both the International Air Transport Association and the African Airlines Association.

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History

Early years

An Air Namibia Boeing 747SP at Frankfurt Airport in 1996. Air Namibia Boeing 747SP ZS-SPB FRA 1996-10-3.png
An Air Namibia Boeing 747SP at Frankfurt Airport in 1996.

The origins of the airline trace back to November 1946, when South West Air Transport (SWAT) was established. Using Ryan Navion aircraft, this carrier started operations in 1949 linking Windhoek with Grootfontein. [nb 1] Charter and cargo flights were also undertaken. In 1950, the company started feeder services for South African Airways. By 1958, a fleet of seven Ryan Navions and one de Havilland Dragon Rapide served a route network that included Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Outjo, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Windhoek. [8] On 26 March 1959, [9] SWAT merged with Oryx Aviation — a small passenger airline established three years earlier [10] — to form South West Airways (Afrikaans : Suidwes Lugdiens). [11] [12] IATA membership was gained later that year. [13]

Two Cessna 205s were purchased, entering the fleet in December 1962 and eventually replacing the Navions. [8] Namibair, set up as a charter airline in 1963, became a subsidiary company of Suidwes Lugdiens in 1966. [14] In 1969, Safmarine acquired a 50% stake in Suidwes, [14] eventually boosting its participation to 85%. [15] At February 1970, the Suidwes fleet comprised four Piper Aztecs, one de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, two Piper PA-28 Cherokees, one Cessna 182, one Cessna 205, one Cessna 206, one Cessna 402, three Douglas DC-3s and five Piper PA-30 Twin Comanches; at this time the carrier had 45 employees. [16] A Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 was acquired in 1974, and a Convair 580 was later incorporated into the fleet to perform charter flights carrying miners to their jobs in Grootfontein and Tsumeb. [8]

Suidwes merged into Namib Air on 1 December 1978. [7] [8] The South West African government became the major shareholder in 1982. [17] Following the creation of the South West Africa National Transport Corporation in 1986, Namib Air took over all air transport operations in the country. [18] The airline was designated as the country's flag carrier in 1987. [7] [18] That year, two 19-seater Beech 1900s were bought. In 1988, the company was incorporated into the Namibian state-owned holding company Transnamib. [10] On 6 August 1989, a Boeing 737-200 leased from South African Airways that flew the Windhoek–Johannesburg route inaugurated the carrier's jet era. [19] [20] In October the same year, a third Beech 1900 was incorporated into the fleet. [10]

An Air Namibia McDonnell Douglas MD-11 at Zurich Airport in 2005. Air Namibia MD-11 V5-NMD ZRH 2005-6-29.png
An Air Namibia McDonnell Douglas MD-11 at Zurich Airport in 2005.

Services to Lusaka and Luanda were launched in 1990 and 1991, respectively. [10] Following the independence of the country, the company was re-christened again, adopting the current name of Air Namibia in October 1991. [7] The early 1990s also saw the launch of long-haul services to Europe: the Windhoek–Frankfurt route started being flown in 1991 twice a week using a Boeing 747SP, and London was included into the route network in 1992, [17] with a non-stop flight. [21] In 1993, services to Frankfurt, which were served twice-weekly, were also extended to London. [21] Air Namibia was re-absorbed into the Namibian government after an injection of US$3,700,000(equivalent to $6,643,079 in 2022) in 1998, following the precarious cash position it was led into by TransNamib. [22] LTU, Germany's second largest airline at the time, entered into a codeshare agreement with Air Namibia in February 1998. [23] Air Namibia acquired a new Boeing 747-400 Combi in April 1999 with financial aid from the U.S. Export Import Bank. [24] Named Welwitschia , the aircraft was handed over by the manufacturer in October that year. [25] The new machine came to replace the carrier's Boeing 747SP, [26] and was retired in 2004. [27] That year, the carrier started flying the McDonnell Douglas MD-11. [28]

Developments since the 2000s

An Air Namibia Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport in 2013. Air Namibia A340-300 V5-NME FRA 2013-07-14.png
An Air Namibia Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport in 2013.

By April 2000, the airline's employees numbered 418. At this time, Air Namibia operated a Boeing 727-100, two Boeing 737-200 Advanced, one Boeing 747-400 Combi and three Raytheon Beech 1900Cs that served Cape Town, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Luanda, Luderitz, Lusaka, Maun, Mokuti Lodge, Mpacha, Ondangwa, Oranjemund, Swakopmund, Victoria Falls, Walvis Bay and Windhoek. [29] That year, the airline joined the African Airlines Association. [30]

The first of three Embraer ERJ 135s the airline leased from Régional, intended to replace the Beechcraft 1900 fleet, [31] was received in February 2011; [32] likewise, the first of two leased Airbus A319-100s entered the fleet in October the same year. [27] Intended as a replacement for the Boeing 737 fleet, [27] the company ordered another two Airbus A319s in February 2012, in a deal worth US$90 million; [33] [34] in July the same year, the carrier signed an agreement for the lease of two Airbus A330-200s, aimed at replacing the Airbus A340-300s. [35] Of the last two A319s ordered, the first one was incorporated into the fleet in early January 2013. [36] In September 2013, [37] Air Namibia took delivery of its first Airbus A330-200. [38] [39]

In April 2017, the airline was granted permission to fly to the United States by the US Department of Transportation. In March the airline completed a re-certification application by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (an audit process which was initiated in 2013), enabling the airline to fly to any EU member state. [40]

Decline and shutdown

Air Namibia had been making losses since Namibian independence. In 2020, its assets stood at below 1 billion N$, while its liabilities amounted to 3 billion N$. Around 11 billion N$ had been provided by government over the past 20 years. The airline was essentially "on death row". [41]

On 8 July 2020 the Transportation Commission of Namibia suspended the carrier's Scheduled Air Services Licence, citing financial and safety concerns. [42] In October 2020 the airline has been given notice by Belgian lawyer Anicet Baum, of the company Challengair, in claiming that Air Namibia is insolvent and that it is unable to re-pay its debts to Challengeair (an amount of 18,s million Euro), which was settled to be repaid in instalments until September 2021. [43]

On 11 February 2021, the Namibian government announced the immediate shutdown and liquidation of Air Namibia due to overwhelming debt and years of financial dependence from the state. [44] [3] At the time of closure, the airline operated nine aircraft and employed approx. 600 staff. [3]

In late October 2021, a South African aviation company offered 3.2 billion Namibian dollars to purchase the airline. [45]

Destinations

As of June 2018, the route network comprised 18 destinations and 19 airports in nine different countries in Africa and Europe, with seven of these destinations being domestic ones. [46]

Codeshare agreements

Air Namibia codeshared with the following airlines, as of September 2017: [47]

Fleet

Air Namibia Airbus A330-200 Airbus A330-200 Air Namibia (NMB) F-WWYC - MSN 1451 - Will be V5-ANO (9716408773).jpg
Air Namibia Airbus A330-200
Air Namibia Embraer ERJ 135ER Air Namibia ERJ-135 Breidenstein-1.jpg
Air Namibia Embraer ERJ 135ER

Final fleet

The Air Namibia fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of August 2019): [48]

Air Namibia fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
CYTotal
Airbus A319-100 4—1696112 [27] [36]
Airbus A330-200 2—30214244 [49]
Embraer ERJ 135ER 42 [50] —3737
Embraer ERJ 145ER —4 [50] —5050
Total106

Fleet development

In recent developments regarding the Embraer ERJ-135-fleet, Westair Aviation, a 100% Namibian-owned company, acquired the four aircraft from the previous owner, Air France. According to the new owners, Westair would've enabled the upgrade and renewal of the domestic and regional fleet. [51] In August 2017 the airline confirmed that it was committed to purchasing 2 new Embraer ERJ-135 and 4 new Embraer ERJ-145 jets, for delivery 2018 [52] [53] [54] However none of those were ever delivered prior to the airline's demise.

Former fleet

An Air Namibia Boeing 747-400 departs Frankfurt Airport in 2001. Air Namibia Boeing 747-400 V5-NMA FRA 2001-7-26.png
An Air Namibia Boeing 747-400 departs Frankfurt Airport in 2001.

The company previously operated the following aircraft: [55]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also reported to having started operations in 1948. [7]

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