11 June 2019

Air Namibia forced to suspend a number of regional flights! [update]

update (09 July 2019): Flights between Windhoek and Luanda will remain suspended until 30 September 2019.

update (01 July 2019): Air Namibia is set to restore frequencies of some of  the flights that were suspended in early June. As from today, the airline will increase flights between Windhoek and Johannesburg from the current seven rotations (one daily flight) to 14 rotations. Air Namibia will maintain two flights per day between Windhoek and Cape Town, while flights between Windhoek and Luanda will remain suspended until further notice. The airline expects its normal schedule to be fully restored in 3 or 4 weeks' time. We'll keep you posted!

update (13 June 2019): According to news reports in Namibia, half of the millions of dollars that Air Namibia needs to get its aircraft back have been paid. The three Airbus A319-100 planes should be returned as from tomorrow (!4 June 2019).

Namibia's flag carrier, Air Namibia, has been forced to suspend a number of regional flights in Southern Africa due to the unavailability of three of its four Airbus A319-100 planes. As an immediate result, the airline has temporarily suspended all flights between Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport (LAD) in Luanda, has reduced the number flights between Windhoek and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg from three to one per day, and will reduce the number of flights to Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town from three to two per day. Passengers scheduled to fly between Windhoek and Luanda will be placed on flights operated by TAAG Angola Airlines, using a revived codeshare agreement.
Air Namibia's three
Airbus A319-100 planes are grounded due to a lack of funds to pay for their maintenance. The airline is experiencing cash flow problems as a direct result of an unsettled 25 million € claim filed by the liquidator of defunct carrier Challengair from Belgium.

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