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Daily Memo: Namibia After The Demise Of Its National Carrier—A Case Study

Namibia shows how air service can be restored when conditions are right, even without a national carrier.

Airlines We Lost 2021

Airlines We Lost 2021
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Africa s Air Namibia Suspends Flights & Enters Liquidation

Advertisement: Last night, African airline Air Namibia revealed that it would be suspending operations, effective today. While all aircraft will fly back to the airline’s base, no passenger flights will now operate. The airline posted the announcement to its Twitter feed. Air Namibia has ceased operations and is filing for liquidation. Photo: Fraport 2020 saw its fair share of airline bankruptcies, many due to the COVID crisis. Government support went a long way for many, saving numerous airlines from unavoidable bankruptcy. At the end of 2020, 34 airlines had folded, and now we’ve already begun to see the first casualties of 2021.

Air Namibia to shut down | International Flight Network

One of Air Namibia s two Airbus A330-200s at Frankfurt Airport. Photo: © Marvin Mutz The Namibian government announced on Wednesday, February 10, that it would shut down flag-carrier Air Namibia as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic and its unprofitability. Every one of the airline’s 600 employees will be paid twelve monthly salaries and refund requests will still be processed. Over the past decade, the Namibian government injected almost US $500 million into the company, which until recently only operated a fleet of nine aircraft; four Embraer ERJ-135 jets that were mostly deployed on domestic and a few international routes, three Airbus A319s for international flights and two Airbus A330-200 aircraft for the only long-haul route to Frankfurt.

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