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 deploye...