Air Namibia ceases all operations and to be liquidated

On 10 February the airline announced it would cease all operations as of 11 February as the government has decided that the airline will be undergoing voluntary liquidation. And with that an end has come to the airline which would become 75-years old in November. The liquidation means around 630 people will lose their job.

Air Namibia was founded in November 1946 and was fully owned by the government since December 2013. It has been financial struggling for years and the liquidation was accelerated after lawyers of former Belgian airline Challengair filed for the airline's bankruptcy. Air Namibia and the administrators of defunct Challengair have been in a dispute regarding unpaid lease- and maintenance fees for a B767-300ER back in 1998.

Currently, the Air Namibia's fleet consists of three A319s (one leased), two A330-200s (two leased) and four ERJ135s (all leased). It served eighteen destinations out of Windhoek, although operations have been very limited due to the Corona-pandemic.

Photo by Anton Homma.