New aircraft add capacity for Air Namibia

Airfreight is making a comeback in Namibia thanks to the revitalisation of the national airline and investment in the oil and gas industries and mines, says Transworld Cargo director Norbert Liebich. The airline has an all-new fleet of two Airbus A330-200 aircraft, which provide extra cargo space to and from Europe. This means that airfreight does not have to be routed through Johannesburg, says Liebich. Transworld Cargo has a dedicated air cargo facility at the Hosea Kutako International Airport outside Windhoek. Air Namibia has also improved its reliability in terms of arrivals and departures. “Our On-Time Performance (OTP) for the past nine months has been above our target of 90%,” said Air Namibia chief operations officer Rene Gsponer earlier this year. Transworld also seeing an increase in demand for cargo charter f lights. “Recently AN124s and an AN225 brought spares for oil and gas exploration into Windhoek,” says Liebich.