Namibia’s privately-owned airline, FlyWestair, recently made its first international scheduled flight to Cape Town, South Africa.
Westair Aviation was granted last June by the Namibian Transport Commission which made Westair an official scheduled passenger airline, with flights to various destinations within the country and the sub-region, under the brand FlyWestair.
The Cape Town schedules which started on 7 October 2019, departs from Eros Airport in Windhoek twice daily on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and once on Sundays with a stopover in Oranjemund.
“We have the capability, we have proven to be a safe and reliable air carrier, we have the Embraer 145’s which is a comfortable, regional jet with fifty seat capacity, we have skilled personnel and resources, so for Westair, it was a natural progression going into scheduled services,” said company chairperson Wolfgang Grellmann.
Westair Aviation started out as an aircraft maintenance facility in 1967, but has since grown to become one of the most advanced aviation establishments in Namibia with a fleet of more than 30 aircraft and 70 pilots, able to conduct any aviation-related mission across Africa.
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