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Namibia expects more int'l airlines

Xinhua, September 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Three more international airlines are expected to be granted permission to fly into Namibia by end of 2016.

Airports company board chairperson Rodgers Kauta told the media in Windhoek Thursday that the airlines include Turkish Airlines, Kenyan Airways and Emirates.

This comes after the Namibia Airports Company announced Monday that Qatar, KLM Royal Dutch and Ethiopian airlines had been permitted to fly into the country.

Qatar will start flying from Doha to Windhoek with four weekly direct flights from Sept. 28, while KLM will start flying from Amsterdam to Luanda, then to Windhoek, three times a week from Oct. 30.

Ethiopian Airlines will link Windhoek-Gaborone-Durban three times per week from Oct. 4.

Kauta also dismissed Air Namibia's fears that the increase in number of international airlines will not bring any value apart from saturating the market.

Instead, Kauta said the new airlines, which connect to world-class transit airports such as Doha, Amsterdam and Addis Ababa, will complement Air Namibia.

He added that the airlines are not given permission by the airport company but by the government, according to bilateral air services agreements.

The airports company will support the government's efforts in opening up new routes as part of fulfilling the nation's aspirations of becoming a logistics hub, said Kauta. Enditem