Int'l airlines keen to restart services
These historical flights will be to promote the re-opening of Namibia as a tourism destination to the world.
All airlines with bilateral aviation safety agreements with Namibia were engaged amid the Tourism Revival Initiative (TRI), and positive responses were received with the major airlines keen to restart their services to Namibia, an official said.
Namibia minister of tourism, Pohamba Shifeta announced this on Tuesday during the announcement of the amendments to the implementation protocols for the country's international tourism revival initiative.
"Ethiopian Airlines has made a public notification that it will resume flights to Namibia on Sept. 11. Lufthansa Group has also announced to introduce flights to Namibia from Sept. 19," he said.
Shifeta further said Air Namibia has also indicated its intention to resume international flights.
"These historical flights will be to promote the re-opening of Namibia as a tourism destination to the world. It is our intention as the ministry responsible for tourism to receive and welcome our very first tourists to Namibia after a long period of lockdown," he said.
Shifeta said, however, since the announcement of the implementation protocols of the TRI and opening of the Hosea Kutako International Airport, the industry has not seen any new bookings and in fact, has had net cancellations which have resulted in 115.7 million Namibia dollars (6.83 million US dollars) being withdrawn from the country. – Nampa/Xinhua
Namibia minister of tourism, Pohamba Shifeta announced this on Tuesday during the announcement of the amendments to the implementation protocols for the country's international tourism revival initiative.
"Ethiopian Airlines has made a public notification that it will resume flights to Namibia on Sept. 11. Lufthansa Group has also announced to introduce flights to Namibia from Sept. 19," he said.
Shifeta further said Air Namibia has also indicated its intention to resume international flights.
"These historical flights will be to promote the re-opening of Namibia as a tourism destination to the world. It is our intention as the ministry responsible for tourism to receive and welcome our very first tourists to Namibia after a long period of lockdown," he said.
Shifeta said, however, since the announcement of the implementation protocols of the TRI and opening of the Hosea Kutako International Airport, the industry has not seen any new bookings and in fact, has had net cancellations which have resulted in 115.7 million Namibia dollars (6.83 million US dollars) being withdrawn from the country. – Nampa/Xinhua
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