Airlink purchases 40% of FlyNamibia

Nevertheless, the commercial franchise agreement will enable FlyNamibia to keep its own corporate identity and brand, while expanding services across West, East and Central Africa, for destinations such as Ghana, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

 

On the other hand, Airlink's reservation system and code-share partnership policies will promote FlyNamibia’s operations. Moreover, Airlink will support FlyNamibia by providing intensive technical and commercial training and extra airline operations.

The company's CEO and Managing Director Rodger Foster declared with the occasion:

"Airlink sees the benefit in establishing a sustainable common branded network air transport system throughout the region. It has been discussed in many forums that the way to achieve this is through collaborative partnerships between the more established airlines and smaller carriers that deliver scale and the associated efficiencies that lead to robustness. We believe this relationship will spawn others within the region.[...]

"Namibia is unique, not only in its natural, mineral, and human wealth but its relatively small population relative to the size of its territory. With this in mind, we will be well-placed to achieve the economies of scale to make it economically feasible to connect and serve Namibia's smaller towns and cities with Windhoek and other regional destinations while providing convenient and easy access to other markets around the world. This will also support our and Namibia's shared longer-term ambition to establish Windhoek as a central connecting hub and base. In doing so, we will help to make air travel and transport more efficient and enhance Namibia's competitive position as a destination for trade and tourism.”

FlyNamibia's Managing Director, André Compion, replied:

"Namibia's economy is expanding and has the potential to grow rapidly with new offshore drilling and mining, the resurgence in tourism, and its establishment as a pioneering producer of green hydrogen for the global energy market.

“To realise its full economic potential, Namibia will depend increasingly upon air connectivity to move people and goods between markets. By joining hands with Airlink and becoming part of its global network, we will be even better able to serve foreign and local tourists and businesses. In addition, we will be building capacity, developing aviation skills and creating direct and indirect job opportunities,"

The recent partnership between Airlink and FlyNamibia will boost connectivity across the African continent and beyond, with the help of over 20 of the world's leading global airlines that collaborate with Airline airline.

 

Source: ch-aviation.com