Air Namibia tends to believe in the axiom that a lit lamp should not be kept under the bed. It wants to hoist its flag across Africa. To this end, it has appointed APG Network as its canvasser in Ghana and Nigeria effective March 2018. In accordance with the new GSSA agreement, APG Network will provide full sales and marketing services, as well as call centre and customer care services on behalf of Air Namibia in the two countries.
The move came after Air Namibia’s decision to launch the Windhoek-Lagos-Accra route, which will commence on 29th of June. This new route will provide a direct and convenient service connecting Namibia to the two West African countries. The four times weekly operation (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday from Windhoek) will provide smooth and convenient connections inbound and outbound to the airline’s regional flights, connecting West Africa via Windhoek to Johannesburg, Cape Town, Luanda, Harare, Lusaka, Victoria Falls, Gaborone, Walvis Bay and Durban.
As the Manager for GSSA, Juanita Klasen, put it, “We are happy for having established this relationship with the APG Network, as through innovation and utilizing their extensive experience in the field of aviation, and being a key global player in the airline distribution environment, offering outsourced services such as passenger sales and marketing, reservations, Air Namibia is positioned to make its West Africa operations a success”.
Air Namibia operates scheduled air passenger and cargo services in domestic points within Namibia, the immediate regional markets of South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Angola. The airline also offers a daily service connecting Namibia to Europe through Frankfurt in Germany.
As Ms. Klassen explains, Air Namibia brings to West Africa, its Award Winning Service, which is recognized by many as the best Regional Airline of Southern Africa at Johannesburg and Cape Town more than 10 times over the past 15 years, and having been recognized by Skytrax Airline Awards as Africa’s second best regional airline in 2016 and 2017.
Reliable Africa’s aviation watchers have vouched that the airline operates a fleet versed in performance dependability and comfort. They say that all the ten aircraft operated by Air Namibia are equipped with modern interiors to provide adequate comfort for all types of passengers.
