Airlines are finally waging low-cost air-fare price war in Namibia.
Air travellers to and from the country stand to benefit from intensifying diversity and competition among international airlines.
Recently two new carriers joined competition as Condor Airlines landed its first flight in Namibia at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Monday, just hours after Fly Africa announced its new offering of a direct flight from Windhoek to Johannesburg for about N$800 starting in February.
The national courier Air Namibia offers the same route for about N$1 200 per person flying today, although prices differ depending on agent commission and other charges. The cheapest is British Airways’ economy class flight operated by Comair at N$900, while South African Airlines’ most affordable option is SA73 flight at N$2 350.
Zimbabwe’s Fly Africa expansion plan will see that country’s low-cost operator offering flights to Johannesburg on 2 February and flights to Cape Town on 2 March next year. The carrier will operate daily Johannesburg to Lusaka flights effective 16 February 2015.
According to Namibia Airports Company (NAC) spokesman Dan Kamati, six airlines, including Air Namibia, TAAG Angola, British Airways, SAA, Condor and Airlink currently fly to and from Namibia. Fly Africa will be the seventh.
Speaking at the arrival of the Condor flight from Germany, one of the-top-five tourism sources for Namibia, NAC chief executive officer Tamer El-Kallawi said that, “Recent statistics show an increase in tourist arrivals in Namibia.”
Air travellers to and from the country stand to benefit from intensifying diversity and competition among international airlines.
Recently two new carriers joined competition as Condor Airlines landed its first flight in Namibia at the Hosea Kutako International Airport on Monday, just hours after Fly Africa announced its new offering of a direct flight from Windhoek to Johannesburg for about N$800 starting in February.
The national courier Air Namibia offers the same route for about N$1 200 per person flying today, although prices differ depending on agent commission and other charges. The cheapest is British Airways’ economy class flight operated by Comair at N$900, while South African Airlines’ most affordable option is SA73 flight at N$2 350.
Zimbabwe’s Fly Africa expansion plan will see that country’s low-cost operator offering flights to Johannesburg on 2 February and flights to Cape Town on 2 March next year. The carrier will operate daily Johannesburg to Lusaka flights effective 16 February 2015.
According to Namibia Airports Company (NAC) spokesman Dan Kamati, six airlines, including Air Namibia, TAAG Angola, British Airways, SAA, Condor and Airlink currently fly to and from Namibia. Fly Africa will be the seventh.
Speaking at the arrival of the Condor flight from Germany, one of the-top-five tourism sources for Namibia, NAC chief executive officer Tamer El-Kallawi said that, “Recent statistics show an increase in tourist arrivals in Namibia.”
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