NAMIBIA’S Boeing 747-400 Combi left Windhoek’s Hosea Kutako International Airport for the last time as a commercial aircraft yesterday morning.
It is scheduled to undergo a maintenance check this week before being handed to a Middle-Eastern royal family next week for VIP use. The aircraft was sold to them last month.A McDonnell Douglas 11 leased from Swiss Air is scheduled to touch down in Windhoek from Frankfurt this morning and will be used to fly the Germany route until the end of next year.Air Namibia’s Operations and Technical General Manager Andre Compion was in Zurich, Switzerland, early yesterday evening overseeing the deployment of the replacement aircraft, while CEO Gernot Riedel was in Germany to facilitate the transition.The aircraft was sold to them last month.A McDonnell Douglas 11 leased from Swiss Air is scheduled to touch down in Windhoek from Frankfurt this morning and will be used to fly the Germany route until the end of next year.Air Namibia’s Operations and Technical General Manager Andre Compion was in Zurich, Switzerland, early yesterday evening overseeing the deployment of the replacement aircraft, while CEO Gernot Riedel was in Germany to facilitate the transition.
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