PUBLIC enterprises minister Leon Jooste on Tuesday afternoon told The Namibian that Air Namibia’s two A330-200 aircraft are still in the country.
This follows social media reports that the two planes had finally returned for Europe after performing fly overs in the country as a farewell gesture at the weekend.
“Both Airbus A330 aircraft are still in Namibia,” Jooste noted.
A European company early in February instructed Air Namibia to return two of its biggest planes after the government’s decision to shut the airline down.
The provisional liquidation process has since kicked off and the liquidators, David Bruni and Ian McLaren are overseeing the process.
Air Namibia’s current fleet includes the two leased Airbus A330-200 aircraft, two Airbus A319-100 planes and four Embraer ERJ 135s.
The 244-seater A330-200 is the biggest aircraft in the airline’s fleet and was often used for the Windhoek-Frankfurt route.
Air Namibia’s lease agreement on the Airbus plane stretched from May 2012 to October 2025, but the government’s decision to shut the national airline down means this agreement would have to be cancelled – at a cost of around N$2,4 billion.
