Air Botswana spreads wings to Namibia

Air Botswana has announced that it will commence flights to Namibia in a move to bolster connectivity between the two countries.

Commencing on 1 October, Air Botswana will operate a three-times-per-week service connecting Sir Seretse Khama International Airport in Gaborone to Hosea Kutako International Airport (HKIA) in Windhoek, continuing on to Durban’s King Shaka International Airport in South Africa.

In addition, on 1 November, Air Botswana will launch a three-times-per-week service connecting Maun International Airport to HKIA and a three-times-per-week service connecting Kasane International Airport to HKIA.

These services will provide access from the Namibian capital to two of southern Africa’s leading tourist hubs; the Okavango Delta and the Chobe National Park. The services will operate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

“The new additions are popular destinations for business and tourism, and we are excited to offer convenient air travel between the cities for the advancement of economic activities in all the countries, particularly Botswana. We are also excited that this strategic move is directly linked to the airline’s expansion plans and sustainability," Air Botswana CEO Lulu Rasebotsa said.

"Furthermore, both these new and reinstated routes as well as increased frequencies will strengthen our footprint in the region and simultaneously offer increased flight options to the travelling community within Botswana and beyond," she added.

“We at the Namibia Airports Company [NAC] and Air Connect Namibia are extremely happy about the new routes that connect Windhoek with various destinations in Botswana. The commencement of these air routes is a culmination of sustained engagements at all levels of government and business to strengthen political, diplomatic and business relations between our two sister countries," NAC CEO Bisey /Uirab, who is also the chairperson of Air Connect Namibia, said.

"These air connectivity routes between our countries will certainly ensure increased people to people and business to business interaction between the peoples and businesses of the two countries.”