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Namibia's ruling South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) wants the government to resurrect Air Namibia with some of the remaining fleet of the defunct carrier to provide the large, arid country with regional connectivity, according to a resolution taken at the party's recent seventh elective congress in Windhoek.

"Revive Air Namibia to provide regional connectivity to destinations such as Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, Cape Town (South Africa), Lusaka (Zambia), Harare International (Zimbabwe), Gaborone (Botswana), Luanda 4 De Fevereiro (Angola), Maputo (Mozambique), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta (Kenya), and similar," the resolution urged.

"With some aircraft capacities remaining in Namibia in the form of the Embraer and Airbus regional jets, Air Namibia's excellent safety reputation could be resuscitated," it added, as quoted by The Namibian newspaper.

However, Finance and Public Enterprises Deputy Minister Maureen Hinda-Mbuende said the status quo of Air Namibia would not be reviewed in the next financial year. Still, the government has not closed the book on the carrier. "It's not on the...

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