AIR NAMIBIA TEMPORARY EMBARGO ON CARGO
EMBARGO ON ACCEPTANCE AND CARRIAGE OF DANGEROUS GOODS
CARGO
Wednesday,18 June 2014; Air Namibia wishes to inform its stakeholders,partners and customers that it has placed and implemented a temporarily embargo on the acceptance and handling of Dangerous Goods at the Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) with immediate effect.
This embargo is necessitated by the current review of Air Namibia’s processes of acceptance,handling and carriage of Dangerous Goods by the Namibia Directorate of Civil Aviation (DCA). The situation is receiving high priority attention and both Air Namibia as the handler and the Directorate of Civil Aviation as the regulator are working around the clock to speed up the process.
Air Namibia will update the public upon the completion of the process to reinstate the normal operations and handling of the Dangerous Goods.
We extend our utmost apology for any inconvenience caused in this regard, and all enquiries should be directed to the Corporate Communications Office.
ISSUED BY (CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS UNIT)
Contact Person: Paul Homateni Nakawa
Head: Corporate Communications
Tel: 16
Fax:
Cell: +264 811465493/
Email:
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About Air Namibia (Pty) Limited
Air Namibia, Namibia’s national airline, operates scheduled flights and carries cargo (freights) on domestic, regional and intercontinental flights. The airline was founded in 1947 as South West Air Transport, which later changed to South West Airways. In 1992, the airline’s name was changed to Air Namibia. The mandate of Air Namibia is to be a major contributor towards the attraction and promotion of tourism to Namibia by providing air transport services between Namibia and other countries, as well as by operating flights within the boundaries of Namibia. The airline is positioned as a niche carrier serving domestic points within Namibia, the immediate regional markets of South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Angola. Points beyond (Asia, USA, Middle East and Europe) are serviced in conjunction with partner airlines via our gateways: Frankfurt, Accra, Johannesburg and Lusaka.
