michaelThemenstarter281 Beiträge · seit 200604. März 2013 · #1Es erreichte uns gerade die offizielle Pressemitteilung der Air Namibia. Original - Wortlaut:
The Frankfurt – Windhoek route is Air Namibia’s single largest operation, in terms of revenue and ‘Available Seat Kilometers’. The importance of this route goes beyond Air Namibia, as it also contributes significantly towards the development and sustainability of tourist arrivals into Namibia. It is in this context that we wish to provide an overview on Air Namibia’s plans regarding this route.
Air Namibia went through a very difficult time in the last months, which compromised our reliability. The main areas of concern include flight disruptions which affected many of our key stakeholders including passengers and suppliers of ticket sales services. Causes of disruptions experienced mainly include:
Technical stops in Luanda for re-fueling en-route to Frankfurt
Pilot strike during November 2012
Flight cancellations / delays due to our Airbus A340-300 undergoing unscheduled maintenance checks
Flight disruptions on our regional routes, which affected passengers going beyond Windhoek
Frequent schedule changes as and when we rationalized our route network, including reduction of frequency from daily to 4 per week on the WDH – FRA route.
Factors and events listed above compromised the standard of our service level and offering. While this is the case, we are happy to note that we have recorded a number of positive developments, which include the following:
Government of the Republic of Namibia, Air Namibia’s sole shareholder, decided to recapitalize the airline, with equity injection in the form of two brand new Airbus A319-100 aircraft for use on regional routes.
The adopted flight schedule effective 31 March 2013 onwards provides capacity in line with demand on our entire route network, and as such there will be no further schedule rationalization.
Effective 26 June 2013, the number of flights will increase from 4 frequencies per
week to 7 (daily service). From 1 December 2013 to June 2014, we will reduce
frequency to 6 per week by removing the Tuesday rotation.
Air Namibia managed to extent the current Airbus A340-300 lease agreements to
go beyond mid-2013, to allow us to use these aircraft during the period between
initial contract termination date and date of entry of the two brand new A330-200
planes. During the first of the A330-200 aircraft is expected to enter the fleet in
October 2013 and the second one is expected to enter the fleet in November
2013. These aircraft will offer 30 business class seats with full flat beds and
personalized video and audio inflight entertainment, and 214 economy class
seats also fitted with personalized audio/video inflight entertainment system.
It is important to mention that the cost of operating an air service, especially on a long
haul flight such as WDH-FRA keeps increasing, and as such we are improving our
revenue management function to ensure that we optimize on the level of revenue that
can be potentially earned, in order to ensure that we operate sustainably into the future
as we continue to make a positive contribution to the Namibian economy.
We are confident that the developments stated herein, will bring about the required
stability, and restore our service to levels to meet all our key stakeholders’ and industry
partners’ expectations. We wish to thank you all for the continued support we receive
from you our esteemed business partners, and we look forward to a longer and mutually
beneficial working relationship.
Issued
The Frankfurt – Windhoek route is Air Namibia’s single largest operation, in terms of revenue and ‘Available Seat Kilometers’. The importance of this route goes beyond Air Namibia, as it also contributes significantly towards the development and sustainability of tourist arrivals into Namibia. It is in this context that we wish to provide an overview on Air Namibia’s plans regarding this route.
Air Namibia went through a very difficult time in the last months, which compromised our reliability. The main areas of concern include flight disruptions which affected many of our key stakeholders including passengers and suppliers of ticket sales services. Causes of disruptions experienced mainly include:
Technical stops in Luanda for re-fueling en-route to Frankfurt
Pilot strike during November 2012
Flight cancellations / delays due to our Airbus A340-300 undergoing unscheduled maintenance checks
Flight disruptions on our regional routes, which affected passengers going beyond Windhoek
Frequent schedule changes as and when we rationalized our route network, including reduction of frequency from daily to 4 per week on the WDH – FRA route.
Factors and events listed above compromised the standard of our service level and offering. While this is the case, we are happy to note that we have recorded a number of positive developments, which include the following:
Government of the Republic of Namibia, Air Namibia’s sole shareholder, decided to recapitalize the airline, with equity injection in the form of two brand new Airbus A319-100 aircraft for use on regional routes.
The adopted flight schedule effective 31 March 2013 onwards provides capacity in line with demand on our entire route network, and as such there will be no further schedule rationalization.
Effective 26 June 2013, the number of flights will increase from 4 frequencies per
week to 7 (daily service). From 1 December 2013 to June 2014, we will reduce
frequency to 6 per week by removing the Tuesday rotation.
Air Namibia managed to extent the current Airbus A340-300 lease agreements to
go beyond mid-2013, to allow us to use these aircraft during the period between
initial contract termination date and date of entry of the two brand new A330-200
planes. During the first of the A330-200 aircraft is expected to enter the fleet in
October 2013 and the second one is expected to enter the fleet in November
2013. These aircraft will offer 30 business class seats with full flat beds and
personalized video and audio inflight entertainment, and 214 economy class
seats also fitted with personalized audio/video inflight entertainment system.
It is important to mention that the cost of operating an air service, especially on a long
haul flight such as WDH-FRA keeps increasing, and as such we are improving our
revenue management function to ensure that we optimize on the level of revenue that
can be potentially earned, in order to ensure that we operate sustainably into the future
as we continue to make a positive contribution to the Namibian economy.
We are confident that the developments stated herein, will bring about the required
stability, and restore our service to levels to meet all our key stakeholders’ and industry
partners’ expectations. We wish to thank you all for the continued support we receive
from you our esteemed business partners, and we look forward to a longer and mutually
beneficial working relationship.
Issued
Michael (Iwanowski)
www.afrika.de
www.iwanowski.de
