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| revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | profit = | assets = | equity = | website = }} Air Namibia (Pty) Limited, which trades as Air Namibia, is the national airline of Namibia,〔 headquartered in Windhoek. It operates scheduled domestic, regional, and international passenger and cargo services, having its international hub in Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport and a domestic hub at the smaller Windhoek Eros Airport. , the carrier is wholly owned by the Namibian government.〔 Air Namibia is a member of both the International Air Transport Association and the African Airlines Association. == History == The origins of the airline trace back to , when ''South West Air Transport (SWAT)'' was established. Using Ryan Navion equipment, this carrier started operations in 1949 linking Windhoek with Grootfontein. Charter and cargo flights were also undertaken. In 1950, the company started feeder services for South African Airways. By 1958, a fleet of seven Ryan Navions and one de Havilland Dragon Rapide served a route network that included Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Outjo, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Windhoek. On 26 March 1959,〔 SWAT merged with ''Oryx Aviation'' —a small passenger airline established three years earlier— to form ''South West Airways'' ((アフリカーンス語:Suidwes Lugdiens)).〔〔 IATA membership was gained later that year.〔 Two Cessna 205s were purchased, entering the fleet in and eventually replacing the Navions. ''Namibair'', set up as a charter airline in 1963, became a subsidiary company of Suidwes Lugdiens in 1966.〔 In 1969, Safmarine acquired a 50% stake in Suidwes,〔 eventually boosting its participation to 85%.〔 At , the Suidwes fleet comprised four Aztecs, one Beaver, two Cherokees, one Cessna 182, one Cessna 205, one Cessna 206, one Cessna 402, three DC-3s and five Twin Comanches; at this time the carrier had 45 employees.〔 A Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 was acquired in 1974, and a Convair 580 was later incorporated into the fleet to perform charter flights carrying miners to their jobs in Grootfontein and Tsumeb. Suidwes merged into ''Namib Air'' on 1 December 1978.〔 The South-West African government became the major shareholder in 1982. Following the creation of the ''South-West Africa National Transport Corporation'' in 1986, Namib Air took over all air transport operations in the country. The airline was designated as the country's flag carrier in 1987.〔〔 That year, two 19-seater Beech 1900s were bought. In 1988, the company was incorporated into the Namibian state-owned holding company Transnamib. On 6 August 1989, a Boeing 737-200 leased from South African Airways that flew the Windhoek–Johannesburg route inaugurated the carrier's jet era. In the same year, a third Beech 1900 was incorporated into the fleet. Services to Lusaka and Luanda were launched in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Following the independence of the country, the company was re-christened again, adopting the current name of ''Air Namibia'' in .〔 The early 1990s also saw the launch of long-haul services to Europe: the Windhoek–Frankfurt route started being flown in 1991 twice a week using a Boeing 747SP, and London was included into the route network in 1992,〔 with a non-stop flight. In 1993, services to Frankfurt, which were served twice-weekly, were also extended to London. Air Namibia was re-absorbed into the Namibian government after an injection of in 1998, following the precarious cash position it was led into by TransNamib. By , employment was 418. At this time, Air Namibia operated a Boeing 727-100, two Boeing 737-200 Advanced, one Boeing 747-400 Combi and three Raytheon Beech C that served Cape Town, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, London, Luanda, Luderitz, Lusaka, Maun, Mokuti Lodge, Mpacha, Ondangwa, Oranjemund, Swakopmund, Victoria Falls, Walvis Bay and Windhoek.〔 That year, the airline joined the African Airlines Association. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Air Namibia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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