Air Namibia
Sep 13, 2016, 6:27 am
#1
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Air Namibia
I've searched and I can't find anything from the past several years on Air Namibia. Thinking of flying them on a simple CPT-WDH and assume they're fine, but just checking in to see if anyone has any red flags. There's an Airlink option with times that aren't quite as good. I don't care much about mileage earning between the options
Sep 13, 2016, 11:04 am
#2
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Flown them several times around Southern Africa (Namibia/Zambia/Zim/SA) - Would definitely fly them again. Were on time, courteous FAs, good service. Should be an A319 on that route, which I believe are relatively new.
Sep 26, 2016, 9:31 pm
#4
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I've searched and I can't find anything from the past several years on Air Namibia. Thinking of flying them on a simple CPT-WDH and assume they're fine, but just checking in to see if anyone has any red flags. There's an Airlink option with times that aren't quite as good. I don't care much about mileage earning between the options
Sep 27, 2016, 6:40 pm
#5
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I did this route in April.
Again, to echo the other's comments, no issues. Pleasant process in CPT with no lines.
The check in at WDH, on the other hand was a bit slow, despite many agents working. It took about 20 minutes for me to get through the lines. No kiosks were available so please make sure you allow appropriate time for the process.
Again, to echo the other's comments, no issues. Pleasant process in CPT with no lines.
The check in at WDH, on the other hand was a bit slow, despite many agents working. It took about 20 minutes for me to get through the lines. No kiosks were available so please make sure you allow appropriate time for the process.
Oct 13, 2016, 6:52 am
#6
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Like others here, I've flowed Air Namibia several times within southern Africa over the past two years - and as recently as this year. I find them to be among the best and prefer them over SA Airways - particularly in J class.
Mar 16, 2017, 11:25 am
#7
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As an update, I had a bad experience.
At 2 hours before scheduled departure at CPT, there was still no one manning the Air Namibia desk. When someone showed, they updated the screens to show a 2 hour delay, and that the CPT-WDH flight was going to be CPT-WVB-WDH --combining the CPT-WVB anc CPT-WDH flights, meaning a total of 3 hour delay. Worse, I later found out that Air Namibia is doing this on all Monday/Wednesday/Friday flights to and from CPT and JNB. Apparently the WVB passengers were notified as their flights became 3 hours *earlier*.
At 2 hours before scheduled departure at CPT, there was still no one manning the Air Namibia desk. When someone showed, they updated the screens to show a 2 hour delay, and that the CPT-WDH flight was going to be CPT-WVB-WDH --combining the CPT-WVB anc CPT-WDH flights, meaning a total of 3 hour delay. Worse, I later found out that Air Namibia is doing this on all Monday/Wednesday/Friday flights to and from CPT and JNB. Apparently the WVB passengers were notified as their flights became 3 hours *earlier*.