Air Namibia expands its wings into West Africa – with 5 weekly flights to Accra, Ghana

Starting 20 November 2009, Air Namibia now operates scheduled flights between Windhoek and Accra in Ghana, with traffic rights to uplift passengers between Johannesburg and Accra.

The airline operates 5 flights per week, with traffic rights to uplift passengers, baggage, cargo and airmail between Johannesburg and Accra using the recently granted 5th freedom traffic rights by Governments of South Africa and of Ghana. This will make Air Namibia the only airline operating direct and “non stop” flights between Accra and Johannesburg, offering a flight which takes roughly 6 hours.

The schedule departure and arrival times are as follows;

• Depart Windhoek for Johannesburg at 19:05, and depart Johannesburg for Accra at 23:30
• Depart Accra for Johannesburg at 09:30, and depart Johannesburg for Windhoek at 18:25
• Days of operation from Windhoek to Johannesburg and then to Accra will be on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.
• Days of operation from Accra to Johannesburg then to Windhoek will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.