Namibia is also strategically placed to take advantage of the air transport industry. Plans are underway to expand its international airport at Windhoek while the Walvis Bay airport has recently been extended to allow larger planes to land there.
The liberalization of air services (open skies) is an international policy concept that calls for the liberalization of the rules and regulations of the international aviation industry, especially commercial aviation in order to create a free market environment for the airline industry.
For open skies to become effective, a bilateral or multilateral Air Transport Agreement has to be concluded between two or more nations. This is expected to be addressed in the anticipated Logistic Master Plan.
Liberalization generally fosters greater competition among airlines, resulting in lower fares for travellers, greater numbers of people travelling, more choices of airlines and routes, and improvement of service levels. Liberalization of air services has the potential to make huge impacts on the aviation sector, tourism sector, trade, investment and productivity.
Air linkage to South Africa, Botswana, Angola, Zimbabwe and Zambia in less than two hours. Direct flights to other international hotspots such as Germany, Qatar, Ethiopia, Holland, England among others.