PRIME MINSTER Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila has stated that the government has taken note of concerns raised by industry on the impact the liquidation of Air Namibia will have on the economy and added that the government will engage with the private sector to optimize job opportunities for the now unemployed airline workers.
Amadhila addressed Parliament and said that the government is also cognizant of how the closure of the airline would impact the tourism sector and added that the option to have an airline in the future is not totally off the table.
“Liquidation was not the first option, the government offered subsidies to the airline over numerous years, and numerous efforts to restructure the airline also did not yield any results,” Amadhila said.