Fly me to the moon!

AUTHOR: David Jarrett and Team Editor@ RDJ Publishing and RDJ Group ChiefExecutiveOfficer

NamibianAirportsandLandingStrips Courtesy:ourairportscom

With the clear and obvious size of Namibia, travel from one location to another necessitates coverage over long distances and by road this means no less than four hours from Windhoek to Swakopmund or three hours to Otjiwarongo for example

So, what if it was possible to do this by air and even better by electric aircrafts?

As pointed out in our sister magazine Energy and Sustainability Africa (March 2022), there is a missed opportunity to improve our links between population centres while reducing the reliance on imported fuels. Now the same can be said for road transport but with the state of roads as they are, costs for road upkeep and the impact of climate change, the use of air travel could greatly improve the economic outputs of nations, while reducing road traffic and saving time for commutes.

Rural communities are generally dismissed as uneconomical, unskilled workforces, poor infrastructure such as health and education, lack of transportation while at the same time, these areas are beautiful and relaxing It is the latter that makes them attractive to tourists while “boring” for residents leading to rural / urban migration.