Welcome on board

FlyWestair Welcomes you on Board

Today you are making history with FlyWestair and we are extremely excited to share this landmark event with you. Whether you have bought your ticket online, at a travel agent or from our agents, you have paid for a seat on the first-ever, privately-owned Namibian airline. Yes, FlyWestair is now officially an airline. Originally established in 1967, it only took us fifty-two years to get here. There has been much public speculation about who the people behind Westair are and how we made it to this historical moment. As our passenger, you have the right to know because without you this seat would have been empty.

Behind Westair is a team of 170 energetic people. We are a group of Namibian aviators who love aviation, airplanes and flying. We also find machines fascinating. We are positive and excited about contributing, developing and expanding the Namibian aviation sector. If you are interested in the enthusiastic and dedicated individuals at Westair, read more about us on the next page, and in future issues of the FlyWestair magazine. You will then realise that we are ordinary Namibians with big dreams, qualified to do the job well and willing to provide you with the services expected of us.

Westair was initially established at Eros Airport in Windhoek as an aircraft maintenance company. Founded by Wolfgang Grellmann, our current Executive Chairman, we continued to grow organically from a strong foundation in aircraft maintenance before expanding into flight operations, flight-training and other related auxiliary services. Today, Westair is a diversified aviation group able to service all sectors of aviation in Namibia, as well as other parts of Africa. After more than five decades, we were ready to open the FlyWestair chapter. We have now reached the point where we are able to deliver a safe, reliable scheduled air-service to the flying Namibian public. It’s about time, after 52 years!

Our success is entirely dependent on you, the passenger. Your enthusiasm, support and excitement about the services we provide and we aim to make your journeys pleasant with efficient, premium service and on-time flights. The fact that you are flying with us means you are also as enthusiastic and excited about this bold move in the local aviation sector as we are.

Thank you for choosing to FlyWestair. We wish you a pleasant flight and look forward to welcoming you back on another of our scheduled routes. Please take a photo of your best experience on this flight and share to social media using the hashtag #flywestair. Become part of the Instafamous crowd on page 55.