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As requested by SixFootScream
PMDG 737-700 | Air Namibia [4K]
Installation instructions:
- Download the livery
- Download the PMDG Operation Center by clicking here
- Inside the OC, click Aircrafts and Liveries > Livery Utilities in the menu
- In the bottom left corner, click on "Install from PTP file"
- Navigate to the file you just downloaded
- Let it process the file until it tells you it's finished
- Launch Microsoft Flight Simulator and enjoy!
Air Namibia History:
The origins of the airline trace back to November 1946, when South West Air Transport (SWAT) was established. Using Ryan Navion aircraft, this carrier started operations in 1949 linking Windhoek with Grootfontein. Charter and cargo flights were also undertaken. In 1950, the company started feeder services for South African Airways. By 1958, a fleet of seven Ryan Navions and one de Havilland Dragon Rapide served a route network that included Grootfontein, Tsumeb, Otjiwarongo, Outjo, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay and Windhoek. On 26 March 1959, SWAT merged with Oryx Aviation — a small passenger airline established three years earlier— to form South West Airways (Afrikaans: Suidwes Lugdiens). IATA membership was gained later that year.
Two Cessna 205s were purchased, entering the fleet in December 1962 and eventually replacing the Navions. Namibair, set up as a charter airline in 1963, became a subsidiary company of Suidwes Lugdiens in 1966. In 1969, Safmarine acquired a 50% stake in Suidwes, eventually boosting its participation to 85%. At February 1970, the Suidwes fleet comprised four Piper Aztecs, one de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver, two Piper PA-28 Cherokees, one Cessna 182, one Cessna 205, one Cessna 206, one Cessna 402, three Douglas DC-3s and five Piper PA-30 Twin Comanches; at this time the carrier had 45 employees. A Fairchild-Hiller FH-227 was acquired in 1974, and a Convair 580 was later incorporated into the fleet to perform charter flights carrying miners to their jobs in Grootfontein and Tsumeb.
Suidwes merged into Namib Air on 1 December 1978. The South West African government became the major shareholder in 1982. Following the creation of the South West Africa National Transport Corporation in 1986, Namib Air took over all air transport operations in the country. The airline was designated as the country's flag carrier in 1987. That year, two 19-seater Beech 1900s were bought. In 1988, the company was incorporated into the Namibian state-owned holding company Transnamib. On 6 August 1989, a Boeing 737-200 leased from South African Airways that flew the Windhoek–Johannesburg route inaugurated the carrier's jet era. In October the same year, a third Beech 1900 was incorporated into the fleet.
Services to Lusaka and Luanda were launched in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Following the independence of the country, the company was re-christened again, adopting the current name of Air Namibia in October 1991.The early 1990s also saw the launch of long-haul services to Europe: the Windhoek–Frankfurt route started being flown in 1991 twice a week using a Boeing 747SP, and London was included into the route network in 1992, with a non-stop flight. In 1993, services to Frankfurt, which were served twice-weekly, were also extended to London. Air Namibia was re-absorbed into the Namibian government after an injection of US$3,700,000 (equivalent to $6,151,307 in 2021) in 1998, following the precarious cash position it was led into by TransNamib. LTU, Germany's second largest airline at the time, entered into a codeshare agreement with Air Namibia in February 1998. Air Namibia acquired a new Boeing 747-400 Combi in April 1999 with financial aid from the U.S. Export Import Bank. Named Welwitschia, the aircraft was handed over by the manufacturer in October that year. The new machine came to replace the carrier's Boeing 747SP, and was retired in 2004. That year, the carrier started flying the McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
As always, feedback/improvement tips are highly appreciated!
Hi @RickvD,
Would it be possible that you create these kind of thumbnails with the Capture Tool in MSFS for all the aircraft you're launching? I'm happy to help out.
https://www.mediafire.com/file/dwmnyn4lcxnspa9/thumbnail.jpg/file
2 years ago
wfm18
Thank you very much, excellent livery! May I request liveries for Spicejet and/or Jet Airways if possible? Indian airlines haven't gotten much love yet 😊
2 years ago
flightsim99
Hi,
Possible to paint the outside of the winglet?
https://www.planepix.nl/displayimage.php?pid=10050
2 years ago
SixFootScream
Thank you very much. Looking forward to Flying From Windhoek to Johannesburg, upwards and outwards.
2 years ago
Adecimbo
Love to see african airlines coming out for this beautiful bird! If I may request that you consider doing South African Airways or Malawian Airlines? (My home airline that actually operates the 700 IRL 😉)
2 years ago
NxDroogs