These destinations were cancelled by the airline in May, 2019. In August 2017 Air Namibia was granted 5th freedom rights to operate cargo and traffic between Windhoek, Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana. As of October 2017, around 315 flights depart and land at HKIA weekly. Commencing in late October 2019, the airbus A330-200 would start operating this route. In recent schedule updates however, Eurowings have decided to introduce flights from Frankfurt, Germany's largest airport, to Windhoek. However, in a bid to streamline its long haul operation for the 2019-season, the airline has decided to end both the Cologne/Bonn and Munich routes to Windhoek. Eurowings, the low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa, commenced a bi-weekly service from Cologne/Bonn in July 2017. Since 2016, Qatar Airways, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have started flying to Windhoek. Condor Airlines introduced flights between Frankfurt and Windhoek since November 2014.
Menzies Aviation, an international company registered in the UK was awarded the ground handling service operator at Hosea Kutako International Airport in November 2013. There are around 46 direct flights weekly between Hosea Kutako International Airport and O. Until recently, the absence of limited, direct international flights to Windhoek has forced passengers to fly via Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport, or Cape Town International Airport, resulting in additional transit visa costs, visa processing time taken by respective embassies and longer travel time. Hosea Kutako International Airport was the main hub for Air Namibia. It was renamed Hosea Kutako International Airport following independence in 1990. Strijdom Airport, after the Nationalist Prime Minister of South Africa. The airport was opened in 1965 during the era of South African administration, and was then named J.G.