eSwatini Air to launch operations in the second quarter of 2022
The Commercial Director of the Royal Eswatini National Airways Corporation (RENAC), Xavier Masule, announced during an interview with Jon Howell's AviaDev Insight, the first podcast dedicated to the African aviation industry, that the trading name of eSwatini's new national airline is eSwatini Air.
RENAC currently targets to conclude the air operator's certificate (AOC) for eSwatini Air by the end of March 2022 and is planing to launch regional operations towards the end of the second quarter of 2022. eSwatini Air will initially offer direct nonstop flights between eSwatini's King Mswati III International Airport (SHO) in Sikhuphe and Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in Cape Town, King Shaka International Airport (DUR) in Durban and OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) in Johannesburg in South Africa as well as Robert G. Mugabe International Airport (HRE) in Harare in Zimbabwe.
The airline will operate all flights on board its two newly acquired 50-seater Embraer ERJ 145, which were both previously operated by HOP!, a subsidiary of Air France.
