Air Botswana seeks offers from consultants for 'right shape and size' assessment
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Background ✨
Botswana's Parliament said Air Botswana suspended three services launched between Nov-2024 and Jul-2025 after the routes generated net losses of BWP44.5 million, and its turnaround strategy included restructuring plus greater focus on charters and aircraft leasing.1 Parliament also said the airline completed a C check on an ATR72-600 in Mar-2026, began steps to return two grounded Embraer ERJ145s from Namibia, and implemented crew requalification and optimisation.2 Air Botswana GM Bao Mosinyi said it sought funding to complete maintenance on an Embraer E170, enabling revenue generation through leasing its E170/E175 aircraft.3