[2] Nationwide planned to expand its international operations with flights to Munich and possibly Shanghai or Beijing.

However, in the months of March and April they faced a 30% increase in fuel costs coupled with a decrease in passenger load factors.

Nationwide's already critical cash-flow meant operations were no longer sustainable without external, third party finance.

An effort to sell 51% of the airline that Spring had failed, and as a result management decided to voluntarily cease all flight operations.

December 2008 saw the first ever auction of Boeing aircraft in South Africa[5] Nationwide Airlines served the following destinations (at April 2008): Africa Europe Captain Trevor Arnold was subsequently honoured through the receipt of the international Polaris Award for his airmanship and the handling of the emergency.