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Mzembi panics over Victoria Falls airport
13 Jan 2016 at 11:20hrs | Views
Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi is fretting of possibilities of $150 million Chinese-built visiting Victoria Falls becoming another white elephant.
The new airport was built to accommodate bigger aircraft but airlines have reportedly said the volume of traffic to Victoria Falls was still too low to sustain viable business.
At least five airlines namely Air Zimbabwe, South African Airways, Com Air and Fast Jet are flying to the resort town.
Said Mzembi : "Vitoria Falls Airport, let us not turn it into a white elephant.
"That airport we built it so that planes can lend and take off. That is the primary purpose of that airport. To receive and to see off,".
But the minister has a dream.
"I dream of a Victoria Falls airport where every 20 minutes there is either a plane landing or taking off, it is not for us to be busy crocheting in our offices waiting for one airline, South African Airways to land or take off. That is not the purpose of the Victoria Falls airport. It is to land and to receive the world," he said.
The new airport was built to accommodate bigger aircraft but airlines have reportedly said the volume of traffic to Victoria Falls was still too low to sustain viable business.
At least five airlines namely Air Zimbabwe, South African Airways, Com Air and Fast Jet are flying to the resort town.
Said Mzembi : "Vitoria Falls Airport, let us not turn it into a white elephant.
"That airport we built it so that planes can lend and take off. That is the primary purpose of that airport. To receive and to see off,".
But the minister has a dream.
"I dream of a Victoria Falls airport where every 20 minutes there is either a plane landing or taking off, it is not for us to be busy crocheting in our offices waiting for one airline, South African Airways to land or take off. That is not the purpose of the Victoria Falls airport. It is to land and to receive the world," he said.
Source - Byo24News
