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Zimbabwe targets airport rehab
Zimbabwe will roll out an aggressive rehabilitation programme for all major airport facilities in the country as it anticipates a boom in tourism and air traffic space.Finance and Economic Dev...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe aviation in slow, but positive climb
LAST week, the local skies welcomed the arrival of the restructured fellow southern African carrier, Air Tanzania.The airline re-launched flights to Harare after close to two decades of no dir...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 18:28hrs | 2 | by Benjamin Manzini
Panic as Air Zimbabwe leaves passenger bags in South Africa
There was panic among Air Zimbabwe passengers who flew from South Africa to Zimbabwe when the airline left all passenger bags in South Africa amidst revelations that the ariline did not pay some requi...Published: 15 Dec 2018 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe to benefit from ATIGS
The Africa Trade & Investment Global Summit (ATIGS) is a unique high-level conference and exhibition, prestigious, biennial business platform designed specifically to promote and facilitate intern...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 19:57hrs | 2 | by Enos Denhere
Airlines threaten pull-out of Zimbabwe
FOREIGN airlines have at least US$50 million in payments stuck in Zimbabwe, with some warning they might be forced to suspend flights into the country.Zimbabwe is in the grip of a debilitating...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi digs in on roadblocks
Annual tourist arrivals from South Africa have declined from 1, 5 million to 600 000 partly due to heavy police presence on Zimbabwe's roads, a Cabinet minister has said. Tourism and Hospitality Indus...Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Airlines pull trigger on Zimbabwe
THE world's largest airlines have started tightening screws on liquidity-starved Zimbabwe owing to a worsening foreign currency crisis that has resulted in a huge backlog of unremitted ticket paym...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe government continues to hunt
GOVERNMENT continues to hunt for a technical partner for national flag carrier Air Zimbabwe, which is saddled with a US$334 million debt, despite recent setbacks in attracting a suitor.Nin...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe COO's profile in demand
A chat has started circulating urging Air Zimbabwe's newly appointed chief operating officer to release his profile so that people can compare with Kenya Airways COO's profile.Below is the...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Robert Mugabe is the Mobutu of our time
This article appeared in Spectator (London) on March 18, 2008.Nice shoes,' said a young Zimbabwean looking wistfully at my $40 Nike tennis shoes th...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Marian L. Tupy
Tourist visits to Nigeria plummet after Prophet TB Joshua church tragedy
Several Nigerian media houses reported today how the tragic collapse of a building at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has already begun to have an adverse affect on Nigerian tourism and i...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 19:32hrs | 2 | by Ihechukwu Njoku - freelance Nigerian journalist
Egyptair to stop Harare flights
Egyptian airline, Egyptair, has decided to roll back its Zimbabwean operation from next month, adding to woes of a flagging aviation industry, which has been battered by deteriorating economic and...Published: 18 Aug 2014 at 14:22hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter
Crashed Air Algerie pilots asked to turn back
Paris - France said on Monday the pilots of the Air Algerie passenger plane that crashed in Mali, killing all 118 people on board, had asked to turn back, in a new development to a tough probe into th...Published: 28 Jul 2014 at 19:37hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Qatar Airways to introduce flights to Zimbabwe
Qatar Airways will soon introduce flights to Harare, initially flying into Zimbabwe three times a week, the new envoy from the oil rich country said on Thursday.Qatar's new ambassador to Zimba...Published: 06 Jun 2014 at 17:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Angola airline to increase Zimbabwe, Luanda direct flights
Angola's national carrier, Linhas Aereas de Angola (Taag), plans to introduce frequent direct flights between Harare and Luanda on the back of increased business between the country and Zimbabwe....Published: 19 Apr 2014 at 16:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
AirZim, KLM sign deal
AIR France KLM Group says it has signed an agreement with Air Zimbabwe to ensure the national airline’s recently acquired two aircraft receive necessary support.The Governmen...Published: 04 Aug 2013 at 21:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'We are not in a position to conduct retrenchment' - AirZim
RESURGENT national airline Air Zimbabwe has announced that it has no capacity to immediately embark on a retrenchment exercise to improve the company's efficiency, a senior official at the flag carrie...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 03:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
EgyptAir to relaunch Zimbabwe flights in June
NINE years after abandoning flights to and from Harare because of the then worsening political and economic climate, EgyptAir is set to resume operations with, initially, four times weekly return fli...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Five more airlines apply to fly into Zimbabwe
Five airlines have applied to start flying into Zimbabwe this year, a development that could increase traffic and revenue for the tourism sector. The airlines are Air France, Bulgarian Airlin...Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
KLM now flying to Zimbabwe, 13 years after stopping plying the route
Royal Dutch Airlines KLM on Monday resumed flights between Harare and Amsterdam, 13 years after it stopped plying the route, the airline said.KLM will run three weekly flights between Harare ...Published: 29 Oct 2012 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
International Airlines jostle for Zimbabwe airspace
THE renewed interest in Zimbabwe by foreign companies appears to have caught on in the aviation industry with three airlines having so far introduced or expressed their desire intend to start offerin...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 05:27hrs | | by Business Editor
KLM Airline to begin operating service to Harare
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will begin operating service to Harare on 29 October 2012. The Zimbabwean capital will be served in combination with the new KLM destination Lusaka, Zambia."KLM sees ...Published: 24 Jul 2012 at 04:29hrs | | by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Air Namibia resume Zimbabwe flights
AIR Namibia is set to fly into Harare tomorrow, almost 13 years after it suspended service.The airline last flew to Harare in 1998. An Embraer ERJ-135 aircraft to be used on the direct flight...Published: 15 May 2012 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
British Airways is welcome to resume flights to Harare: Goche
Government says discussions to bring in more international airlines such as British Airways are under way, as the open skies policy takes root, brightening prospects for improved tourism traffic and ...Published: 04 Feb 2012 at 23:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Regional airlines feast on Air Zim crisis
REGIONAL airlines have taken over beleaguered Air Zimbabwe's Victoria Falls clientele amid revelations that some travel agents have started omitting the airline in their air travel information guide....Published: 09 Jan 2012 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
9 airlines have proposed to fly into Zimbabwe
NINE airlines have proposed to fly into Zimbabwe this year in a development that could see increased traffic and revenue for the tourism sector.The development comes amid revelations that Unit...Published: 25 Sep 2011 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
European Stocks Decline as Libyan Unrest Continues
European stocks retreated for a fourth day as Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi vowed to fight a rebellion. Asian stocks fell and U.S. futures rose.Air France-KLM Group, Europe's second-biggest ai...Published: 23 Feb 2011 at 05:45hrs | | by Jason Carey
Nine international airlines want to service the Zimbabwe route
Zimbabwe will probably approve proposals from nine airlines to resume flights to the country, the Zimbabwe Independent reported, citing Annajlia Hungwe, spokeswoman for the Civil Aviation A...Published: 11 Feb 2011 at 11:55hrs | 1 | by Byo24News
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