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FlySafair, Cemair enter Zimbabwe market
THE Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has approved applications from the South African low-cost carriers FlySafair and Cemair to start flying into Harare and Victoria Falls.The aviat...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Eurowings land in Victoria Falls
EUROWINGS Discover airline, wholly owned by Lufthansa Group and serving long-haul leisure destinations today resumed services to Victoria Falls and will be operating all year round instead of the init...Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Airlink launches Harare-Durban direct flight
SOUTH Africa's Airlink has launched direct flights between Harare and Durban in a development that is expected to promote trade and tourism.Harare is Zimbabwe's capital and trade centre while ...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
German airline flies into Vic Falls
GERMAN airline, Eurowings Discover, yesterday flew its maiden flight from Frankfurt to Victoria Falls, becoming the first direct passenger flight between Zimbabwe and Europe since Air Zimbabwe discont...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Germany's biggest airline dates Victoria Falls
ONE of Zimbabwe's biggest leisure chains yesterday predicted a dramatic upswing in arrivals, as Germany's biggest airline prepared for its maiden adventure on the Windhoek-Victoria Falls route today....Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Victoria Falls trudges back to pre-pandemic levels
CONFIDENCE in Victoria Falls ticked up in the past year, underpinned by improved global sentiment and rigorous efforts towards combating the COVID–19 scourge, a new survey has indicated.The ...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:41hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
German airline to fly into Zimbabwe by March
Eurowings Discover has become the latest airline to express interest in flying into Zimbabwe, in a move expected to boost local tourism.Zimbabwe is among the 24 destinations that Eurowings Dis...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Eurowings set for Victoria Falls flights
THE Lufthansa Group owned airline, Eurowings Discover, has intensified plans to fly into Victoria Falls, with the inaugural flight set for March 30 next year.The new leisure long-haul airline ...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tour Mugabe airport expansion project
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is expected to tour the ongoing expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport today as part of the Second Republic infrastructure development programme and in line w...Published: 01 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Qatar Airways landing in Zimbabwe today for the first time
QATAR Airways is landing in Zimbabwe today on its inaugural flight to Harare, bringing hope to the local tourism sector which has been battered by the global pandemic, COVID-19.A new route con...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fastjet introduces third aircraft into service
LOW-COST airline, fastjet Zimbabwe, has introduced a third Embraer ERJ145 aircraft into commercial service in the country. The 50-seater aircraft that was introduced on the Harare-Bulawayo rou...Published: 19 Jul 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lufthansa's Eurowings announces flights between Victoria Falls and Frankfurt
German airline Lufthansa will connect the Victoria Falls to Europe with three-times-a-week flights to the tourism hub starting in March 2022.The flights - with a connecting stop in Windhoek, N...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe gets fresh hope for international flights
STRUGGLING flag carrier Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) might regain its wings to fly internationally after a Netherlands-based company, Knighthood Capital (Knighthood), recently tabled an offer to partner the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | | 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 | 1 | by Benjamin Manzini
Why President Mnangagwa used Fly Africa
The government has been sending mixed signals over the acquisition of new planes from Malaysia that the state media once claimed were meant for the revival of Air Zimbabwe. However, it has since emerg...Published: 26 Dec 2017 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
$153 million for RG Mugabe Airport upgrade
Government has secured US$153 million from China for the expansion of the Harare International Airport with reconstruction work set to start in November.The China Export Import Bank has extend...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 23:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Law of 'Diminishing Returns' is sinking Mugabe and his ZANU-PF regime
President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF is at loggerheads with the Law of Diminishing Returns, an economic concept that asserts that after a certain point further investment (or effort) does not incre...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 19:19hrs | | by Pythias Makonese
Ian Khama's chopper banned from British airspace
Politicians love helicopters, quick-moving aircraft that don't need a runway and can get you between meetings while others are stuck in traffic.But in Britain and Norway, a ban on a model used...Published: 26 Jun 2017 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fly Africa Zimbabwe to resume operations next month
Fly Africa Zimbabwe (Fly Africa) will resume operations next month after an 18-month hiatus following its acquisition by a local company, Mugwagwa Resources, the businessdaily reported.The air...Published: 26 May 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe courts German airlines
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) is courting Lufthansa German Airlines so that it resumes air services between Frankfurt and Harare.This was revealed by CAAZ Director of Air...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 16:43hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Lufthansa in Zimbabwe flights comeback talks
LEADING European Airline Lufthansa has expressed interest in resuming flights into Zimbabwe, with options to land in Harare or the resort town of Victoria Falls, a top government official has said...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Captive Bred or Canned Hunting - a play on words
According to South Africa's Minister for Environment Affairs, Edna Molewa, there is a big difference between shooting of captive-bred versus shooting of canned lions. In an article pub...Published: 03 Jun 2015 at 10:39hrs | | by Adam Cruise
Ebola vaccine trials in West Africa by January says WHO
Geneva - Tens of thousands of doses of experimental Ebola vaccines could be available for "real-world" testing in West Africa as soon as January as long as they are deemed safe, a top World Health Or...Published: 22 Oct 2014 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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 | | 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 | 11 | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwean airline recruits
A NEW Zimbabwean airline, which is due to make its maiden flight from Victoria Falls in July, has embarked on a recruitment drive for cabin crew and pilots.Zimbabwe flyafrica is the first air...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 10:22hrs | 1 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lufthansa grounded as pilots strike over early retirement,
FRANKFURT - A three-day strike by pilots at Lufthansa over early retirement, which has grounded Germany's largest airline, shows no sign of ending early after management said there would be no fu...Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 22:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Lufthansa cancels most of its domestic flights
FRANKFURT - German airline Lufthansa said yesterday it has cancelled most of its domestic, European and long-haul flights at six German airports due to strike action by ground personnel and some cabi...Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 03:47hrs | | 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 | | 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
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
Zimbabwe, A World of Wonders tourism brand launched
Vice President Joice Mujuru on Tuesday launched the country's national tourism brand 'Zimbabwe, A world of Wonders' at Lalit hotel in central Delhi during a well attended Zimbabwe Day dinner....Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 14:22hrs | | 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
Tourism in Zimbabwe
Since the Land Reform programme in 2000, tourism in Zimbabwe has steadily declined but after the Government of National Unity between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai the sector i...Published: 26 Aug 2011 at 13:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
British MP wants to see a regime change in Zimbabwe
Labour and a British Member of Parliament Denis MacShane who says he has been committed to regime change for much of his political life recently said he would like to see regime change in Zimbabwe....Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 09:28hrs | | by Moyo Roy
British MP wants to see a regime change in Zimbabwe
Labour and a British Member of Parliament Denis MacShane who says he has been committed to regime change for much of his political life recently said he would like to see regime change in Zimbabwe....Published: 04 Jul 2011 at 05:45hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Nations scramble to evacuate their citizens stranded in Libya
Governments scrambled by air and sea to pick up their citizens stranded by Libya's bloody unrest on Tuesday, with thousands of people crowding the airport to await evacuation and Egyptians gathering a...Published: 23 Feb 2011 at 06:02hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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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