AIR Zimbabwe recently asked passengers travelling to Bulawayo to use buses while those not overly enthused with the idea where offered re-funds, airline officials have confirmed. The airline was forced to cancel last Sunday’s flight to the country’s second largest city and offered passengers the option of a refund or a coach trip. One of [...]
AIR ZIMBABWE currently has only five operational aircraft – but the airline still employs 49 pilots, MPs heard on Monday. A staggering 280 engineers service one plane, the Parliamentary Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development heard as the full extent of the problems bedevilling the struggling state-owned airline was revealed. Air Zimbabwe, with debts of [...]
Air Zimbabwe pilots strike entered its sixth day on Sunday with no end in scene. By midday on Sunday, pilots had not yet returned to work demanding payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances estimated at around $9 million. As a result, Air Zimbabwe had reportedly leased a private aircraft to fly the Harare-Johannesburg-Harare route [...]
Air Zimbabwe appealed to its striking pilots to return to work as they walk-out, which began on Tuesday, entered a third straight day on Thursday, disrupting travel plans for hundreds of its domestic and international customers. The state-owned airline was forced to cancel its Harare-London flights on Wednesday, and the return flight departing London Gatwick [...]
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe‘s second largest city is a major commercial, industrial and tourist centre. The city is rich in historical associations and is the home of the National Museum. Nearby are the ancient Khami ruins, while to the south is the Rhodes Matopos National Park, notable for its exotic formations of huge walls boulder. Dams with [...]
Harare, Zimbabwe – distressed national airline, Air Zimbabwe, has been forced to suspend flights to Johannesburg amid reports that there are creditors waiting to attach the company’s aged planes. Among the many creditors are Zimbabwean farmers who lost their land during the controversial land reform programme and a Germany bank. The airline is struggling to [...]
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Kenyan Airways has increased its flights into Zambia from the initial two to six in a week in order to meet customer convenience and to satisfy the growing passenger traffic, the Post of Zambia has reported. The airline has increased its flights from Nairobi to the Zambian city of Ndola on the Copperbelt province, according [...]
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Amongst Africa’s popular destinations is Zimbabwe. Major commercial airlines operating flights to Zimbabwe are Air Zimbabwe, Ethiopian Airlines, British Airways, South African Airways, and Kenya Airways. Air Zimbabwe: Air Zimbabwe operates from London Gatwick Airport twice a week on Thursdays & Sundays from South terminal. They also have two flights back from their hub Harare [...]