Zambia Airways to stop direct flights to Harare

27 November, 2007 in Zimbabwe

source: SW Radio Africa

By Tichaona Sibanda
26 November 2007

Zambian Airways will stop its direct flights to Harare from Friday, becoming the second airline to pull out of Zimbabwe in less than a month.
British Airways stopped its direct flights from London on 30th October, citing viability problems. David Evans, the chief operating officer for Zambia Airways told Newsreel from Lusaka Monday that the reason for ditching the route was that it was no longer profitable.
The airline flies daily into Zimbabwe and the last flight on the Harare-Lusaka route will be on November 30th. Evans said the decision was taken purely on a commercial basis because of continuing operational challenges caused by high fuel costs and extreme currency fluctuations in Zimbabwe.

‘We have been keeping a close watch on the route and came to a conclusion that there is no [continue reading]