TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe acquires new Boeing 777 planes

STRUGGLING national airline, Air Zimbabwe, will take delivery of two new Boeing 777 planes before the end of the year, Transport minister Biggie Matiza has said.Speaking to journalists in Harare yeste...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe, South Jet fight over planes

TROUBLED Air Zimbabwe is involved in a tug of war with Isle of Man company South Jet One Ltd over the ownership of two Airbus A320 aircrafts which the state entity claims it was given as a donation in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to auction old airplanes

The national airline has written to treasury to grant them permission to auction some of its old airplanes so that they can at least salvage something from the fleet which is lying idle.The US$380 mil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe seeks $6m for planes

Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) requires US$6 million to purchase two Embraer aircraft for its domestic and regional routes, businessdigest reported.As previously reported by the Zimbabwe Independent, AirZim is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Mugabe's planes ready to fly

Government says one of the four long-haul planes acquired from Malaysia, the Boeing 777-200ER, has no mechanical problems and was only taken back to Kuala Lumpur for routine maintenance, which is a pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Namibia's planes to be impounded over $1m

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has issued a court order, authorising the Sheriff or his Deputy to impound Air Namibia's planes and attach office equipment at Joina City in Harare, pending an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

POLITICS

Mugabe planes torment Joram Gumbo

The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chik...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

'ZimAirways planes deal above board'

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo says the $70 million Malaysian plane deal will go a long way in improving the aviation industry and supporting efforts to open up the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

News twist to 'Mugabe planes' saga

Under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo has claimed that government kept the deal to register the new Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) airline under wraps after advice that some former commercial whit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Mugabe planes' torment minister

Parliament is turning up the heat on beleaguered Transport minister Joram Gumbo, demanding that he provides convincing answers on all aspects of the controversial new airport, Zimbabwe Airways - said ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa govt to seize 'Mugabe planes'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is planning to impound all the aeroplanes bought by an airline linked to deposed leader Robert Mugabe's family - which stands accused of funding the purchase ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe set to get new planes

THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development plans to buy three Embraer ERJ145 aircraft for Air Zimbabwe at a cost of US$6 million and lease two other similar aircraft which will ply rout...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 January 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to get 15 new planes

GOVERNMENT is set to acquire 15 aeroplanes as part of efforts to resuscitate the ailing Air Zimbabwe, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo has said.In an interview recently...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to take delivery of 6 small planes

AIR ZIMBABWE is expected to take delivery of six small aircraft next month as Government heightens efforts to revive the struggling national flag carrier, our Harare Bureau has learnt.Under the deal, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 September 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe splurges $1billion on planes

ZIMBABWE'S cash-strapped government has spent nearly $1 billion on procuring Boeing 777-200ER planes from Malaysia Airlines, as it sets up a new airline to be run by President Robert Mugabe's son-in-l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2017

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe planes grounded in SA

AIR Zimbabwe's two A320 Airbuses have been grounded at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the last four months amid disclosures that the planes were unserviceable, NewsD...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 February 2014

AFRICA BUSINESS

Air Botswana buys faulty planes

Two brand new aircrafts acquired by Air Botswana in 2009 for close to P280 million have been singled out as unfit for purpose, a parliamentary committee has reported. The committee on statutory bodies...

By Business reporter | Published: 30 July 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zim rolls out ambitious plan, to take delivery of 2 new planes

ZIMBABWE's troubled state-run airline, Air Zimbabwe has rolled out an ambitious plan as it seeks to revive its fortunes following years of maladministration that at one time grounded the airline's a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2013
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