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Air Zimbabwe

Dr. Peter Chikumba, CEO
Dr. Peter Chikumba
CEO
IATA Code
UM
ICAO Code
AZW
Corporate Address
Harare Airport
Harare
Zimbabwe
Website
http://www.airzimbabwe.aero
Main hub
Harare Airport
Country
Zimbabwe
Business model
Full Service Carrier
Association Membership
AFRAA
IATA

Air Zimbabwe is the national airline of the Republic of Zimbabwe with its main base at Harare International Airport. The airline offers domestic and regional services to destinations in southern Africa, and intercontinental services to Asia and the United Kingdom. Air Zimbabwe is wholly-owned by the Zimbabwean government. The carrier is currently grounded due to financial reasons. 

Location of Air Zimbabwe main hub (Harare Airport)

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Simple ownership change to forgive USD150m of debt is not enough to place Air Zimbabwe back on track

15-Mar-12 11:56 AM

Zimbabwe has forced the issue of rising debt at national carrier Air Zimbabwe by disbanding the airline, officially known as Air Zimbabwe Holdings, and re-launching it as Air Zimbabwe Private Limited. Local reports have put the carrier's debt at USD150 million, USD30 million of which is owed internationally, including in the US and China. The ownership structure of the new airline has not been disclosed, although the Government is reportedly trying to woo investors.

The move is not a cure-all. Before the new carrier can be taken seriously, it needs not only independent management but also structural changes within government to benefit the country and trickle down to the airline.

Intercontinental and regional carriers look to serve Zimbabwe in absence of national carrier

16-Jan-12 5:52 PM

Zimbabwe’s indigenous aviation industry has been uncertain at best, underscored by Air Zimbabwe grounding its entire fleet last month. Even if the carrier resumes services, its future is not guaranteed. Instead Zimbabwe will have to rely on intercontinental and regional carriers. In the former category, Emirates will launch services in early Feb-2012, which will help maintain whatever trade links and international relations Zimbabwe has left. From regional African carriers, Air Namibia will resume service and Zambezi Airlines plans to increase its offering, which will help supplement the country’s regional needs. While total capacity in Zimbabwe has dropped since mid-2011, it is expected to increase this year but by May-2012 will still be down 11% from a year earlier.

Sama Chairman, Prince Bandar Bin Khalid Al-Faisal Is Saudi Arabia's last LCC nasair set to join Sama?

9-May-11 9:33 AM

Saudi Arabia’s LCC experiment may be drawing to an unwelcome close. nasair, the kingdom’s first – and now sole surviving – LCC announced it has suffered a 1Q2011 loss, due to the troubled situation in the Middle East and North Africa reducing passenger traffic and the increasing price of oil.

African airline fleet growth peaking in 2010; Egyptair, Ethiopian Airlines & Nigerian Eagle lead way

18-Jan-10 10:57 AM

African airlines are expected to take delivery of 73 new aircraft in 2010 – making it a peak year for deliveries to the region, after 42 deliveries last year, 26 in 2008 and 39 in 2007. Approximately 66 aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2011, according to Ascend fleet data. The 74% year-on-year increase in deliveries in 2010 reflects the growing optimism in the African continent amid a resources-led economic revival, and the recent success of some of the region’s rising star airlines. Egyptair and Ethiopian Airlines will take delivery of the greatest number of aircraft (ten each) in 2010, to lead the regional tally.

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