From Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (Air Zimbabwe)
The government will take over Air Zimbabwe’s debt to ensure that the national airline starts on a fresh page when it finds a strategic partner.
This came out at the end of the International Air Transport Association conference in Victoria Falls.
The government has already identified 12 foreign airlines that are stable which may be interested in partnering the national airline.
The strategy will resuscitate the airline and enable it to penetrate new routes, a development expected to bring tourists into the country.
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Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo says his ministry has been given the nod by cabinet to hunt for suitable partners and is already working on the terms of reference.
The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry is working with the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development to lure new foreign airlines into the country through various aviation and tourism platforms.
Air Zimbabwe currently operates six aircraft which service domestic and two regional destinations Johannesburg, South Africa and Lusaka, Zambia.
Meanwhile, flight to the third regional destination Dar es Salaam, Tanzania will be launched on the 4th of next month.
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