Air Zimbabwe

Harare airport

Air Zimbabwe is an airline based in Harare simbabwesische and based on the Harare International Airport.

History

The history of Air Zimbabwe began in 1967 with the founding of Air Rhodesia after Central African Airways was dissolved. In 1978 she was renamed Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia and in 1980 it was due to the independence of Zimbabwe Air Zimbabwe. Air Zimbabwe bought in 1983, the airline was privatized in 1997 and Affretair.

2003 Air Zimbabwe got massive financial problems, which led to the temporary suspension by IATA in February 2004. In May 2005, the airline made ​​headlines, as she performed the maiden flight on the new route from Dubai to Harare with only one passenger. The government of Zimbabwe criticized the company that they had set up the new system without a performance audit.

In May 2011, Air Zimbabwe was suspended again due to unresolved liabilities in the amount of 2 million U.S. dollars by IATA and ensure that all international financial transactions and booking services stopped until further notice. Previously, the three Boeing 737-200 of the company had been shut down by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe for security reasons. These should be replaced by a leased Boeing 737-500 aircraft from Zambezi Airlines, but Air Zimbabwe was not to pay the lease rates in the situation and the aircraft had to return.

In summer 2011, Air Zimbabwe led to a Boeing 767 -200ER a modernized version of its aircraft painting.

In September 2011, the operations for a short time had to be stopped because it - was legal disputes with the pilots come - in the meantime enclosed. In November of the same year, numerous flights were repeatedly deleted, as payments to suppliers of kerosene were open. In December 2011, a Boeing 767 -200ER of the heavily indebted company in London was seized as collateral for unpaid bills. In January 2012, the cessation of flights to London and Johannesburg was announced because of the financial situation. In addition, the risk that more planes would seized there. In February 2012, flight operations was finally completely stopped until further notice. After shorter time between unsuccessful attempts to receive a Flight Operations Air Zimbabwe leads since November 2012 again regular flights.

In February 2014, the suspended Chef Innocent Mavhunga, his predecessor Peter Chikumba and the managing director Grace Nyaradzo Pfumbidzayi were arrested for suspicion of fraud, other managers are suspected. They should have cheated the airline millions.

Objectives

Air Zimbabwe operates from Harare from domestic Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. Within Africa, she flew at times to Lubumbashi and Lusaka, as well as long-haul destinations Beijing and Kuala Lumpur. Some other objectives have also been abandoned over time, including Frankfurt am Main. The flights to Johannesburg and London Gatwick were suspended in early 2012, included in the case of Johannesburg but since April 2013.

Fleet

As of June 2013 the fleet of Air Zimbabwe consisted of nine aircraft with an average age of 19.6 years:

• 2 Airbus A320 -200 ( 1 decommissioned)
• 1 BAe 146-200 ( decommissioned)
• 1 Boeing 737-200 with 105 seats per
• 2 Boeing 767 -200ER, each with 197 seats ( 1 decommissioned)
• 2 Embraer ERJ -145 ( leased from Solenta Aviation )
• 1 Xi'an MA60, each with 52 seats