Mozambique: LAM resumes flights to Harare, Zimbabwe

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Mozambique: LAM resumes flights to Harare, Zimbabwe

8:11 CAT | 21 Dec 2021

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This Sunday, Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM) resumed regular weekly flights between Maputo and Harare, having chosen Zimbabwe as its preferred destination for its business opportunities and the fact that a large number of Mozambicans lives there, just as many Zimbabweans live in Mozambique.

In addition to Zimbabwe, LAM already has regional flights to Johannesburg, in South Africa, and Dar-es-Salam, in Tanzania.

Arriving at Robert Mugabe Airport, LAM general director João Carlos Pó Jorge told journalists that LAM intends to concentrate on the family and business tourism market segment.

“We are offering this air link at a more convenient price and more attractive time, offering an alternative to other connections which are more costly and time-consuming,” he said.

The resumption of flights will allow Zimbabwean tourists to once again visit beaches and other Mozambican tourist destinations, leveraging the development of Mozambican tourism, as well as facilitating cultural and sporting activities, as in the past.

In turn, the CEO of the Zimbabwe Airport Company, Devnanda Popatlal, expressed satisfaction with the resumption of flights to his country.

“It will have a great impact on the continuation of the development of historical relations, also allowing for the increase of the flow of commercial and tourist relations between the two sister countries. I congratulate Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique on this initiative,” he said.

Alves Gomes, who, with his grandchildren, was one of the passengers travelling to Harare, said that the resumption of these flights was long awaited, him having been one of the first to buy tickets. Gomes had promised his grandchildren a visit to the benchmark Zimbabwean tourist attraction, the Victoria Falls, a promise that he was now be able to fulfil.

LAM’s commercial director, Luísa Ferreira, announced that 21 passengers had travelled to Harare in the 50-seat Embraer 145 aircraft. The return flight to Maputo was practically full, with 41 passengers on board, plus four crew members.

Flights between Maputo and Harare will take off three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Source: Diario Economico