Zambia Airways debuts int'l ops with Zimbabwe route

Zambia Airways launches international operations on March 28 with a regional route to Harare International, the capital of Zimbabwe, the airline announced on social media. The carrier's online schedule reveals that flights between Lusaka and Harare will run 3x weekly, on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, using a DHC-8-Q400. This follows its recent announcement that it had secured long-awaited foreign operator permits. Plans to debut regional services in July 2022 were delayed by lengthy regulatory processes to obtain the FOPs, a situation eventually resolved when Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema stepped in to negotiate with his counterparts to the south. Other regional routes in the booking system - but not yet scheduled - are Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta and Mombasa, and Kinshasa N'Djili.<br/>