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Zimbabwe targets airport upgrades

ZIMBABWE aims to rehabilitate and modernize its airports to enhance air transport infrastructure, boost tourism, and attract investment, Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Second International Airport for Harare

The government has embarked on an ambitious programme to rehabilitate and modernise airports across Zimbabwe in a move aimed at enhancing air transport infrastructure, boosting tourism, and attractin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Buffalo Range Airport refurb nears completion

The refurbishment and modernisation of Buffalo Range Airport in Chiredzi are nearing completion, with government plans in motion to extend the runway as part of efforts to boost Zimbabwe's aviation an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Businessman arrested at airport

A Harare businessman, Elijah Meskano, was this week arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport after allegedly attempting to flee the country to evade prosecution in a US$580,000 property...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Masvingo airport remains operational

The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has confirmed that Masvingo Airport in Masvingo province remains operational, although its services are currently limited to chartered flights with a maximum pas...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Manicaland airport plan sparks debate

Plans to build a new international airport in Manicaland have stirred debate, with stakeholders weighing the potential benefits against questions of feasibility.The project, announced by provincial of...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 September 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe airports undergo major upgrades

Zimbabwe is carrying out major rehabilitation and modernisation works at some of its leading airports, with Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo and Victoria Falls International Airp...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 August 2025

POLITICS

Zanu-PF bigwigs accused of grabbing airport land

The ruling Zanu-PF party and senior government officials are allegedly selling land earmarked for the expansion of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport to unsuspecting individuals.President...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Victoria Falls airport shatters passenger records

Victoria Falls International Airport (VFIA) is experiencing an unprecedented boom, smashing pre-pandemic records and cementing its status as a leading regional aviation hub, thanks to a surge in Meeti...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2025

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe airports see surge in passengers

The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) has commended the surge in air traffic witnessed at the country's airports during the ongoing Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2025, describing it as a s...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2025

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Power cut claims at JM Nkomo airport dismissed

The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) has dismissed claims that a fastjet aircraft failed to land at Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo on Wednesday evening due ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 July 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

More duty-free shops at Zimbabwe airports

CIVIL Aviation Authority Zimbabwe (Caaz) has embarked on a major drive to increase duty-free shops at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe and Victoria Falls airports.Zimbabwe currently has four duty-free shops,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 April 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

$46million drawn-down for RGM Airport facelift

Government has drawn-down $45,9 million, representing 30 percent of the total project cost for upgrading and modernisation of the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport. The RGM International Air...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 February 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe airports' utilisation below 30%

Capacity utilisation at local airports has slumped to below 30 percent on the back of continued operational challenges facing national airline, Air Zimbabwe.This comes at a time the Civil Aviation Aut...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 February 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa rushes Mugabe Airport upgrade

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa recently officially commissioned the upgrading of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport funded through a $153 million loan facility from China's Eximbank.Addressing ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 25 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

$153 million Mugabe airport upgrade begins

President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the $153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport upgrading and rehabilitation project, as Government modernises the country's infrastructure to m...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa to officiate at Mugabe airport groundbreaking ceremony

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officiate at the groundbreaking ceremony of the modernisation of Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport tomorrow. The project is being funded from a $1...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Victoria Falls airport attracts more airlines

VICTORIA Falls International Airport is overwhelmed by visitors, a development that has seen some airlines either increasing frequency or introducing bigger planes to meet demand.The new look facility...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 July 2018

POLITICS

No red carpet for Mugabe at his airport

FORMER President Robert Mugabe limped home to the humiliation of being consigned to watching his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reception party wait to receive him complete with a spread out...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Vic Falls mock plane crash tests airport response plan

EMERGENCY service providers in Victoria Falls had an opportunity to test their reaction time yesterday after receiving an aircraft plane crash alert, which later turned out to be a hoax.Several fire t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Parliament okays $153m airport deal

The National Assembly yesterday ratified the $153 million Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport expansion project following the signing of a loan agreement between Government and China Eximbank ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Govt seals airport upgrade funding

Government has secured US$153 million from China for the expansion of the Harare International Airport with reconstruction work set to start in November.The China Export Import Bank has extended the l...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Only sewer upgrade at JMNkomo airport

GOVERNMENT yesterday officially commissioned a $1,2 million upgraded sewer system at the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport on the outskirts of Bulawayo.The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabw...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

CAAZ in airports upgrade drive

The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (Caaz) is seeking financial advisors to help in the raising of funds for proposed capital projects at various airports across the country.It is understood that...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Vic Falls Airport capacity utilisation increases

VICTORIA Falls International Airport's capacity utilisation has risen from 21 to 26 percent recently while tourism players recorded a 20 percent boom in business owing to consistency by airlines in se...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 March 2018
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