TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe acquires new Boeing 777 planes

STRUGGLING national airline, Air Zimbabwe, will take delivery of two new Boeing 777 planes before the end of the year, Transport minister Biggie Matiza has said.Speaking to journalists in Harare yeste...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe, South Jet fight over planes

TROUBLED Air Zimbabwe is involved in a tug of war with Isle of Man company South Jet One Ltd over the ownership of two Airbus A320 aircrafts which the state entity claims it was given as a donation in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 July 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to auction old airplanes

The national airline has written to treasury to grant them permission to auction some of its old airplanes so that they can at least salvage something from the fleet which is lying idle.The US$380 mil...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa summons Dubai plane for trip to Bulawayo, AGAIN

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is flying a private jet from Dubai on his trip to Bulawayo on Friday morning, ZimLive can reveal.It is the second time that Mnangagwa is flying a hired jet from Dubai on ...

By zimlive | Published: 26 April 2019

POLITICS

Mnangagwa's spin doctor speaks on chartered plane

The plane that was used to fly former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe from Singapore to attend the funeral of her mother, Ambuya Idah Marufu, was paid for by well-wishers and not by Government, it has eme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 September 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe seeks $6m for planes

Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) requires US$6 million to purchase two Embraer aircraft for its domestic and regional routes, businessdigest reported.As previously reported by the Zimbabwe Independent, AirZim is...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Mugabe's planes ready to fly

Government says one of the four long-haul planes acquired from Malaysia, the Boeing 777-200ER, has no mechanical problems and was only taken back to Kuala Lumpur for routine maintenance, which is a pr...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Namibia's planes to be impounded over $1m

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has issued a court order, authorising the Sheriff or his Deputy to impound Air Namibia's planes and attach office equipment at Joina City in Harare, pending an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Boeing demands $2,7m for Mugabe Airways plane manuals

AMERICAN aircraft manufacturer Boeing is demanding $2,7 million from the government in order to supply manuals for four Boeing 777 jetliners which Harare is controversially acquiring from Malaysia on ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 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

POLITICS

Mugabe planes torment Joram Gumbo

The long-drawn Zimbabwe Airways saga refuses to go away, with under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo now standing accused of shielding ousted former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Simba Chik...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 June 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

'Mugabe plane' flown back for repairs

Zimbabwe's new airline, Zimbabwe Airways - which has been linked to the family of ousted former president Robert Mugabe - has hit fresh controversy.This comes as the Daily News has been told that one ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 May 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

'ZimAirways planes deal above board'

TRANSPORT and Infrastructural Development Minister Dr Joram Gumbo says the $70 million Malaysian plane deal will go a long way in improving the aviation industry and supporting efforts to open up the ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 May 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

News twist to 'Mugabe planes' saga

Under-fire Transport minister Joram Gumbo has claimed that government kept the deal to register the new Zimbabwe Airways (Zim Airways) airline under wraps after advice that some former commercial whit...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Fight erupts over ZimAirways plane

TRANSPORT minister Joram Gumbo this week summoned senior Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) officials to his offices after the airline refused to accommodate the recently purchased Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) Bo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Mugabe plane' chews $50,000 per week

Controversial new airline Zimbabwe Airways' recently received Boeing 777 has already cost hard-pressed taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars even as the wide-bodied aeroplane remains grounded at Robe...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Gumbo slips on plane deal

Transport minister Joram Gumbo says the lawyers who were appointed as directors of Zimbabwe Airways and Zimbabwe Aviation Leasing Company (ZALC) were involved in negotiations with creditors who were t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

'Mugabe planes' torment minister

Parliament is turning up the heat on beleaguered Transport minister Joram Gumbo, demanding that he provides convincing answers on all aspects of the controversial new airport, Zimbabwe Airways - said ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe Airways plane touch down

The first of the four Boeing 777 aircraft bought by Zimbabwe from Malaysia has arrived in the country.The deal for the four continental aircraft is worth $70 million with the other planes set to come ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 April 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Mnangagwa govt to seize 'Mugabe planes'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is planning to impound all the aeroplanes bought by an airline linked to deposed leader Robert Mugabe's family - which stands accused of funding the purchase ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 April 2018

POLITICS

Mnangagwa hires luxury Swiss plane to China

President Emmerson Mnangagwa opted to hire a luxurious private plane to travel to China, abandoning the struggling national airliner Air Zimbabwe (AirZim), which has a plane of the same size albeit wi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 April 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe plane in mid-air scare

AN Air Zimbabwe flight between Harare and the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam was involved in a five-minute mid-air turbulence that left passengers shaken on Tuesday.According to a passenger who was a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 March 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe plane blows two tyres

An Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) plane failed to travel from the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg after it ruptured its two rear tyres on Friday morning.The flight, Boeing 767, which was being f...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 February 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe set to get new planes

THE Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development plans to buy three Embraer ERJ145 aircraft for Air Zimbabwe at a cost of US$6 million and lease two other similar aircraft which will ply rout...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 January 2018

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Air Zimbabwe to get 15 new planes

GOVERNMENT is set to acquire 15 aeroplanes as part of efforts to resuscitate the ailing Air Zimbabwe, Transport and Infrastructure Development Minister Dr Jorum Gumbo has said.In an interview recently...

By Staff reporter | Published: 11 December 2017
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