Suspended regional, international flights remain frozen: Mavhunga

The airline suspended the flights after some of its planes were impounded by debtors over long standing debts in South Africa and in Britain.

Airzim acting chief executive officer Mr Innocent Mavhunga said the flights would only resume when there was no risk of the planes being impounded.
“Those flights will remain suspended until maybe the end of January while some logistics are being worked out,” he said.

“We are hoping that Government would have implemented Cabinet decisions on Airzim like the debt take-over and restructuring.
“If the decisions are not implemented then certainly we won’t be resuming those flights.”

Mr Mavhunga said the national airline was only plying the domestic routes and Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The national airline has failed to service its debts due to operational challenges mainly caused by a high staff turnover.

Airzim has over 1 200 employees but management wants the numbers trimmed down to just over 400.
Lack of finance has made it difficult for the national airline to retrench because it does not have the package for potential retrenchees.

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