adminIn an interview at the just-ended Sanganai world travel fair, GSA and Offline Sales officer Yvonne Baldwin said the airline was going to deploy a Boeing 737 300 on the route.
“All the logistics have been put in place thus our first flight will be landing in Harare in December,” she said.
Baldwin said the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) was pressing the airline to start flights earlier than December.
“The flight will be coming to Harare three times a week. People of Tanzania and Zimbabwe have been finding it difficult to connect, having to resort to indirect flights which go to Kenya first which is expensive,” she said.
The route was previously serviced by the national carriers of the two countries, both of which have since pulled out owing to operational challenges.
The coming of Precision Air, Baldwin said, would help boost tourism in the two countries.
“We are convinced this will further enhance our tourism and bilateral co-operation with Zimbabwe in all spheres of life including trade and commerce,” she said.
She said the airline was already flying to South Africa, Egypt, and Qatar, among other destinations.
Precision Air, which is publicly listed, would become the latest international airline to fly into Zimbabwe.
Emirates started flying to Zimbabwe on selected days early this year, and now plies the route daily.
Air Zimbabwe is facing serious challenges such as gross under-capitalisation and aircraft shortages. — New Ziana.
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