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Located
at Harare International Airport, Air Zimbabwe is the successor
to Air Zimbabwe – Rhodesia which in turn
was the successor to Air Rhodesia. Privatised in 1997 Air
Zimbabwe is the country’s largest passenger
carrier. It also carries cargo. The airline’s
initial fleet of 4 Being 707s and 2 Viscounts at Independence
was phased out in the 1980’s and replaced
with 2 Boeing 767-200ERs and 3 Boeing 737s.A fifth aircraft
a BAe 146 was added to the fleet from the airforce also in
the 1980’s.
The
B737s operate domestic and regional routes while the two B767s
operate mainly long haul to Europe, especially London Gatwick.
The BA146 has been grounded for some time.The airline operates
a large engineering maintenance base, one of the biggest in
Africa. It has 1300 employees and two subsidiary companies
–National Handling Services [Pvt] Ltd, which
specialises in ground handling, and Galileo [Zimbabwe], which
provides reservations facilities to Travel agents in the country.
As
a passenger and cargo carrier, the national airline plays
a crucial role in the development of tourism and freight industries
within Zimbabwe, the region and international markets. The
airline currently serves five regional destinations-Nairobi,
Lilongwe, Blantyre, Lusaka, Johannesburg and Mauritius, three
domestic-Harare,Bulawayo and Victoria Falls as well as one
international destination-London. Air Zimbabwe’s
busiest routes are Harare-London and Harare-Johannesburg.
Air
Zimbabwe also boasts one of the oldest, best known and reasonably
priced holiday packages in the world-Flame Lily- which is
operating in partnership with Brett McDonald, hotels and tour
operators of South Africa. This package aimed at the international
market, takes holiday makers to mighty Victoria Falls, Hwange
National Park, Great Zimbabwe, Eastern Highlands and Kariba.
As
a growing airline, Air Zimbabwe is on the lookout for opportunities
to expand its markets. This involves entering into alliances
/partnerships with other airlines. Currently, the airline
has a code-share agreement with Air Malawi, pro-rate agreements
with such airlines as Delta, Virgin, American Airlines and
Continental and interline agreements with 150 operators. These
relationships allow for more flexible and quite often more
affordable travel arrangements for passengers.
The
airline began using Worldspan Reservations system in April
2003 , which provides sleek check–in, frequent
flyer and departure control facilities. Air Zimbabwe offices
in London, Johannesburg and Lusaka are complimented by General
Sales Agents in Lilongwe, Dar-es-Salaam, Mauritius, Durban,
Capetown, USA, Australia, Japan and several other countries.
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