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Struggling National
Airline, AIR ZIMBABWE plans to acquire two new Embraer aircraft from
the Brazilian company, to service its domestic and regional routes as
it seeks to turn around its fortunes. Air Zimbabwe board chairman,
quoted in Bulawayo24, last Tuesday said they are in the process of
acquiring Embraer planes by the way of lease. He added that they are
more fuel efficient and will enable them to fly more regional routes
and we hope we will be able to do that in the shortest time possible.
Embraer is one of the
world’s leading aircraft manufactures. The Brazilian company
manufactures its ERJ range which has a seating capacity of between 37
and 50 and is meant for regional and domestic commercial airline
operators. The two planes are meant to service regional routes, while
plans to resume the Harare-London by July are underway.
Air Zimbabwe load
factor had increased to an average of between six to 70% for the
Harare-Johannesburg routes in the festive season last year. The
company also plans to pursue a retrenchment exercise which could see
more than half of its 900 plus employees being laid off.
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