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Nyemudzai Correspondent Kakore Herald
The government is in the process of reorganizing the operations and organizational structures of Air Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Airways so that they both operate under one umbrella. only advice.
He said that a technical team had been tasked with developing the appropriate legal framework.
He said that the current Air Zimbabwe board would be changed or strengthened to run both Air Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Airways, currently under the responsibility of Zimbabwe Leasing Aviation Company. Minister Gumbo said the decision was made possible by the government's re-engagement policy with the international community.
"We have now found an arrangement after settling the sanctions issue, which has kept us on the right track.We will have a board that will lead the affairs of Air Zimbabwe and Zimbabwe Airways. will operate international lines while Air Zimbabwe will operate locally and regionally, "he said.
"There will be a transfer of the aircraft badets of the Zimbabwe Leasing Aviation Company (ZALC) to the newly identified structure that the aircraft purchased under the ZALC are put into service, including the four B777s purchased to Malaysia and the Embraer bought in the United States and liquidated at ZALC.
"We will develop a framework to buy back Air Zimbabwe's debt and recommend a"
Minister Gumbo then rejected the rumors that the Zimbabwe Airways planes were redundant.
He said that the operations of the two Zim Airways aircraft fully paid the $ 300,000 payment to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe for the license of the air operator , which would allow Zimbabwe's civil aviation authority to deliver
on Air Zimbabwe's efficiency, he said that financial resources should be to be engaged for real
"The air transport market, from a national and regional point of view, is dominated by small and medium aircraft, which have a fast turnaround time and are economically efficient. fuel. From an international point of view, new planes that consume little fuel and are low noise are the norm, "he said.
"Air Zimbabwe has been faced with countless problems: inappropriate obsolete equipment, huge indebtedness compliments, lack of up-to-date audited financial statements, poor management of the organization, lack of funding from the cash flow, salary arrears for current and retired / retired staff, lack of efficient and effective management. "
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