LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (TM, Maputo) is looking for an international partner with which to create an international carrier, Marlene Manave, the airline's CEO, has said. In an interview with The African Report, Ms Manave said while government was eager for the re-establishment of long haul flights, suspended since April 2011 when the carrier was added to the EU No Fly List citing safety oversights, LAM was not in a financial position to go it alone as any intercontinental venture would lose money for "two or three years". She added that despite Maputo being the airline's near sole shareholder, LAM could not access government guarantees which, as a result, made the financing of aircraft "tough, especially because of the high fuel prices." LAM's last long haul service was a twice-weekly flight from Maputo to Lisbon operated under a wet lease agreement with Portuguese ACMI specialists, euroAtlantic Airways (YU, Lisbon).