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Zimbabwe airlines resume domestic operations

Fastjet Zimbabwe (FN, Harare Int'l) has confirmed it will resume domestic flights on September 21, 2020, with three weekly services between Harare Int'l and Bulawayo.

Twice weekly flights between Harare and Victoria Falls will follow on October 1, 2020. The airline said it would operate on a reduced frequency and review its schedules in line with customer demand.

It said international flights between Zimbabwe and South Africa were planned from October 1, 2020, when that country re-opens its international borders.

Meanwhile, Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int'l) in a statement announced the resumption of domestic and regional flights from September 23 and October 3 respectively. The airline will operate two flights a day thrice-weekly between Harare Int'l, Bulawayo, and Victoria Falls.

The regional schedule will see twice weekly flights from Harare Int'l to Dar es Salaam; with another frequency added towards year-end. The airline said it would also resume flights to Johannesburg O.R. Tambo when South Africa's borders re-open in October.

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Editorial Comment: Updated with Air Zimbabwe resuming operations. - 17.09.2020 - 12:30 UTC

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