Air Zimbabwe wants to use one Boeing 767 for cargo operations

The current acting chief executive officer (CEO) Edmund Makon, who was actually fired from the airline five years ago, made a bold statement about Air Zimbabwes’ future. His goal is to receive the ailing national carrier, and one of the ways he will achieve that is by bringing one of two Boeing 767-200ERs that the airline owns and use it for cargo flights.

“We are going to bring one of our Boeing 767s to specifically focus on cargo. This service should be available at least within the next two months, if not less.” Given the short lead time of two months, it is clear the jet will not undergo a full passenger to freighter conversion. Air Zimbabwe currently has two serviceable jets which are one Embraer ERJ145 and one Boeing 737-200. The airline operates from its base in Harare (HRE, Zimbabwe) to Victoria Falls (VFA) and Bulawayo (BUQ) and to two regional destinations which are Dar Es Salaam (DAR, Tanzania) and Johannesburg (JNB, South Africa).

The usual claims of launching flights to Beijing and London were made, but if the past is anything to go by, don’t expect anything to materialise anytime soon. False promises are sadly the only constant thing at the national carrier.