{"id":20554,"date":"2012-07-04T15:18:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T14:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/?p=20554"},"modified":"2018-11-01T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T14:27:36","slug":"another-setback-for-air-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelhouseuk.co.uk\/news\/airline-news\/another-setback-for-air-zimbabwe.htm","title":{"rendered":"Another Setback for Air Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"

After resumption of its flight operations for barely two months, Air Zimbabwe has again suspended its domestic flights. Apparently, Robert Mugabe has used Air Zim\u2019s aircraft for his Singapore\u2019s flight.<\/p>\n

The domestic flights to Harare<\/a><\/strong>, Victoria Falls and Bulawayo were suspended by Air Zimbabwe on Monday as the airline grounded its Boeing 737 in order to go for a C-check which is maintenance check of any aircraft, during which most parts of the plane are checked and few are replaced.<\/p>\n

After being non-operational for about four months from January to April, Air Zimbabwe resumed its flight operations again since the start of May this year. The airline had suspended its international, regional and domestic flights due to the debts, the industrial action vital personnel such as the pilots and the engineers and that some of its planes could be apprehended for recovering debts Since January.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Mugabe had flown to Singapore for a \u201croutine medical checkup\u201d as announced by the state media. He is expected back home at the weekend where he will be ferried by the Air Zimbabwe\u2019s long-haul aeroplane from Johannesburg to Harare after the Singapore flight.<\/p>\n

The airline that was striving to get back the passenger confidence it had lost, has faced another setback after the suspension of its flights. The consecutive years of mismanagement and insufficient funding have led Air Zimbabwe, once Africa\u2019s best airline, to a halt. The grounding of aeroplanes has made the situation worse for the national flag carrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After resumption of its flight operations for barely two months, Air Zimbabwe has again suspended its domestic flights. Apparently, Robert Mugabe has used Air Zim\u2019s aircraft for his Singapore\u2019s flight. The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_has_post_settings":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[129],"hashtags":[],"class_list":["post-20554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","tag-air-zimbabwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t