Until the
year 2000 Zimbabwe had multiple international airlines flying in and out of the
country. But as Zimbabwe's political anarchy, one by one they withdrew their
services.
Now Royal
Dutch Airlines (KLM) is back and starting its first flights to Zimbabwe on October
29th to Harare, along with Lusaka, Zambia, will be added as their
newest destinations.
In a
statement they said: "KLM sees great growth opportunities in Africa. This
year we launched service to Luanda in Angola, Lusaka in Zambia and in 2011 we
began serving Kigali in Rwanda.
The airline
said it would also offer 11 weekly services to Harare via Nairobi in
co-operation with Kenya Airways.
Flight KL523
will be operated with an Airbus A330-200 on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
departing from Schiphol at 10:20 and arriving in Harare on the same day at
21:25.
The return
leg of the circle trip has the same number, KL523, leaving Harare at 22:30 the
same day, with an intermediate landing in Lusaka. The flight arrives in
Amsterdam the following morning at 10:20.
