Zimbabwe: Zim Airways Ready to Fly

Government says one of the four long haul planes acquired from Malaysia, the Boeing 777-200ER, has no mechanical problems and was only taken back to Kuala Lumpur for routine maintenance, which is a prerequisite even if it is not flying.

Aeroplanes have a strict regime of maintenance, unlike vehicles, and since such checks could not be done locally or on the continent -- because the aircraft does not have an operating licence to be flown to Kenya or South Africa -- it was resolved that it should be taken back to Malaysia using the ferry licence gotten when it was first delivered to Harare.

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