{"id":19977,"date":"2020-02-25T19:09:06","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=19977"},"modified":"2020-02-25T19:09:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:09:06","slug":"air-zimbabwe-plans-on-leasing-out-its-boeing-777s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/air-zimbabwe-plans-on-leasing-out-its-boeing-777s","title":{"rendered":"Air Zimbabwe Plans On Leasing Out Its Boeing 777s"},"content":{"rendered":"

The airline eventually has plans to fly these aircraft to destinations in China and\u00a0the U.K.<\/a>\u00a0but this will have to wait until the leased aircraft are returned.<\/p>\n

The airline\u2019s administrator, Reggie Saruchera of Grant Thornton, broke the news this weekend. Saruchera added that nine companies have already expressed interest in leasing the two Boeing 777-200ERs. The aircraft both have a carrying capacity of 282 passengers. Details of the identity of the nine companies was not disclosed.<\/p>\n

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It looks like while the aircraft are being leased out, the airline will take the opportunity to train its flight crew as well as maintenance and ground-handling personnel on the new arrivals. However, whether or not they can do this effectively in the absence of the actual aircraft is a big question.<\/p>\n

According to Pindula News, Saruchera said the following:<\/p>\n

The national airline will be leasing out the two Boeing 777-200ER aircraft in the immediate, pending re-introduction of international flights to China and London after developing a robust domestic and regional route network\u2026During the lease period, the airline will embark on training of flight crew, maintenance and ground handling personnel.<\/p>\n

Saruchera also says that the national airline will use the revenue gained from the 777 leases to buy an additional narrow-bodied aircraft.<\/p>\n

Restructuring of Zimbabwe\u2019s airline
\nAir Zimbabwe was placed under \u201creconstruction\u201d in October 2018. This was done in order to allow it to clear its debts, which are understood to be more than US$35m owed to foreign creditors.<\/p>\n

According to Bulawayo 24 News, settling of the legacy debt would allow the administrator to settle outstanding issues with creditors and remove the airline from reconstruction. With economic turmoil going on inside the country, the airline has also suffered the embarrassment of having its aircraft impounded outside the country due to outstanding debts. In fact, a Boeing 767 belonging to the airline was impounded last October by the Airports Company of South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The airline eventually has plans to fly these aircraft to destinations in China and\u00a0the U.K.\u00a0but this will have to wait until the leased aircraft are returned. The airline\u2019s administrator, Reggie Saruchera of Grant Thornton, broke the news this weekend. Saruchera added that nine companies have already expressed interest in leasing the two Boeing 777-200ERs. 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