Comments on: EU Bans planes from Zambia

By: Rule

Rule — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:38:01 +0000

Yep, even our very own “airforce one” is registered abroad meaning no zambian airline either currently in operation or planning to launch can even consider the EU as a destination

By: Jimmy

Jimmy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:26:57 +0000

so we are talking of zambezi airlines te? pantu muzambia the only airline is in the coffin, dead or maybe in coma-zambia airways

By: Rule

Rule — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:04:56 +0000

Zambia’s Presidential jet, The Challenger is registered out of South Africa if i am not mistaken…i stand to be corrected however…

By: Weston Mubanga

Weston Mubanga — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:40:39 +0000

Do we have any airline that goes to Europe?

By: Thenji Stevens(Mrs)

Thenji Stevens(Mrs) — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:13:00 +0000

Ilyashi ya shupa nomba…..

By: dawa05

dawa05 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:43:19 +0000

Of course we do not have an international airline, this ban means no chartered planes registered in Zambia will be allowed to fly in EU air space, the presidential jet will never fly accross EU. In short any airline registered in Zambia currently or in future will never be allowed.
This is a humiliation to the our country and shows how unserious the national leadership is. How come we have countries in Africa that have had civil wars for a long time, but their air transport standards are internationally acceptable? Zambia has never been at war and yet our infrastructure and attitudes are like we are emerging from. Loot at how dirty Lusaka is. Authorities at international airport even fail to maintain lawns. Our public transport in the cities, is managed by kaponyas, government has failed to come up with a simple framework to clean up public transport. So, EU ban is not a surprise.

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:17:50 +0000

Got rid of the Long standing MAS( Roan Air ” Zambian Airways”)So as to get Zambezi airlines that will not even be recorgnised wow!

By: Levy Patrick Mwanawasa

Levy Patrick Mwanawasa — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:29:23 +0000

Please read:
“All air carriers CERTIFIED by the Zambia authorities with
responsibility for regulatory oversight, including the newly launched Zambezi Airlines are banned”.

If an airline is certified/.registered in Zambia or if Zambia has that airline’s safety regulation measures meaning that Zambia is in charge of measuring/monitoring the airline’s safety standards etc… then it’s banned! No such airline exists except for Zambian-owned airlines. This takes us back to Aero-Zambia, where I had an experience when the airline from RSA did a side flip and all the hostesses went flying into people’s seats and the rest of the journey was a deafening silence until we got to Lusaka. The next thing was it was banned and closed! Then we also had the Gabon air disaster, which shows foreigners that was major breaching of safety measures and disregard of human welfare in the whole tragedy. Anyway, it comes too late this announcement! Maybe now we can wake up as politicians and begin to realise that we need strategy for our survival or we simply get colonised by RSA, of which I prefer the latter!

By: Prof Mwiine Lubemba

Prof Mwiine Lubemba — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:40:33 +0000

What do you expect if Mwanawasa allowed Zambian Airways to operate illegally without an IATA Licence? And using 50 year old planes such as Boeing 737-200 made in 1964? Dont blame Rupiah guys he owns no planes at all! Besides we can also ban all EU planes from Zambian airspace.

By: Dalis

Dalis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:41:49 +0000

This is an effort to have RB stay home for at least 2 days in a week. Have you guys realized that RB travels 4 days of the week? This is how he is making serious money. He is paid an hourly rate (in USD) everytime he steps of of state house for a function. Think about it!!