PICS: Harare International Airport

Check-in for KLM KL523 HRE-LUN-AMS

 

 

An empty departures lounge, pretty common in the evenings

 

 

Malawi Airlines Boeing 737-800 taxiing out for its return back to Lilongwe

 

 

KLM KL523 Airbus A330-200 shortly after its arrival at Harare Int Airport

 

 

Egyptair MS842 departing for Cairo via Dar es Salaam

 

 

Special thanks to Léonard Desdoigts for the great pics and trip KLM523 Trip Report HRE-LUN.



KLM Secures rights on Harare-Lusaka sector

 

As of March 14 2013, KLM begins carrying passengers for those travelling on Harare – Lusaka sector only, as the Skyteam member secured local traffic rights. KLM operates Amsterdam – Harare–Lusaka – Amsterdam service 3 times a week, on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Schedule effective 01APR13 as follow:
KL523 AMS1020 – 2025HRE2130 – 2240LUN2350 – 0945+1AMS 332 246

KLM Seasonal Change to Harare/Lusaka

KLM is adjusting its schedule for the AMS-HRE-LUN-AMS route. From April 2nd 2013 until October 26th 2013, KLM passengers will no longer disembark in Lusaka enroute to Amsterdam from Harare. Passengers will remain on board the aircraft for the 70-minute layover in Lusaka.
Schedule:

• KL523 AMS1020 – 2025HRE2130 – 2240LUN2350 – 0945+1AMS 332 246

KLM's Return to Harare

 

DELTA-KLM to Expand Codeshare Operation to Mexico and Zimbabwe

DELTA-KLM has issued notification to the US Department of Transportation, revealing its intention to expand codeshare agreement, which covers US – Mexico, as well as Zimbabwe.
Planned codeshare routes:

KLM operated by DELTA
Atlanta – Cancun
Atlanta – Cozumel
Atlanta – Guadalajara
Atlanta – Mexico City
Atlanta – Monterrey
Atlanta – Puerto Vallarta
Atlanta – San Jose del Cabo
Boston – Cancun
Detroit – Cancun
Detroit – Cozumel
Detroit – Mexico City
Detroit – Monterrey
Detroit – Puerto Vallarta
Los Angeles – Guadalajara
Los Angeles – Puerto Vallarta
Minneapolis – Cancun
Minneapolis – Cozumel
New York JFK – Mexico City
Washington Dulles – Cancun

DELTA operated by KLM
Amsterdam – Harare – Lusaka – Amsterdam

KLM Resuming Flights to Harare

 KLM starting October 29 2012 is resuming flights to Zimbabwe with service to Harare operating 3 times a week. KLM last operated its own aircraft into Harare in late October 1999, with twice weekly AMS-JNB-HRE service. The airline will operate this route in conjunction with Lusaka, as AMS-HRE-LUN-AMS, with Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Flight KL523 will be operated on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, departing from Schiphol at 10.20 hrs and arriving in Harare on the same day at 21.25 hrs. The return leg of the circle trip has the same number, KL523, leaving Harare at 22.30 hrs the same day, with an intermediate landing in Lusaka. The flight arrives in Amsterdam the following morning at 10.20 hrs. KLM will also offer eleven weekly services to Harare via Nairobi in cooperation with Kenya Airways, which is undergoing rapid development in terms of fleet expansion and new destinations. The link to the official press release is posted below:

http://www.klm.com/corporate/en/newsroom/press-releases/archive-2012/KLM_strengthens_Africa_network_with_service_to_Harare_Zimbabwe.html