Ethiopian Airlines Planned 787 Resumption

Ethiopian Airlines is set to resume Boeing 787 Dreamliner service on the Addis-Harare-Lusaka route starting May 16, 2013.  Boeing 787s have been grounded since regulators ordered all 50 planes out of the skies in mid-January after batteries on two of them overheated. US regulators approved a new battery design on Friday 19th April, clearing the way for installation.

Ethiopian Airlines 787 Schedule for African Routes:

• Addis Ababa – Lusaka – Harare – Addis Ababa 16MAY13, 4 weekly
• Addis Ababa – Harare – Lusaka – Addis Ababa 17MAY13, 3 weekly
• Addis Ababa – Johannesburg 16JUN13, 1 daily

Source: Airlineroute

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