at the official opening of this year’s International Trade Fair in
Ndola
Republican Vice president Dr. Guy Scott said plans to revive the National Airline have reached an advanced stage and once finalized the coming of a national air liner will stimulate growth in the country’s economy.
The Vice President speaking through Secretary to the Cabinet Dr. Rolland Msiska said the country has had no airline since the liquidation of Zambia Airways in 1994 but that will soon change as plans have reached an advanced stage.
Dr. Scott who was speaking during at the Extra Ordinary Meeting of the Africa – Indian Ocean Planning and Implementation Regional Group being held in Lusaka, said government has also embarked on a program to revamp the air navigation system at four main Airports in the country at a total cost of US $900 Million.
Dr. Scott said among the major projects the government has embarked on includes the improvement of Air equipment and Upgrade of Kenneth Kaunda, Harry Mwanga Nkumbula, Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe and Mfuwe International Airports.
He also called for long term strategic planning in the aviation industry so as to over came the challenges of infrastructure development.
And International Civil Aviation Organisation Chairman for Eastern and Southern Africa Meshesha Belayneh hoped that the Conference will come up with positive results for the development of the aviation industry of the member states.
Please Scott of Donchi Kubeba, where is the ailing Cobra? We have missed the Cobras’ hiss, in 20 days.
Good luck with the Airliner.
Instead of wasting more KALOBA from the Eurobond on another UNIP era failed idea, tell us what is happening with Sata!
We want to hear where King CABBAGE is! Are you listening to the Nation or are you deaf?????
Donchi Kubeba days are over. Time to face the music!
why are we always dressing these kids in WHITE? anyone else seeing a pattern here?
Ifya ndeke pa zed, twalinaka nokulanda. Apa kushelefye action. You cant keep asking or talking to or advising a stone to move from your path. Pa last kuchimyafye ichilibwe olo chalifina, mwayachimya mwachiposela namumpanga. mwaya nokuya!!! “there is no stone too heavy for a people working together to move”, i said that.
Please PF make sure you don’t allow Mutembo & Mmembe go close to any cent from all those millions of dollars. That couple are disasters in Airline operations, they lost money and stole the rest.
Step one. Make Mutembo and M’membe pay back the 14 Billion to the DBZ.
Step two. Look at an airline for Zambia
Dotty Scotty, you are putting the horse behind the cart! Unscramble your brains!
Those are real issues that will see development in the country. Let’s not concentrate on things that are not going to add value to our economy. Thanks.
Haa!!!! Muzungu o pusa at it again. This time he Permanent Secretaries need not to be educated . Can you believe it . Are they ( Pathetic Failures ) not the ones who said they are going to run a professional civil service ?? Can you run a proffessional service without an educated controlling officer ? Shame on them.
It is f.oolish not to have a strong airline industry when you are landlocked.
@ Spartan, yes it is foolish. But it is even more foolish to put a CORRUPT bunch of THIEVES and LIARS in charge of it!
These PF clowns cannot even manage simple tasks without losing Millions of Kwacha unaccounted for in the National budget. They are definitely not suitable material to run an airline!
Get an experienced airline operator to run it – YES. Let a PF Government handle it and it will just be a lot of PF cardres stealing and filling their bellies!
Airline Industry?
Do you know meaning of what you just said 5tupid?
Name the airline the Zambia national disaster airways or go learn from Rwanda’s Paul Kagame how to run a country before you think of running an airline.
WAY TO GO SECOND IN COMMAND. ZAMBIA NEEDS AN AIRLINE AS MATTER OF FACT. OPEN A DIRECT ROUTE TO BEIGING, LONDON, SOUL (SOUTH KOREA) etc. THESE ARE SOME OF THE HOTTEST ROUTES.
Peter, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY BRAINLESS INCOMPETENT JERK!!!
Indian Ocean Planning and Implementation Regional Group??? Is the airlines’ investors Indian? They have not proven trustworthy investors in mines and hospital building. Further more their airlines are not world class. This is very worrying unless my wires are crossed.
Indian airlines are in a DEEP mess on its own.
Zambia never learns. Politicians come out with lofty ideas, invest a bit, squander a lot, and leave behind white elephants to die. Airline is not a business for all.
Surely these empty tins never learn…he even has the audacity to use the world “revive”. I hope these reckless corrupt politicians are kicked out so these pointless costly plans are thrown out of the window.
As a person who was part of the team which made old Zambia Airways been wiped-out, how it can justify his change of hart?
Furthermore, why not pay terminal benefits to previous employees of defunct Zambia Airways first?