The UK government has warned that the revival of Zambia Airways risks draining the treasury.
In an opinion article, Head of Economic Growth at DFID Zambia Steve Beel stated that that the risk of a national airline becoming a drain on scarce financial resources must be uppermost in the Government’s mind as it seeks to revive Zambia Airways.
Mr. Beel noted that the revival of a national airline needs to be handled carefully to introduce greater competition to expand access and reduce costs, but avoid crowding out existing private sector players.
He said it will be counter-productive if existing private sector players, both domestic and international, reduce their offer as a result adding that this is in no-one’s interest.
Mr. Beel further observed that whilst new airport capacity is welcome, ensuring this is managed efficiently, possibly through greater involvement of the private sector and international specialists in service delivery will provide a better experience for passengers and improve the bottom line for airlines.
He also appealed to the Zambian government to ensure that the overall economic benefits in reviving Zambia Airways are clearly understood and that there is a clear exit strategy in case things do not go the way envisaged.
Below is the full article by Mr. Beel
Expanding air services in Zambia to drive economic growth- By Steve Beel – Head of Economic Growth, DFID Zambia
Zambia’s aviation sector is at a crossroads-Government plans to revive the national airline through a partnership with Ethiopian Airlines are poised to shake up the sector in a way not seen for years. If implemented well, this could deliver greater connectivity and competition to drive lower prices. But lessons from other countries, as several other local commentators have pointed out, suggest that the risk of a national airline becoming a drain on scarce financial resources must be uppermost in the Government’s mind.
The UK in Zambia recognise that if the aviation market is failing to provide the capacity that the country needs then direct Government intervention is one option. And it is certainly true that for a country that is land-locked and has high ambitions for increasing tourism and foreign investment, high quality air connectivity is an important enabler. For many UK and Zambian citizens, the ending of the direct British Airways link to London a few years ago has provided a clear indication of the costs and inconvenience resulting from lesser connectivity – one which many of us would gladly reverse if we could!
But the aviation sector is highly competitive and cost sensitive and so to make it truly customer-centric and successful it’s important that Government focus on a number of wider aspects to ensure that investment in air capacity is aligned to increasing economic growth – in parallel this will help manage the risks that airline investment will not produce the economic returns hoped for.
Firstly, a key barrier to airline services remains the slow progress across Africa to liberalise the air sector. Liberalisation reduces the costs and complexity that airlines face in developing their businesses and networks – it has been the means of rapidly expanding air travel in all other parts of the world. Zambia can therefore go further in joining with other nations to reduce unnecessary barriers and give wings to airline expansion – this might include reviewing tax policies and the charges different actors face to ensure they are equitable and create the right investment incentives – but might also include freeing up restrictions on certain routes to allow airlines to expand.
Government giving further consideration to joining the 23 other African states already signed up to creating a single aviation market would be a key step.
Secondly, while air capacity is one factor holding back tourism growth in Zambia, our analysis suggests it is the overall tourism offer, and some of the regulation and costs involved in that sector, that is the most important single factor.
A priority for Government and industry should be to develop a strategy that links aviation and tourism – and which also focuses on reducing regulation so the tourism industry can better respond to the wide variety of demand it faces – this would help open up Zambia as a tourist destination to a far wider range of potential customers, maximising income and jobs for the country as a result. With Zambia recognised as a safe and stable holiday destination it would be a real missed opportunity not to make this happen.
Thirdly, the revival of a national airline needs to be handled carefully to introduce greater competition to expand access and reduce costs, but avoid crowding out existing private sector players – it will be counter-productive if existing private sector players, both domestic and international, reduce their offer as a result. This is in no-one’s interest.
Fourthly, some basic aviation costs remain too high in Zambia. This was one of the reasons cited by European airlines previously stopping services to Zambia, as pressure to serve other routes grew. For example, whilst new airport capacity is welcome, ensuring this is managed efficiently, possibly through greater involvement of the private sector and international specialists in service delivery, will provide a better experience for passengers and improve the bottom line for airlines – both of which will increase viability of the sector.
Finally, both to take advantage of and enable aviation growth, Government and industry need to focus on training and skills. This extends into the associated service sectors too. Certainly, a positive side-effect of a tie-up with Ethiopian Airlines would be a focus on developing skills of the workforce in Zambia and enabling Zambia to become a regional hub for the aviation sector.
As strong supporters of Zambia, the UK wants to see a vibrant aviation sector that can be an enabler of economic development and poverty reduction. Investing in new airline capacity is one step the Government have already prioritised. Ensuring the overall economic benefits are clearly understood and that there is a clear exit strategy in case things do not go the way envisaged are both vital to mitigate the very real risks involved. However, focusing equally on the broader business operating environment will help ensure the entire aviation sector is better able to deliver the services that Zambia needs, whilst also helping to mitigate the downside risks that other national airline projects have been exposed to.
Steve Beel has 20 years of experience in infrastructure, economic development and economic regulation in UK, Asia, Middle East and Africa, particularly in the transportation and energy sectors. DFID is the UK’s development arm. Within DFID Zambia Steve oversees their economic growth team, with a particular focus on infrastructure, energy and the business environment.
Fuuseke!
Steve Beel is not the Uk. He is an independent economist who is not well respected in any Uk tabloids.
I suppose I’m saying the UK should be be distanced from his opinions.
Thanks
BB2024,20016
Drain of national coffers is not is not something that worries Edgar and his band. Wheel burrows at $1million each, $1.2 billion for a road that should cost at most $600 million, Mansions in Swaziland,etc, list is endless…….
The word “might” should tell people that the author is not sure what sh/e is talking about
Sh!thole country, with a sh!thole national airline destined for the sh!thole blackhole of insolvency
LUNGU has no Fiscal Policy discipline. Lungu used to drink beer on credit & was a well known defaulter in Chawama Bars & taverns. He has taken this bad behavior to the management of our treasury. Awe sure we are CURSED.
Zambian Airways would have been a good idea if the economy was doing great. As Zambia’s economic future looking gloomy, so will the number of Zambians who fly dwindle. With EURO-Bond D-Day approaching, Armageddon melt-down caused by years of economic mismanagement/theft/loans/corruption will cause pain & suffering not experienced since the 1980’s during KK’s final years in power.
Yields on the southern African copper producer’s 2027 Eurobonds have risen to 10 percent for the first time in almost 18 months. That’s exacerbated the pain for holders: with losses of 11 percent this year, Zambia’s dollar securities are the worst-performing in the Bloomberg Barclays Emerging Markets USD Sovereign Bond Index, which includes more than 70 countries.
The kwacha is also showing signs of pressure, weakening 7.2 percent against the greenback since early April
He’s paid to write this article by would be competitors of Zambia Airways. This is not an official UK report and even if it was they can go hang.
France thinks it’s a great idea thus their already support for future delivery of Airbus planes. And what does he know about aviation anyway.
Even the Russians want to sell us planes. The Ethiopians who are more profitable than British Airways per capita are on board and dance with us.
Economist my foot!!! We have one so-called economist too. In three years he might even lose to Tayali.
GRZ needs to disregard this rubbishly written article with the contempt it deserves, the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise are ready to get the Zambian Flag back in the skies.
Ba Brian, please faka speedie.
BREAKING NEWS
GBM IS ON A DIET
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO MORE GOVT CONTRACTS
THAT’S WHY ECL SHOULD BE STOPPED
It’s just channel of stealing money. We wont even know what the money will be spent on.
UK government is jealous because British Airways is finished and will never get the lucrative Zambia route again. Bye Theresa May. Worry about Brexit.
Lol B R Mumba, incase you didn’t notice, the countries you mentioned are all trying to take advantage of the situation and sell us something so take their opinions with a grain of salt.
As I write this blog … we have 87 comments on this subject matter and being the Accountant/Investment Banker that I am, I decided to crunch the numbers.
Here are the results: Jay Jay alone had negatively countered almost every positive comment 17 times. So 20% of the comments are negative but almost all from one individual.
But of the remaining 70 comments only 10 (11.494% of the total) are negative from 7 different people while the remaining 60 comments are positive from 54 people.
So, we have 8 people against 54 people and the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise don’t agree with this bouchée by an overwhelming 84.375% just from this forum.
And that’s despite Jay Jay voting 17 times trying to rig the vote Mapatizya style. So, there you have it … the smart people of the…
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And that’s despite Jay Jay voting 17 times trying to rig the vote Mapatizya style. So, there you have it … the smart people of the Zambian Enterprise want their own birds in the skies; so help them God!!!
This breed of Africans called Zambians are in a class by themselves; they always know that they need and you can always count on them.
Only foo000ls take them for granted at their own peril.
Life Is A Serious Enterprise … What A Sweet Life ~ B R Mumba, Sr
So you had time to sit down and count comments from bloggers…really laughable..how do you know who has voted X times have you got access to LT database? I always wondered why you chaps (Senior Citizen) get 50 votes immediately after posting a comment even after 2 reader page views.
Zambia Airways WILL BE a drain ,just forget the word “might” …but don’t tell that piece of wisdom to BR Mumba & Co who think they’re smarter .
Opening up air markets (allowing airlines to start services without having to go through lengthy government-to-government negotiations for every new route or airline) has proven to be a real driver of travel, tourism and the economic benefits that can bring.IT WILL ALSO REDUCE A NUMBER OF BEMBA WITCHES WHO LIKE USING BROOMS TO FLY WITH BLOOD AS MODE OF FUEL.WAIT UNTIL BEMBAS DRAIN YOUR BLOOD THATS WHEN YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE GUYS REAL WIZARDS…
The ‘might’ word is being used diplomatically. Looking at the history of the number of airlines that have kissed the dust in this country one would safely say the new ‘Zambia Airways’ will too likely go the same way. The surprising thing is that the new airline is being mooted whilst the previous Zambia Airways Corporation Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation), for those who may not know the ownership, it is wholly owned by the Government of the Republic of Zambia, whose liquidation is still on going and has not yet been finally concluded. In layman’s language; the previous Zambia Airways Corporatio Limited (In Voluntary Liquidation) still exists.
@Mzambia wa Zamani, you are right. First of all what disappoints me most is when I ready some of the comments from B R Mumba, Sr is that, he is very illiterate but when I saw his profile and his education level I was more disappointed than before, because his profile shows that he is very educated with a good job, but how can his thinking be so unbelievable. The first time I got to ready his comments I was like who is this guy (Cadre), and then since he was always commenting I decided to check him out. OMG how can he think Zambian Airways will survive? If this Airline takes off, it will collapse within the first five years. Please get some sense in what Steve Beel is saying, yes British Airways closed and other airlines are realizing how expensive it is to maintain a Zambian route and you…
Zambiano – there is name for such people they are called educated foools. Its is a person that is filled with book knowledge but is lacking in “common sense”.
Fuuuseke
Fuuuseke SYNONYMOUS WITH LIMITED VOCABULARY.
It may be an Economic Hit Man piece of advice. Sometimes it is very difficult to understand. Zambia is relatively peaceful compared with Ethiopia, but the later is so advanced in the same industry. Hey bring it on board nga fya filwa kufisalafye chapwa. Mama give me the signal!!!!!
Kwesha besha!
Zambians are peaceful alright, but have a terrible attitude towards work.
Wel said document. What he has talked about is the general business advice especially to newly introduced business.
Please stay away from Zambian business. Zambian airways, is Zambian identity. Leave us alone. Leave Zambian business to Zambian people. Enjoy your UK
DJ7
Which business has Zambians ever run,Zambia Railways?Cant you see that you have failed in everything right now there is no water at Manda Hill and the toilets are closed.Go to Libya or Israel countries in a desertn they have adequate water.
Zesco is failing to meet the demand for electricity but it has financial stress,reason that is PF’s cash cow.Succesfull Zambian businesses are run by foreigners e.g Zambeef,Hybrid,Parmalt,Zambian Breweries,etc.Whe you give the Zambian niggar an opportunity to run an enterprise what you get is NHA,Lusaka Water etc.Just admit your incompetence that is where we should begin from.Eventually we should allow foreigners to take over government as well,just look at the people in power today,they are totally clueless all they know is borrowing and…
Who do you think supplements your budget?
More borrowings
These pale skined people, every time they open their mouths its to protect their interest. You can hear hear that he is happy with British airways being the only player in our skys. Ukoooo!
P.F, Cadre,.”these same Pale Skin people” that you will run to with a begging bowl, no shame, & tail between your legs once you have mismanaged that White Elephant known as Zambia Airways? Kaya!!?
ONLY IN ZED!
Their interest is their taxpayers who happen to supplement you because your leaders are reckless lazy foools
BA doesn’t fly to Zambia anymore!! It’s hasn’t done so since 2012….
The British stole way too much from Zambia and Africa as a whole to be talking reckless. They actually should be paying reparations two centuries up. kikikiki
Let Zambia Airways fly. Just make tickets affordable for my Grand mother in Lealui.
So how have you managed to sustain British Airways? Allow us to explore other economic interests other than those you have an eye on. thank you
And who do you think now owns and runs British airways ???? Do your research that is why u end up issuing misguided comments
@ !mbecile Makasa
British Airways was privatized during the tenure of late Ms. Thatcher in mid 80’s and is not drain on State resources. Learn about airline industry before crapping in public and showing your lack of knowledge.
Its always the ignorant dingbats ….you think British govt spoon feeds British Airlines..really laughable!!
An airline is like a mountain (heck, even an anthill). It is not just a matter of reducing it to rubble and rebuilding it. The pain, stress and strain of bringing it back to its former self is always a huge, draining venture. It is either you push your head deeper into the rear end or you accept the challenges with your eyes open. No two ways about it. Those who know have kept their ailing airlines afloat, putting brick after brick of a slowly growing mountain. Ask Ethiopian Airlines themselves… they looked to the horizons, and not short-term mirages of loss…
Have these people asked Kenya Airways and SAA who are both bleeding badly?
These are old airlines not new ones which part don’t u get ???
@ Shameless
What “age” (LOL) of airline has to do with performance? Quantas, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific are “old” airlines and Emirates, Qatar, Etihad are “new” and all of them are profitable and pleasure to fly with. Which part you moronic shameless arse kisser don’t get?
Tourism makes a major contribution to the global economy. It directly contributed $2.2 trillion to world GDP (almost 10% of the global economy) 2017 and provided over 108 million jobs globally. Thus aviation plays a central role in supporting tourism. Over 54% of international tourists now travel by air. Tourism is particularly important in many developing countries, where it is a key part of economic development strategies. In Africa, an estimated 5.8 million people are employed in areas supported by the steady influx of overseas visitors, most of whom arrive in the region by air, and contributed $46 billion to GDP in African economies in 2017. In some Caribbean countries, tourism provides one of the few means of economic growth.The contribution of air transport to tourism employment and…
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GDP including direct, indirect, and induced effects, air transport supports 36 million jobs within tourism, contributing around $892 billion a year to world GDP.
Really laughable..you are simply ignorantly copying and pasting figures in support of air travel or air transport….the question you should be asking yourself is; does having a national airline increase tourism? The answer is no …what makes you think tourists will suddenly opt to fly your airline? It does not work like that…
I don’t copy gay gay b!tch, that was part of my research project on aviation .You call ignorant when you have not given facts how the airline is drain on state coffer.Trying to sound relevant when you are just a chihuahua of an opposition b!tch. You have dumbest donkey in the Barotseland sands who deserves to be fornicated using Patrick Shumba Mutukwa d!ck..
******* **** – for someone who is in the aviation sector you come across as unhinged, you even have the cheek to ask how govt owned airline will drain state coffers….really laughable..what a plank….I think your shell is full of images of homosexuals making out than anything of sense.
Is it too late to postpone the re-establishment of a national airline? Have they already purchased the planes?
No wonder we are being chocked with high taxes and soon high interest rates, high fuel prices and run-away inflation! An Economic Sunami is imminent! Brace for impact!
That’s just the tip of the iceberg…come 2022 you will feel it more..meanwhile they will be enjoying their loot abroad !!
So in short is he telling us that we Zambians are not capable of running our own affairs? This is the problem with these former colonial masters they still want to see Zambia not progressing period.
Peace Maker
Let us be honest what affairs have you Black Africans successfully run on your own?If you want to see the incompetence of the Black African just compare Woodlands,Kabulonga and other low density residential ares built by the whites with your Chalala built at the hands of the Niggar.Or compare the Supreme Court built by whites in the 1940s to your high court built by the niggar in the 1980s.
The solution to Africa’s mediocrity should begin with admission that you have failed.Anything less will be tantamount to being f00ls,doing the same thing over and over again but somehow expecting different results.
When you stop begging you will understand…even money for medicine is stolen by your GP Chilufya this money is supplemented by the donors..he buys expired drugs using his corrupt friends and shares the money no wonder no one has been arrested or the ACC been called in..he simply said he will refund the monies using taxpayers money…we are funding his theft. Can you take some one like that serious?
P.F, Cadres don’t mind Zambia Airways being a drain.
All they care about is single sourcing contracts, & Cadres getting free flights abroad to use their ill-gotten gains to shop.
About happens after the drain becomes reality, ni DONCHI WORRY, AKUDUNUNENI FYE’ FYA LA YI SOVA KUNTANSHI!!
It will be abused left,right and center. I will give Zambian airways just five years before it’s brought to it’s knees.
Five years? Are you born optimist?
5 years is a long time in the airline industry…all Ethiopian Airlines will do is monopolize our airspace and use these PF foools to kill competition; they have nothing to lose as this is part of their growth strategy.
SAA is good example of how national airlines can be a drain on resources. The South African government has been pumping millions of rand with the hope that the entity would be turned around but problems are getting bigger. If this is not enough, we should have learnt from the old Zambia Airways. If we are failing to run state owned companies like Zamtel, Times of Zambia, is it sensible that we should be looking for more problems. The Zambian govt should empowered the local airlines by offering them incentives.
When am flying through Paris or Amsterdam I always observe what air-staff on the tarmac are doing you will find that they are always busy you will not see them idling as they are always multi-tasking ie truck driver/cleaner….go to Joburg or Nairobi or Lusaka and observe you will find that they have parked the tractor and are chatting in the shade…this says a lot about efficiency
Try telling a monkey that nature demands that butt0cks be kept covered and see if your good sense will be well received.
I’m 110% sure some foolish fool has a cut in this deal, Zambian politicians don’t care whether it works or not as long as it benefits them.
It seems like existing private players are lobbying the UK. All they need to do is up their game and become more cost efficient but most important offer a very good customer experience at the right price and success will definately be assured
@Alex -Emirates and KLM are some of the most cost efficient airlines in the world and the airline industry is very competitive..you can only cost cut so much; this is why you don’t find SAL on the top cheap flights to Lusaka on Sky Scanner and Kayak app as they are inefficient.
What you don’t get with these PF foools is that they will give EA exclusivity to KKIA and we the passengers will pay the price …you will no longer have that option of flying via KLM via Nairobi or Emirates via Dubai as these airlines will simply close those routes.
In Zambia we star building first and then planing comes later. Wow
SAA has been a drain on the SA fiscus for quite some years now…. it will be very interesting to see how this PF govt will handle the revival of Zambia Airways…. if the past is anything to go by, your guess is as good as mine especially if you view this matter through apolitical glasses
What I know in business is not to fear to try…if others are doing it , it means its doable. If it fails then you know you cant do it. If you are a perpetual risk averse person just know that you will continue allowing in poverty.
Please Zambia, let us try it with proper management.
Very good advice, but can someone please simplify for what the author means by “avoid crowding out existing private sector etc”. Kabusha ta kolelwe ubowa.
crowding out simply means pushing out, hindering the development etc. Hope this helps.
Can’t we be left alone to indulge? We want to fly high and low as we enjoy our money!. It looks like you are against our enjoyment. If we destroy the airline, then what?. How does that affect you. China will help us don’t worry. See you in the air.
When you stop begging and stand on your own two feet…this is problem with you empty tins you dont even know where the money comes from you simply eat hand to mouth!!
People the fact that we failed before does not mean we can’t try again. We know what led to Zambia airways to collapse. Abuse by government and high operational costs top among them fuel prices. But theres no harm in trying again. Does it mean government is perfect NO. Can they try this and succeed ? YES.
Just one observatio: We talk about the corruption involved in by politicians but the corruption that has built houses for civil servants , make them acquire lands and expensive vehicles we ignore it. Civil servants are suppliers of government and a number of them going by their qualifications, salaries and period they have worked in government its not justifiable. Majority belong to PF,UPND and MMD. And we know them.
Steve Beel is in fact not an expert in Aviation economics and is clearly shooting in the dark! The stupid white man only know about giving aid with strings and would like to see Zambia develop without his aid – so let us ignore him and let the mother fcker go to HELL.
Steve Beel knows British Airways is making heavy losses but does not advise them to close so you wonder why Zambia should not have its own airline – which is total rubbish! He hopes Zambia Airways doesn’t crowd out other airlines! What kind of stupid thinking is this? We are going to compete with other airlines so if Zambia Airways ends up winning business through competitive pricing then why not. British Airways is doing the same so why not Zambia Airways.
We are not going to take even stupid ideas just because Steve…
The market will determine the destiny of Zambia Airways. It is a matter of promoting tourism through a variety of affordable flying possibilities. According to current estimates, it is the sum total of benefits that the country gains that counts. This includes reduced fares, job creation, tourism promotion, freedom of choice and profits.
When was the last time Kenya Airlines and SAL recorded a profit…maybe you should just pray ..how does it translate to affordable flying possibilities? Really laughable….
Is it Kenya Airways or Ethiopian Airlines? Whichever! The two are doing very well. Even regional giant South African Airways is not considering closing the company. It is about tourism promotion. It is about profits, reasonable profit by aviation sector. It is about skills development. It is about job creation. It is about technology transfer. It is about providing choices for consumers. This is national scale project, not personal investment. Quick returns are in vegetables. Tourism is about medium and long term investments. There is no need to admire other airlines, start one for your country.
This is the problem with some of you…you fail to see that aviation sector is not like any other like bus transport, you see a plane flying and you think everything is rosy; Kenya Airlines had to merge with KLM just to survive and KLM partnered with Air France. Kenya Airlines didnt even know where it was going to get its fuel expenditure from in the next 5 years. You talk about profits as if Airlines make a killing from every ticket sale…you fly Kenyan Airlines in Aug – Oct period to Nairobi its three quarters full and quarter full on the flight proceeding to Lusaka. Aviation is about lean management and almost flat organisation structures…there you are singing about tourism promotion, job creation, skills transfer or my god ..like a Politician reading a speech..you go and ask…
.you go and ask Malawi how many skills have been transferred by Ethiopian Airlines. Why should EA transfer skills to you? Oh I forgot you invested $30million …really laughable…they own the aircraft, they are paying for their new routes in Manchester, Jankarta, Manila etc…why should they give you skilled jobs? You do not even know their business model and how they started out, they started out as a connection hub from Addis to the Far East and Australasia. You think they will transfer everything to KKIA…think man….$30 million is nothing in avaition sector…every soon you will be pumping in more taxpayer’s money.
You mean Zambians have no capacity to manage an airpot for him to say we need experts. It is shameful
BN
Even that KKIA some minister had to change the brief so as to reduce the structure and steal money…how can such greedy thieves manage anything!!
Think of the cost of raising a child.If some economist in the UK preached to your parents on how much it will cost them to raise you.Do you think your parents were going to have you as their child?The answer was going to be big NO.But after all the worldly analysis,threats,risks and negativity,your parents went ahead to have you and now you are talking no sense.How many women are in labour ward now who have heard all the negativity about having a child are giving birth?
What you see is not always the truth.LET Government revive the national airline and wait for the RESULTS.
When you stop borrowing and letting someone supplement your budget …then come and give such examples. ..I mean how can you buy 50 Ambulances at £288K (which cost £60K) then go to your neighbours to beg for £5million to buy medicine?
Why is it that whenever one sides with a government move he’s labeled a PF cadre ? Does it mean seeing something differently is a sin?
Shimwana
If we blacks are incompetent then are you saying, we should just ford our hands and let foreigners control us? No! please work up , Obama ruled Americans even if he is a black man , I think he even performed better than your fellow white friends you are busy supporting. For me job well done PF full stop!
Our Leaders should come to the realisation that whenever they are unveiling a big project to the public attention,,it needs to be reinforced with well documented numbers and facts regarding how they are going to make it possible,, this will give answers to curious minds,,, it is not wise to insult the Britons over a piece of advise when we do not insult them when they give out huge sums of money to our country,, the logical move is brainstorming there advise,, and ask our selves questions why the Kenyan Airways is struggling despite there Tourism industry is one of the best in Africa,,,, We can make elimination of points and come up with a reasonable fact to whether we need a airline at the moment or not,,, just because you can not have something now,, does not mean that you can never…
How can you launch Airline when the price of oil is at $80 per barrel and may soon reach $100 per/barrel? This Zambia Airways is dead on arrival.
Business is about taking risks as long as you have the right men for the job and not jobs being awarded for sexual, tribal,friendship and muzungu anikonde favours.Because these are qualities of failure.Good leadership and discipline are key attributes.
So does it mean that, Zambia can never have an airline just because the first one failed or because all airlines are deemed to be struggling around the world?
The reason why we are still poor is fear to try new venture. But why are people afraid, when are we going to do things differently, please let’s all support this and give it a try and say where it will get us. Let’s not be comfortable with the status quo. We need to change our mind sets and begin to believe in ourselves, Zambia will be developed by ourselves and not anyone else.
Zambia for Zambians and it will taken Zambians to develop it. So why not try it, when we have what it takes. Will cross the bridge when we get there country men let’s not be negative on everything. This one needs the support of every well meaning Zambian.
We have the potential and the ability to do it, and I’m pretty sure we will make it big.
God bless our plans as a nation.
They took the slot for ZA @ Heathrow and they increased flights of an airline to Zambia, then left. I am sure they will welcome the idea of ZA coming back! Who do you think wanted it liquidated? Mugabe could answer back better!
Crap article. Just writing ad nausea in support of puppet Ha…… British Airways itself is a drain on Treasury. It’s been bailed out several times. Ethiopian is among the few shining lights. Even Emirates does not make honest profit (its heavily subsidized but serves to grow and diversify the Emirati economy). So is SAA. They exist and are dearly supported in crunch times. Answer the question why ZESCO sells electricity cheaply and exits, then you would have seen the need for a national airline. To advance a society, some businesses should be set-up to serve greater purposes such as just being catalysts rather than for profit.
Too many Bloggers thinking narrow and short like FTJ about the national airline!!!
Zambian Airways may have been a good idea if the Zambian mind was set to respect government property. But I for one am Zambian, born and bred inside its boarders…and I know and everyone knows that the Zambian mind is so corrupt and self centered….when time comes to hold who ever will be in power were the money from this airline went, it will be arrest after arrest. Maybe most of us bloggers here are too ypung to remember how and why Zambian airways,ZCBC and Mwaiseni shops failed…well there may have been sanctions against Zambia because of its involvement in the liberation of Zimabwe, Namibia and South Africa but the bigger part was because the Zambian mind (not everyone) is a thieving and leisure programmed mind…well I leave it here…Zambian Airways is a waste of time but just a…
Lungu is still putting us in a mess,good thing about us Zambian as usual no action.we are as good as dead
It’s too late for this foreigner to be giving absurd feelings on Zambia’s project.
You all know that these red blooded guys are so jealous and they will never allow an African country to prosper. They never advise positively on any promising venture but which will be of their direct benefit because this is their GRAZING LANDS.
British Airways got Zambia Airways slots at Heathrow two days after the former was liquidated by Chiluba s government MMD.
So their thinking will never be positive on any idea to resustate the airline. What he must understand is that every new idea will come with its own package of sustainability unless you are a fool especially when you are coming from learning of the past mistakes on the same project.
You remember how the Zambian people cried on the…