Proflight Zambia will suspend its Lusaka-Harare flights, effective January 29. The service is expected to resume on March 1.

“We regret to announce that due to the current situation in Zimbabwe and ongoing challenges with the repatriation of funds from Zimbabwe, we are temporarily suspending our Lusaka-Harare route effective January 29 until March 1.  All passengers will be refunded in full for tickets purchased for travel during this period,” says Proflight Director of Government and Industry Affairs, Philip Lemba.

A local tour operator says tourism is always affected by such administrative issues. “We are glad that no passengers will be stranded during this period as the airline has communicated and made arrangements for passengers to get to their respective destinations. We hope that the plane will be back in the skies according to the timelines it announced,” says the operator.

Proflight Zambia was established in 1991 and is Zambia’s leading scheduled airline. From its base in Lusaka its domestic routes include Livingstone, Mfuwe, Lower Zambezi, Kalabo, Ndola, Solwezi and Ndola-Solwezi and regional routes to Lilongwe in Malawi, Durban in South Africa, and Harare in Zimbabwe.