Zimbabwe Signs Nine MOUs to Facilitate Airlines into the Country

Harare, Zimbabwe | The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) and Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development participated at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Air Services Negotiation Conference (ICAN)2022 hosted by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority in December 2022, as part of 63 ICAO member states in attendance. 

This is in line with the Authority’s mandate of promoting and facilitating the growth of air transport industry as guided by the National Development Strategy 1 (NDS1). 

The following key outcomes were delivered: 

  1. Four (4) new Air Service Agreements (ASA), compliant with the Yamoussoukro Decision (YD), were negotiated and initialled with four Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) member states namely: Benin, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali with the following provisions: 
    • Multiple airline designations,  
    • Unrestricted frequencies and capacity for both passenger and cargo services,   
    • Unrestricted 5th freedom traffic rights on intra-Africa points in accordance with the YD. 
  1. One (1) new ASA negotiated with a non-SAATM state; Finland, with the following provisions: 
    • Multiple airline designations, 
    • Unrestricted frequencies and capacity for both passenger and cargo services. 
  1. Review of four (4) existing ASAs for the following states: 
    • Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – the review will allow designation of Zimbabwean local airlines to commence services into DRC. 
    • Kenya – the review addressed some restrictions which affected operations between the two countries. 
    • India – the review follows an interest by Indian Airlines to include Victoria Falls as an entry point. 
    • United Kingdom – the review seeks to modernise the initial agreement promoting air services between the two countries. 

The activation of these ASAs is part of CAAZ’s mandate as the aviation industry Regulator, to facilitate and ensure enabling instruments are in place for access of the Zimbabwean airspace to all aviation industry players in the movement of passengers and cargo in line with government’s Open Skies Policy for the promotion of trade, investment and tourism. 

The Authority applauds Government through the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development for the support rendered in these engagements and efforts to attract more airlines into the country. 

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