(Posted 09th January 2025)
Airlink will resume scheduled flights to and from Nampula in Mozambique from tomorrow, Thursday 09 January 2025.
The decision to resume operations to Nampula follows guidance and reassurances from South African and Mozambican official authorities, which indicate the situation has been defused sufficiently to permit flights without Airlink aircraft being unlawfully impounded upon arrival at the northern Mozambique airport.
“While an attempt to seize our aircraft remains a possibility as long as the Nampula Provincial Court order has not been withdrawn, we have been assured that local officials will not attempt to execute it. We maintain the court order, along with the claim against Airlink by two passengers who were recently offloaded from one of our flights after their unruly and threatening behaviour, are flawed and without merit,” said Airlink CEO and Managing Director, Rodger Foster.
“On behalf of Airlink, I wish to apologise to our customers who were inconvenienced by yesterday’s cancelled flights and thank them for their understanding. Similarly, we are grateful for the interventions and guidance by the Department of International Relations & Cooperation, the Department of Transport, the SA Civil Aviation Authority and their counterparts at the Mozambique Ministry of Transport and the Instituto de Aviação Civil de Moçambique,” added Mr Foster.
Airlink will continue to monitor the situation.
Airlink provides about 70 percent of scheduled commercial air travel between South Africa and Mozambique, with its services to Nampula, Maputo, Beira, Tete, Vilanculos and Pemba regulated by the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between the two countries.
