EMIRATES CHANGES TO LARGER AIRCRAFT ON LUSAKA – HARARE ROUTE
(Posted 26th January 2016)
Effective 01st of February will Emirates, Dubai’s award winning airline, switch from the current Airbus A340 to the larger Boeing B777-300ER on the route to Lusaka and Harare.
The change of aircraft will add nearly 100 more seats, benefiting both the Zambian and Zimbabwean capital, a reflection of sustained and rising demand of travel from and to both countries.
The extra seats will especially support the tourism trade in Zimbabwe and Zambia as the marketing campaigns by both tourism boards begin to show results in once again higher visitor numbers. The best known attraction shared between the two countries, the Victoria Falls, are a highlight on any African safari itinerary as are the Zimbabwean and Zambian national parks. Besides teeming with wildlife are some of them rich of even historical sites like Zimbabwe’s ancient ruins of Great Zimbabwe, the cave paintings at Matopos Hills or World’s End in the Matobo National Park where Cecil Rhodes’ remains are buried at the Malindidzimu Shrine.
From Harare does Fastjet and Air Zimbabwe fly regularly on to the newly upgraded airport of Victoria Falls while Proflight serves the route from Lusaka to the city of Livingstone, making visits to the world’s largest waterfalls easy.
