Malawian Airlines flies to Johannesburg today
Passengers of Malawian Airlines Limited will today travel on the maiden commercial flight from Lilongwe to Johannesburg via Blantyre on a new generation 154-seater Boeing 737-800 which jetted in on Sunday at Kamuzu International Airport.
The airline, which has partnered with Ethiopian Airlines (ET) owning 49 percent stake, will also start the Lusaka and Dar es Salaam flight today on the 67-seater Bombardier Q400.
The company earlier said the introduction of the three routes coupled with the daily flight between Lilongwe and Blantyre, will compel surface travellers to begin flying on the national flag carrier than driving.
“The airline’s flagship daily service of Johannesburg will originate from Lilongwe with a stop-over in Blantyre, giving passengers the greatest choice and convenience for international connectivity to the region and the outer world,” said the airline’s public relations officer Maganizo Mazeze in a statement at the weekend.
He said this will be the first time that Lilongwe and Blantyre will have daily flights into Johannesburg, at a return fare of K263 000 VAT inclusive.
The delivery of the Boeing 737-800 completes the initial fleet of two aircraft for Malawian Airlines, which started daily service between Lilongwe and Blantyre on January 31 and three times a week to Harare, Zimbabwe.
Is there a good reason why a Malawian Airlines aircraft is not registered in Malawi but in Ethiopia as ET-APL? See details at http://www.planespotters.net/Production_List/Boeing/737/40965,ET-APL-Ethiopian-Airlines.php
(1) is Malawi’s plane registry functioning?
(2) the same reason some Malawi trucks are registered in Moz or RSA. Please also note the registration of a lot of ships in Liberia or Greece.
(3) Makes a lot of sense if you are a new investor, in a country you cannot trust. Remember, Central African Airlines was registering in Zimbabwe, and so was East African Airways registering in Kenya. For a long time Ethiopian was registering in Rome.
who is doing Marketing/PR for Malawian Airlines? I mean seriously they don’t even have a website so we get information on flight schedules etc. Let’s just hope their prices are not as ridiculous as the South African Airlines are.