Botswana's Mack Air, Zimbabwe's South West join forces
Botswana's Mack Air (MKB, Maun) and Zimbabwean charter carrier South West Aviation (Zimbabwe) (Harare Int'l) have announced a commercial partnership that will see them joining their networks across the neighbouring Southern African countries.
"As the first private commercial operator in Botswana to hold both scheduled and non-scheduled licenses, our vision at Mack Air has always been to offer these services locally within Botswana and likewise expand responsibly, alongside our client base, throughout the region," Mack Air Managing Director Michael Weyl commented in a statement. "Through this relationship, we aim to jointly create new flight services linking Mack Air's established Botswana network with a new and expansive network service across Zimbabwe with diversified geographical base locations."
"The first Cessna (single turboprop) 208B Grand Caravan EX has been positioned in Zimbabwe and is currently operational. We expect to expand the fleet by March 2023 to an additional five aircraft, resulting in the partnership operating a fleet of six aircraft for the 2023 season in Zimbabwe. This fleet of aircraft will be operating from two principal hubs in Harare Int'l and Victoria Falls."
Source: ch-aviation