Zimbabwe, China keen on reviving Beijing route

ZIMBABWE and China are keen on reviving the Harare-Beijing air route, which was abandoned in 2012, economic and commercial counsellor of the Chinese Embassy Huang Minghai has said.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of a civil aviation cooperation and capacity building seminar in Harare last week, Minghai said China and Zimbabwe “enjoyed pragmatic and mutually-beneficial cooperation in the field of civil aviation”.

“In 2005, Zimbabwe purchased two planes from China to operate domestic routes with neighbouring countries. In 2006, China donated another plane to Zimbabwe to support the development of civil aviation.
“Air Zimbabwe started to operate Harare to Beijing and Harare to Guangzhou routes in 2004 and 2007 respectively. These two air routes were cancelled aroun