The resumption of flights followed a seven year hiatus by
Air Zimbabwe.
Crispy Fresh managing director Mark Lawrence said: “The
first flight flew into Kariba recently taking 10 guests to Rhino Camp, landing
at Tashinga Airstrip. Crispy Fresh is chartering Halsted Aviation planes each
week which will fly every Friday from Harare to Kariba and back to Harare on
Monday.”
Lawrence added: “Flights will be weekly from Harare with
possibly two stops in the Kariba area per flight. Planes can land at Bumi,
Tashinga or Fothergill airstrips as well as at Kariba. In other words, the
plane could land at Bumi and Kariba, or Bumi and Fothergill.”
Kariba Tourism and Business Indaba administrator Cephas
Shonhiwa commended the development, saying it was long overdue.
“We welcome the initiative as it will resuscitate the
tourism sector which has been on its knees for some time especially due to the
COVID-19 pandemic. We have been following and supporting such initiatives and
even appointed one of our members as Kariba Tourism and Business Indaba to
coordinate for this connectivity to happen,” Shonhiwa said.
“We are happy that there is development in Kariba and that
clients will no-longer have problems flying into the resort town. Though it is
a charter plane, it is offering rates which are quite affordable.”
Shonhiwa added: “We encourage operators in Kariba to support
this great initiative to make sure Kariba continues to be an internationally
sought after tourist destination.”
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