Malawi Airlines has teamed up with musician Theresa Phondo to help bring international artists to her Theresa Phondo Live in Concert, which takes place at the BICC Amphitheatre in Lilongwe on 31 October. Under the deal, the airline will sponsor seven tickets to carry artists and guests on its Entebbe (Uganda) and Lusaka (Zambia) routes. […]
Malawi Airlines Ltd has assured its customers, stakeholders and the general traveling public of the resumption of full network operation effective mid-June after the Malawi Government has bailed out the “dead” airliner which is majority owned by Ethiopian Airways. It has not been revealed how much the majority owner has injected in the business but […]
Malawi Airlines has left passengers in awkward situation after cancelling two flights without giving convincing reasons. In a notice, Malawian Airlines says it had cancelled flight ET20/21 from Lilongwe to Johannesburg via Blantyre and flight ET42/43 from Dar es Salaam today. The airline cites a technical problem as the reason for the cancellation. Some of […]
Passengers aboard a South Africa bound Malawian Airlines plane were forced to return to Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) Thursday morning in Lilongwe after their plane clashed with a bird soon after take-off. Malawian Airlines spokesperson Joseph Josiah confirmed the incident. He said the plane returned to the airport after pilots noticed that it had damaged […]
President Lazarus Chakwera who last week endured a seven-hour delay on his journey back from South Africa which included “vague security reasons” for thorough checks of the presidential plane had another damage to his dignity after his trip from Botswana on Friday shrouded with controversy of the flight crew being detained. Botswana authorities detained for […]
Dozens of passengers were affected Thursday in Lilongwe because of a strike by Malawi Airlines employees who downed their tools in protest against “unarranged” deductions to their November 2020 salaries which have been “unilaterally” effected by management. All Cabin Crew and other auxiliary staff converged at their head office at Golden Peacock in Lilongwe, baying […]
Malawian Airline passengers are angry at the airline for abrupt cancellation of some flights without ample notice. In Blantyre, the passengers could be seen arguing with airline staff at Chileka airport over the cancellation of the flights. This is the second cancellation of flights by the airliner in less than two weeks after the first […]
Passengers told Nyasa Times on Wednesday that a Malawian Airline was forced to return to Lilongwe due to a closed runaway at Blantyre-Chileka International Airport. The passengers were left frustrated on Malawian Airlines flight ET 20 as the flight was delayed for departure from Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe and then forced to return. […]
Malawi Airlines has urged women in the country not to look down on themselves but venture into challenging careers such as aviation which are male dominated. Public Relations Officer (PRO) for Malawi Airlines, Joseph Josiah said the Airline is in the process of inspiring young girls to consider taking up challenging careers such as aviation. […]
Minister of Transport Francis Kasaila has said President Peter Mutharika has been briefed on the incident where a man managed to board a plane grounded on the runway at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA), Malawi’s major international airport, and spent the whole night in the plane without being detected. Kasaila said government was working on getting […]
Malawian Airlines Limited has said despite clocking a year, the company is still unimpressed with patronage of flights on most of its routes, the company’s publicist Maganizo Mazeze has said. But Mazeze, a journalist turned media relations manager, was hopeful of improvement in business saying it was possible only once started experiencing their services. “We […]
Malawian Airlines has announced that in November it will introduce scheduled services to Mozambique. The company will fly twice a week to the northern city of Nampula, and three times a week to the western city of Tete. The flights to Tete will also stop at the Zimbabwean capital Harare. Malawian Airlines is 51 per […]
Proudly Malawian! In his quest to support local brands, Malawi’s prophet Shepherd Bushiri issued a directive to his international guests to use Malawian Airlines when coming for spiritual gatherings at his Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church in Lilongwe. According to Bushiri, the directive is part of his vision to promote the country’s tourism sector as […]
Malawian Airlines has introduced a promotion billed ‘Tikwere!’ in which those who will buy a ticket for an adult will be getting a free ticket for both local and international destinations. The Airlines’s Public Relations Officer Maganizo Mazeze says the free tickets for the promotion which runs from 15th May to 30th June, ”will be valid for […]
As part of celebrating with their customers during this year’s Easter Holiday, Malawian Airlines has slashed its fares for domestic route by 25 percent. Malawian Airlines Limited Public Relations Officer, Maganizo Mazeze, said the Easter promotional fares are effective Thursday, 17th April and will run up to Easter Monday, 21st April, 2014. “The promotional fares are […]
President. Joyce Banda Wednesday launched Malawian Airlines Limited which is expected to give Malawians a vibrant and faster means of transport. Speaking at Chunzu Primary School Ground in Dowa, President Banda said air transport was one of the transport areas the country was experiencing numerous challenges. Among the problems, the President noted absence of a […]
Chileka International Airport in the Malawi commercial capital, Blantyre, which was closed recently because its main runway is littered with potholes, has resumed operations, the Department of Civil Aviation has announced in a statament. “The ministry is hereby assuring all concerned that following the remedial works on the main runway, the level of safety has been restored to the […]
Flights in and out of Blantyre-Chileka International Airport have been suspended for two weeks because of runway maintenance works. The runaway is said to have hazardous potholes. Spokesman for Malawian Airlines, Paganize Mazeze told Nyasa Times that, with advice from the Department of Civil Aviation, the company has suspended its flight to Chileka from March […]