A Malawian Airlines aircraft was this week forced to abandon take-off at Blantyre-Chileka International Airport after pilot sighted dogs on the final lap on the runway. A Boeing 737 700 plane looked fairly stable as it made the approach to final lap on the runway but as it was about to make a final lap the […]
Malawian Airlines has expressed its delight following decision by the African Union (AU) to liberalize the air transport market. AU by end of this month will liberalize and unify the African air transport markets to ease flight connections by member states. And Malawi Airlines Publicist, Joseph Josiah has told the local media that the arrangement […]
Lakestar Express Limited, a Malawian-owned budget airline, has will start to operate both domestic and international flights, by January 2018 after being issued an air service licence by the Ministry of Transport and Public Works. According to its chief executive officer Allain Chidzanja, the airline is expected to start with two 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900D between […]
Malawian Airlines has ruled out cutting the cost of air tickets despite Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) decision to reduce the cost of jet fuel in the country. Mera has reduced the jet fuel to K687.08 which Malawian Airways say it is insignificant to trigger the cut in air tickets. Malawian Airways public relations officer […]
Member of Parliament for Nkhata Bay Central, Ralph Mhone, on Thursday questioned the partnership between Malawian Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines describing it as not beneficial to Malawians. Speaking during question time when legislators get responses from government through questions to ministers, Mhone said that there are little or no benefits for government in a number […]
Outspoken Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Dedza East member of parliament Juliana Lunguzi has argued that there should be a review of the joint venture of Malawi government and Ethiopian Airlines on Malawian Airlines, saying it is not benefiting the country. Lunguzi said in parliament in her contribution the President Peter Mutharika’s State of the Nation […]
As part of commemorating International Women’s Day, Malawian Airlines on Thursday organised the first ever All-Women operated and supported flight event which saw the only two female Malawian Airlines lady pilots Captain Yolanda Kaunda and First Officer Lusekelo Mwenifumbo flying the Bombadier Q400 from Blantyre to Dar es Salaam with a stop over at Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in […]
The notion in airline business that girls are to be air hostess and boys to be pilots does no longer hold. After the first Malawi female pilot, Fellie Mkandawire there is a new lady on the deck, Yolanda Kaunda. For both women, flying was a part of their childhood. The first female pilot, Fellie Mkandawire […]
Dozens of passengers for Malawian Airlines at Chileka and Kamuzu International airports failed to take off for South Africa on Sunday morning because of lack of a fire fighting engine at Chileka airport. Angry passengers said the plane was supposed to leave Chileka Airport at 8 am but as per international aviation standards, the plane […]
President Peter Mutharika has started off his three nation tour of duty in Malawian passenger plane, the first trip since he was severely accused of chartering presidential planes when Malawi is sailing in troubled economic waters. Mutharika, accompanied by First Lady Gertrude, stood on the doors of the plane to wave to top government and […]
President Peter Mutharika returned safely to Malawi on Sunday but his entourage which accompnained him to Zambia were delayed in Lusaka after the Malawian Airline developed fault. Sources at Kamuzu International Airport(KIA) told Nyasa Times that the officials, who included Minister of Agriculture Dr Allan Chiyembekeza and state chief spy Nicholous Dausi, were supposed to […]
Apart from watching the ongoing Cosafa Cup Competition currently underway in the Rainbow Nation of South Africa, Malawians will have a privilege of getting first hand information from someone on the ground as Malawian Airlines has donated a return air ticket worth K300, 000.00 to FAM’s Competitions Manager and Media officer Gomezgani Zakazaka. This is […]
The growing number of passengers between Harare and Lilongwe is forcing Malawi Airlines to consider increasing flights to Zimbabwe from three to five times a week. Malawian Airlines commercial director Eskinder Alemu said this in Zimbabwe at a function to celebrate the first anniversary of the Harare-Lilongwe. He said the increased frequency would cater for […]
Malawian Airlines is talking with lessors about the supply of 30-seater aircraft needed to serve thin routes in the Mozambican market. Since its founding in 2013, the carrier has operated aB737-800 and a Dash 8-400, sourced from parent Ethiopian Airlines (), on flights between Malawi’s two main cities – Lilongwe and Blantyre – as well as to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, and Tanzania. […]