By Staff Reporter
Unconfirmed reports has it that an air Zimbabwe aircraft was yesterday impounded at OR Tambo International airport
An Inside source at Air Zimbabwe devulged the information that one of the national airline’s aircraft, a Boeing 767-200, was impounded at Johannesburg airport on Wednesday.
This comes as Air Zimbabwe was suspended from using the airport due to non-payment of debt.
Reports from South Africa confirmed that the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) has impounded an aircraft owned by Air Zimbabwe over debt
The seizure of Air Zimbabwe’s aircraft in South Africa, which is the airline’s only operational aircraft after all of its planes were grounded, forced it to cancel its Harare-Johannesburg flight on Thursday, including its domestic flights between Harare-Bulawayo and Victoria Falls
The impoundment of the aircraft is a new low for the airline
which has over the years broken records, including flying with only one passenger, as it struggles to restore customer confidence after successive years of mismanagement.