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Air Zimbabwe is the national Airline of Zimbabwe , based in Harare . It operates services in southern Africa, to Asia, and to Europe. Its main base is Harare International Airport (HRE). CODE DATA HISTORY The airline was established on 1 September 1967 as Air Rhodesia after Central African Airways Corporation was dissolved and started operations in 1967. It became Air Zimbabwe Rhodesia in 1978 and then Air Zimbabwe in April 1980 when the Republic of Zimbabwe gained independence. It began services on 2 April 1980 to London Gatwick . Air Zimbabwe took over the freight airline Affretair in 1983 . It was privatised in 1997 . The initial fleet of four Boeing 707 , two Vickers Viscount (both of which were shot down in the late 1970s), and a few Douglas DC-3 aircraft were phased out in the 1980's and replaced with seven Boeing 767 and fourteen Boeing 737 aircraft. A British Aerospace BAe 146 was added to the fleet from the airforce in the 1980s. Fokker 50s were used for a while and the BAe 146 has been grounded for some time. In 2003 it was reported that Air Zimbabwe had been surviving on a shoe string budget and at the mercy of local and international banks. In February 2004 it was reported that Air Zimbabwe had been temporarily suspended by IATA over unpaid debt. In November 2004 a Harare to Beijing service was started. The Beijing service is served twice weekly via Singapore . In April 2006 it was reported that passenger numbers had fallen from 1 million in 1999 to 230 thousand in 2005. Acting chief executive Captain Oscar Madombwe blamed the decline on negative publicity about the political and economic situation in the country, safety concerns among travellers (which he claimed were unjustified), and shortages of hard currency, new equipment and fuel. {Link without Title} SERVICES Air Zimbabwe operates services to the following destinations (at March 2006):
FLEET The Air Zimbabwe fleet consists of the following aircraft (at April 2006):
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