6 DEC: Air Zimbabwe might cancel flights to South Africa because its planes could be impounded in Johannesburg over unpaid bills, aviation sources said yesterday, website News24.com reports.
The airline has been banned from numerous destinations for non-payment of landing rights.
But debts to a South African baggage handling company have piled up to such an extent that daily flights from Harare to Johannesburg might end.
Last Friday, an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 737-500 plane was impounded at OR Tambo airport for several hours.
Bid Air Services, the main baggage handling company in South Africa, seized the plane after Air Zimbabwe failed to pay $500 000 to clear unpaid bills.
"A forklift truck was parked at the back of the plane so it couldn’t leave," an Air Zimbabwe engineer told media.
Passengers had to walk to the terminal building because no buses were provided.
