South Africa has reinstated permission for Zimbabwe's national
airline to fly into Johannesburg after the company was banned from using
South African airports over unpaid fees.
State-owned
Air Zimbabwe's only serviceable plane was stopped from leaving
Johannesburg last week after failing to pay for airport services.
The dispute was resolved on Friday when the airline settled its debt, said South Africa's airport management company on Monday.
"Air
Zimbabwe was...able to re-commence operations from (Johannesburg's) O.
R. Tambo International Airport from Friday 25 October," a spokesperson
for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)told AFP, adding that the
company acknowledged "a receipt of a payment towards the amounts
outstanding".
ACSA declined to disclose details on the amount of money involved.
Air
Zimbabwe is required to pay ACSA cash once a week to cover landing
fees, parking and passenger service charges for a weekly flight into
Johannesburg—ts only international destination.
The airline is one of many businesses suffering from the
economic downturn and hyperinflation left over from years of
mismanagement under Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe.
Basics
such as food, fuel and medicines are hard to come by, and Air Zimbabwe
has laid off hundreds of staff over the past two years.
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