Air Zimbabwe is set to resume its Harare-London service after stopping flights four years ago.

Marketing Manager, Christopher Kwenda, said the airline had applied for a route licence and was awaiting the UK authority's response.

“We had targeted the beginning of July but there are new licensing requirements from the UK and the EU. We will know the exact dates as soon as we satisfy those requirements,” Kwenda said. “Operating equipment and the crew are already in place. Once the route licence has been issued, we will be ready to commence operations.”

Air Zimbabwe was forced to terminate the route in 2012 and is now negotiating to clear a US$2.8m debt owed to the UK air navigation agency.

In 2014 the airline resumed flights on the Harare-Johannesburg route after clearing debts with some South African creditors and two weeks ago it re-introduced Tuesday and Saturday flights on the Harare-Dar es Salaam route after a seven-year absence.

Kwenda said Air Zimbabwe was working on resuming most of the routes that were suspended during a time when it was facing challenges.

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