Zambia Airways is a game changer, brags Mutotwe Kafwaya …as CAA grants Zambia Airways Limited Aviation Operators License Certificate

Zambia Airways CEO Bruk Endeshaw, Transport Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya and CAA DG Gabriel Lesa in Lusaka Tuesday 8th September 2020 – Picture by Derrick Sinjela – Kwilanzi News Zambia

Zambia Airways is a game changer, brags Mutotwe Kafwaya
…as CAA grants Zambia Airways Limited Aviation Operators License Certificate

By Derrick Sinjela in Lusaka, Zambia

TRANSPORT and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya says once she takes to the sky, Zambian Airways will change the hospitality and economic profile.

Speaking as he witnessed Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Gabriel Lesa hand-over an Air Operators Aviation License to Zambia Airways Limited Chief Executive Officer Bruk Endeshaw, Mr. Kafwaya rejoiced over a milestone that will anchor domestic, regional and international hospitality.
Mr. Kafwaya, who is Patriotic Front (PF) Lunte Member of Parliament (MP) in the Northern Province is confident that Zambia Airways will assist Government to develop the Northern Circuit.

“As a Northerner, I am very happy that this development is a milestone for the aviation sector as it will boost the Northern Tourism Circuit,” said Kafwaya.

Kafwaya restated that President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and Vice-President Inonge Mutukwa-Wina leadership is determined to increase tourism traffic into Zambia with the construction and renovation of airports countrywide, it is inevitable to have the Zambia Airways operating.
Flanked by Transport and Communications Ministry Permanent Secretary, Engineer Misheck Lungu, and CAA Public Relations Manager Ms. Sepiso Mukubesa Zimba, Mr. Kafwaya said incredible investments Government is making in the transport sector are in line with the five pillars underlined in the 7th National Development Plan (SNDP) 2017-2021.
Meanwhile, Civil Aviation Authority Director General Gabriel Lesa vowed to continue providing an enabling environment for airlines in Zambia.
On his part, Zambia Airways Chief Executive Officer Bruk Endeshaw said the airlines Management and Board will advise when the company operations begin as 53 per cent preparedness threshold had been recorded.
Mr. Endeshaw said possible domestic destinations are Ndola, Livingstone, and Kasama, while Harare (Zimbabwe) and Johannesburg (South Africa) are tentatively set as a regional entry point by Zambia Airways Limited.
In an earlier ‘A look at Zambia’s 7NDP 2017-2021,
article Derrick Sinjela and Nakamba Mwinji tagged the 7NDP is as a building block spurring progress to meet the goals contained in Vision 2030, as the 7th National Development Plan (2017-2021 7NDP) is building on the Revised Sixth National Development Plan (2013-2016).

Zambia Airways CEO Bruk Endeshaw with Transport Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya and CAA DG Gabriel Lesa Tuesday 8th September 2020 – Picture by Derrick Sinjela – Kwilanzi News Zambia

Transport and Communications Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya interacts with citizens as Zambia Airways Chief Executive Officer Bruk Endeshaw and Permanent Secretary Engineer Misheck Lungu lead after Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General (DG) Gabriel Lesa gave Zambia Airways an Aviation Operators Certificate on Tuesday 8th September 2020 – Picture by Derrick Sinjela – Kwilanzi News Zambia

The new plan represents the Government’s first concerted effort to move away from sectoral-based planning towards an integrated and multi-sectoral approach, that embeds and encapsulates SDGs and their indicators.

The broad theme of the plan is “accelerating development efforts towards Vision 2030 without leaving anyone behind” with the primary goal of “creating a diversified and resilient economy for sustained growth and socio-economic transformation, driven by, among other things, by agriculture.”

Using an integrated approach, the 7NDP has domesticated the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) African Union Agenda 2063, as well as the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan.

The 5 pillars or strategic development areas contained within the SNDP are: “1-Economic diversification & job creation, 2-Poverty & vulnerability reduction, 3- Reducing developmental inequalities, 4- Enhancingh human development and 5- Creating a conducive governance environment for a diversified economy.

Civil Aviation Authority Director General Gabriel Lesa Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya and Permanent Secretary Engineer Misheck Lungu in Lusaka Tuesday 8th September 2020 – Picture by Kwilanzi News Zambia – Derrick Sinjela