Air Zimbabwe Cancels All Flights Because of Fuel Shortage

Nov 22nd, 2005 | By Jared Blank

Air Zimbabwe grounded all of its flights on Monday because of a fuel crisis in the troubled country. Longtime readers of this site know I have a particular fondness for the struggling carrier after taking an Air Zimbabwe flight a few years back (6 passengers on a 737). You may remember an earlier incident this year when the airline was criticized for flying a flight from Harare, Zimbabwe, to Dubai with only 1 passenger onboard.

There’s no word on when flights will resume.

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