{"id":6564952,"date":"2026-07-21T11:04:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-zimbabwe-harare-london-gatwick-return-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:55:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T09:55:43","slug":"air-zimbabwe-harare-london-gatwick-return-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/air-zimbabwe-harare-london-gatwick-return-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Harare to Gatwick, Fourteen Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>In December 2011, an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 landed at London Gatwick and did not leave. It was impounded over unpaid debts, and with it went the last direct air link between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom \u2014 a route the airline had flown since April 1980.<\/p>\r\n<p>On Wednesday, that link comes back. Air Zimbabwe flight numbers return to the Gatwick departure boards after fourteen years, three times a week, with an Airbus A330 that arrived in Harare on Monday.<\/p>\r\n<p>The aeroplane, though, is Spanish. And the reason why is the most interesting part of the story.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 24px 0; border-radius: 8px;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17px; color: #222;\">Informazioni rapide<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.6;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Itinerario<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Harare (HRE) to London Gatwick South Terminal, resuming 22 July 2026<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Frequenza<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Three times weekly. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays from Harare; Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from Gatwick<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Aeromobili<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Airbus A330-300, wet-leased from Plus Ultra L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas of Spain<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Arrangement<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">A 13-month ACMI lease \u2014 aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance all provided by Plus Ultra \u2014 brokered by Chapman Freeborn<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Branding<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Flights carry Air Zimbabwe\u2019s code and branding. Air Zimbabwe keeps ticket sales and commercial control<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>Gap<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Air Zimbabwe last served London in December 2011, when a Boeing 767 was impounded at Gatwick over unpaid debt<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 12px 5px 0; color: #666; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\"><strong>La presa<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 5px 0; color: #222;\">Air Zimbabwe has been on the EU Air Safety List since May 2017 and cannot operate its own aircraft to the UK or EU<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">A workaround with wings<\/h2>\r\n<p>This is the part that most coverage skates over. Air Zimbabwe is not permitted to fly its own aircraft into British or European airspace. It has been on the EU Air Safety List since 2017, and the UK ban followed.<\/p>\r\n<p>So it did not solve the safety-listing problem. It rented its way around it.<\/p>\r\n<p>Under an ACMI wet lease \u2014 Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, Insurance \u2014 the flight is operated by Plus Ultra L\u00edneas A\u00e9reas, a Spanish carrier, using a Spanish-registered A330 flown by Spanish crew under Spanish oversight. Air Zimbabwe sells the tickets, applies its own flight code and branding, and handles the passengers. Legally, Plus Ultra is flying the aeroplane.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is an entirely normal piece of airline machinery, used everywhere from summer charter peaks to fleet groundings. It is just rarely the entire basis of a flag carrier's flagship route.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cLong-haul ACMI programs require close coordination between airlines, operators, aviation authorities and commercial partners, from aircraft suitability and planning to regulatory requirements and operational readiness. This project demonstrates how collaborative capacity solutions can help airlines restore important routes and bring strategic services back to market\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Daniel Huggins<\/strong> \u2014 Director, ACMI &amp; Leasing, Chapman Freeborn<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px; width: 100%;\"><img data-opt-id=568291468  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/air-zimbabwe-boeing-767-200er-z-wpe.jpg\" alt=\"Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER Z-WPE in Air Zimbabwe livery\" width=\"1024\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">An Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200ER \u2014 the type that flew the London route until 2011, when one was impounded at Gatwick. Photo: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Why it matters anyway<\/h2>\r\n<p>The cynical read is that this is a flag carrier renting a costume. The more generous one \u2014 and probably the more accurate \u2014 is that a country with a large diaspora in Britain has just got a direct flight back, and the passengers boarding on Wednesday will not much care whose air operator certificate is on the paperwork.<\/p>\r\n<p>Harare to Gatwick is roughly 8,200 kilometres. Until now the journey has meant a connection through Johannesburg, Addis Ababa, Nairobi or Dubai, with the time and cost that implies. A nonstop changes the economics of visiting family, moving goods and doing business.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cThis is an important milestone for Air Zimbabwe and a significant step in restoring direct connectivity between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom. We are proud to have played an important role in supporting this project, working closely with Air Zimbabwe and Plus Ultra to help deliver the right structure for the route\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Linas Dovydenas<\/strong> \u2014 President, IMEA, Chapman Freeborn<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Thirteen months to prove it<\/h2>\r\n<p>The lease runs for thirteen months from the start of July. That is the window Air Zimbabwe has to show the route can fill an A330 three times a week and cover what a wet lease costs \u2014 which is considerably more per hour than flying your own aircraft, because you are paying somebody else's crew, maintenance and insurance as well as their profit.<\/p>\r\n<p>The launch has already slipped once, from 1 July to 22 July. And the underlying problem has not gone away: to fly its own aeroplanes to Europe, Air Zimbabwe would have to get off the EU Air Safety List, which requires satisfying regulators about oversight and maintenance standards rather than signing a leasing contract.<\/p>\r\n<p>For now, though, there is an A330 on the ramp at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International, and on Wednesday it turns north.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bt4Dwde-iws\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: -8px; font-style: italic;\">The leased A330 arriving in Harare ahead of the route\u2019s return.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Sources: CAPA Centre for Aviation, ch-aviation, Chapman Freeborn, AJOT, Aviator.aero.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/qatar-airways-first-gulf-carrier-caracas-venezuela-bogota\/\">A Gulf First: Qatar Airways Reaches Caracas<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/gol-rio-new-york-jfk-first-long-haul-2026\/\">GOL intraprende un lungo viaggio: da Rio a New York<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/batik-air-kuala-lumpur-sydney-a330-route\/\">Batik Air Links Kuala Lumpur to Sydney<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Zimbabwe returns to London Gatwick on 22 July after fourteen years. 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