{"id":52945,"date":"2023-12-27T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/lams-return-to-european-airspace-budgeted-at-2-million-per-month"},"modified":"2023-12-27T15:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T15:56:50","slug":"lams-return-to-european-airspace-budgeted-at-2-million-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/lams-return-to-european-airspace-budgeted-at-2-million-per-month","title":{"rendered":"LAM\u2019s return to European airspace budgeted at $2 million per month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>The return of Linhas Ae\u0301reas de Moc\u0327ambique (LAM) to European airspace costs around US$2 million a month, the company\u2019s general director said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis operation has a lot of cost elements. The immediate fixed cost is around US$2 million a month,\u201d Joa\u0303o Carlos Po\u0301 Jorge said aboard the Boeing 777 that left Lisbon on Tuesday with almost 200 passengers and landed today at Maputo International Airport \u2013 the company\u2019s first return flight from European airspace.<\/p>\n

The 302-seat Boeing 777 flight, resulting from a partnership with the Portuguese operator EuroAtlantic, will connect the two capitals three times a week, with economy class promotional prices starting at 25,000 meticais (\u20ac368).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to provide a very Mozambican service. We want the passengers to board in Lisbon and feel like they are already in Mozambique, with the meals, dishes and Mozambican products and, obviously, the hospitality of Mozambique,\u201d the company\u2019s general director declared.<\/p>\n

The Maputo-Lisbon route, abandoned by the company almost 12 years ago, is part of the operator\u2019s revitalization plan, after the South African company Fly Modern Ark (FMA) entered the management of LAM in April this year for the process of restructuring.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe restructuring process is obviously long and the results are not felt immediately. This first flight is an example. The flight will not generate income tomorrow or next week (…) But we are on the right path,\u201d Jorge declared.<\/p>\n

The adoption of promotional prices in the first phase of the operation, announced in October, has resulted in the company selling, to date, around 12,000 Maputo \u2013 Lisbon tickets for the period between December 12 and October, 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bought the ticket 24 hours before the flight and, even so, the price was very reasonable. Now everything is easier for us,\u201d said Danila Patel, who frequently travels between the two capitals and was among the almost 200 people who boarded the inaugural flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, in Mozambique, travelling to Lisbon was very difficult, because of the cost. Few people can afford tickets costing \u20ac1,600. We ended up being forced to make stopovers, which are exhausting. Now things are better,\u201d Winety Toma\u0301s, another passenger on the first flight, told Lusa.<\/p>\n

Under the restructuring plan, in addition to Lisbon, LAM also has its eyes on other markets, including Brazil, the United Arab Emirates and India.<\/p>\n

In addition to the Maputo-Lisbon route, the Mozambican flag company has other routes connecting Maputo to destinations in South Africa in the pipeline, with the emphasis on Cape Town, to where flights started on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The ongoing strategy to revitalise the company follows years of operational problems related to the small fleet and lack of investment, with a record of non-fatal incidents associated by experts with poor aircraft maintenance.<\/p>\n

Four months after implementing a set of interventions, the carrier was stabilised and repositioned, the company itself maintains.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. The return of Linhas Ae\u0301reas de Moc\u0327ambique (LAM) to European airspace costs around US$2 million a month, the company\u2019s general director said on Wednesday. \u201cThis operation has a lot of cost elements. 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