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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Mozambique\u2019s minister of transport and communications called on Thursday for the renewal of the contract with the South African company Fly Modern Ark (FMA), in charge of the recovery of the national carrier Linhas Ae\u0301reas de Moc\u0327ambique (LAM).<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we did at the beginning was to bring in people who could help us as consultants, as advisors on the prudent decisions to be made about the management and operation of the airlines, and that\u2019s Fly Modern Ark. Unless you give me reasons for them not to continue, they will continue,\u201d Mateus Magala told the media on the sidelines of a public event in Maputo.<\/p>\n

Fly Modern Ark was contracted in April 2023 to implement a restructuring and recovery plan for LAM within a year, and it is not known whether or not the agreement will be renewed.<\/p>\n

The government official did not clarify, saying that the sector\u2019s plan foresees LAM\u2019s situation stabilising in between one and three years, depending on the dynamics of the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the period we think we can stabilise. Hopefully, it will come sooner because that\u2019s what we want in order to take a definitive option,\u201d added Mateus Magala.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, LAM\u2019s Board of Directors announced that the company\u2019s director-general, Joa\u0303o Carlos Po\u0301 Jorge, would step down as part of the company\u2019s restructuring measures.<\/p>\n

Joa\u0303o Carlos Po\u0301 Jorge was replaced on the same day by Theunis Christian de Klerk Crous, who will take on the role on an interim basis until 30 April, the period set for the decision to renew the contract with FMA, in which LAM\u2019s new CEO is a partner and its managing director.<\/p>\n

The resignation of Joa\u0303o Carlos Po\u0301 Jorge, who had held the position since 2018, comes after LAM\u2019s restructuring director, Se\u0301rgio Matos, denounced, at a press conference on 12 February, a scheme to embezzle money, with losses of around \u20ac3 million, in ticket shops, through automatic payment terminal machines (TPA\/POS) that do not belong to the company.<\/p>\n

According to the transport minister, the exoneration of LAM\u2019s director-general was a \u201cnormal\u201d procedure and was due to the need to \u201cadjust the machine\u201d of the company and work with people who can fulfil the parameters required of the flag carrier.<\/p>\n

\u201cExoneration doesn\u2019t always mean that everything is wrong or that the manager is worthless,\u201d said Magala.<\/p>\n

Mozambique\u2019s Central Office for Combating Corruption (GCCC) has launched a process to investigate alleged corruption schemes in the sale of tickets by the Mozambican airline and in the management of the company\u2019s fleet, a source linked to the investigations told Lusa.<\/p>\n

The GCCC decided to act after becoming aware of new facts relating to purchasing airline tickets in LAM shops using automatic payment terminals belonging to third parties and under-invoicing in the purchase of fuel on the Maputo-Lisbon flight, the source continued.<\/p>\n

In January 2023, the GCCC opened another case to investigate allegations about fleet management, namely the sale of aircraft, their leasing, the company\u2019s indebtedness for purchasing new equipment and maintenance operations.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s revitalisation strategy follows years of operational problems related to a reduced fleet and a lack of investment, with a record of some non-fatal incidents associated by experts with poor aircraft maintenance.<\/p>\n

LAM operates 12 destinations on the domestic market, flying regularly to Johannesburg, Dar es Salaam, Harare, Lusaka and Cape Town. Lisbon is the only intercontinental destination.<\/p>\n

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