Mozambique to Issue License to Private Company for Air Operations

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The director general of the private airline Solenta Aviation Mozambique told media recently that the prompt issuance of the licence to start operations would be “normal”, given that four aircraft are already in Maputo waiting to become an alternative to LAM on domestic flights.

Mozambique’s government spokesman, Inocêncio Impissa, acknowledged that the government will issue a licence to private company Solenta for domestic flights once the ongoing assessment and reform of the sector, also involving the state-owned LAM, are complete.

Journalists in Maputo asked the spokesperson at the weekly government press conference about the Mozambique Civil Aviation Institute (IACM)’s ongoing processing of the air operating licence requested by Solenta Aviation Mozambique to enter the domestic market, currently dominated by the state-owned LAM.

The director general of the private airline Solenta Aviation Mozambique told media recently that the prompt issuance of the licence to start operations would be “normal”, given that four aircraft are already in Maputo waiting to become an alternative to LAM on domestic flights.

Brian Holmes, Solenta’s director general, said that the carrier “has already fulfilled all technical and operational conditions” and paid all fees due in May, and is currently awaiting the licence.

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Solenta has four Embraer 145 aircraft for domestic operations in Mozambique, one of which will be used by the oil industry for charter flights, and the others will operate on routes from Maputo to Tete, Beira, Quelimane, and Nampula. The company’s general director explained that tour operators requested an additional aircraft, and the company will add it to fly to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Vilanculos, a tourist district in the province of Inhambane.