Southern Africa’s regional airline, Airlink has launched “its Johannesburg-Nacala route, providing vital air connectivity for Mozambique’s third largest harbour town and gateway for trade, tourism and economic activity in the country’s northern provinces.”
According to the airline, “Nacala is also the gateway to the Nacala Corridor providing Malawi and Zambia with access to markets in Asia, the Middle East and along Africa’s eastern seaboard.”
Airlink says the harbour town is its “seventh Mozambican destination and will initially be served with twice-weekly return flights on Mondays and Fridays with Airlink’s comfortable and efficient Embraer regional jet aircraft.”
Airlink CEO, de Villiers Engelbrecht said: “By adding Nacala to our network, Airlink adds the vital component of air connectivity, positioning Nacala into a truly multi-modal transport and logistics node for this region.”
Governor of Nampula Province, Eduardo Mariamo Abdula said: “Having Airlink connect Nacala with the rest of the world will incentivise travel to and from this important commercial hub and stimulate a surge in trade, tourism and investments that will unlock our region’s full potential. This will improve the socio-economic landscape of northern Mozambique.”
Airlink stated that its “ties with Mozambique go back over 30 years and today it operates more than 60 return flights a week to Maputo, Beira, Pemba, Nampula, Tete, Vilanculos and now also to Nacala.”