Presidential hopeful Professor Chirwa has a vision for Zambia in the 21st century. It includes the following: "When I am elected, I will re-introduce Zambia Airways which was sold for no prudent reason by the prior government. Zambia Airways was not making any loses at the time of the sale...I have already initiated talks with Sir Richard Branson Fake-Steve-Jobs-Book-Review , the owner of Virgin Airlines, in regards to forming a partnership to create a new national airline for Zambia to and bring back Zambia Airways" Presumably the Prof wants to directly challenge Zambian Airways? Instead of looking back to what Zambia Airways was, why don't we look at what Zambian Airways and others (e.g. Zambia Skyways) in a properly supported aviation sector. It strikes me that the Prof's vision is not for the 21st century. It appears to be a vision of a bygone age. Even the current government has had the sense to realise that the pursuit of a national airline with some form of tax payers money involved is not a way forward. It is backward.

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Posted Tue, Apr 1 2008 15:52 by memeza / Zambian News