Flights to Zimbabwe - KLM Royal Dutch Airlines have announced that a new service will begin operating to Harare on 29 October 2012. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will fly to Harare in combination with the new KLM destination Lusaka, Zambia. KLM will operate the service from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Harare International Airport three times a week.
Flight Days and Times
Flight KL523 will be operated with an Airbus A330-200 on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, departing from Schiphol at 10.20 hrs and arriving in Harare on the same day at 21.25 hrs. The return leg of the circle trip has the same number, KL523, leaving Harare at 22.30 hrs the same day, with an intermediate landing in Lusaka. The flight arrives in Amsterdam the following morning at 10.20 hrs.
KLM will also offer eleven weekly services to Harare via Nairobi in cooperation with Kenya Airways, which is undergoing rapid development in terms of fleet expansion and new destinations.
“KLM sees great growth opportunities in Africa. This year we launched service to Luanda in Angola and Lusaka in Zambia, and in 2011 we began serving Kigali in Rwanda.
This new addition to our network strengthens our position in Africa,” said Erik Varwijk, KLM Managing Director and Executive Vice President of Air France KLM International and The Netherlands.