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THE long-awaited national airline has finally been incorporated and

will operate as Zambia Airways 2014 Limited, which will be a

successor of the defunct Zambia Airways.

Zambia Airways was liquidated in 1994 and since then, the Southern

African country has had no national airline.

Ministry of Transport and Communications Permanent Secretary

Mbololwa Muyaba confirmed the establishment and incorporation of

the new airline in an interview in Lusaka yesterday.

“We have established the company dubbed Zambia Airways 2014

Limited and it has been registered with PACRA (Patents and

Companies Registration Agency),” Ms Muyaba said.

She could, however, not give further details and indicated that the

ministry was still awaiting approval from Cabinet.

According to the Times of Zambia search at PARCA, the company

which has three directors, was incorporated on July 23, 2015 and was

registered with PACRA by the Ministry of Finance.

PACRA records confirmed that the company was incorporated in July

2015, with nominal capital of K5,000 and the total number of shares is

5,000.

The names of directors appearing in the firm’s record of incorporation

are Secretary to the Treasury Fredson Yamba, Works and Supply,

Permanent Secretary Charles Sipanje and Finance Permanent

Secretary Pamela Kabamba.

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Formation of the national flag carrier is expected to boost the Zambian

tourism sector because tourists will find it easier to fly direct to

Zambia.

According to Chief Government Spokesperson Chishimba Kambwili,

Government is targeting the end of next year for the new airline to

become operational.

Mr Kambwili said this in an interview recently.

Government had put up modalities for establishment of the national

airline and was currently in talks with suppliers of the planes.

“We are talking to suppliers of the airplanes on the purchase of

aeroplanes as reflected in the 2016 budget so that by the end of next

year, the company is fully operational,” Mr Kambwili said.

In the 2016 national Budget, Government has allocated K498.4 million

for the expansion of the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in

Lusaka and the establishment of a national airline.

Recently, National Airline Project lead consultant Weston Mapani said

Zambia’s national airline is set to be registered once

government appointed a board of directors.

Mr Mapani said all was set for the re-establishment of the Zambia

national airline except for the registration of the company and the

availability of operational funds amounting to US$300 million

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News Brief: Travel Agents See Opportunities in

MoreNDC, Seek to Know

Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced

the results of a joint study with select members of the World Travel

). Travel agents look forward to WTAAAAgents Associations Alliance (

the opportunities New Distribution Capability (NDC) will bring and seek

more information about the initiative.

NDC is a travel industry-supported program launched by IATA. Its goal

is the development and market adoption of a new, XML-based data

transmission standard that is intended to enhance communications

between airlines and travel agents.

IATA partnered with associations representing travel agencies based in

Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the

USA that are members of WTAAA. The study was conducted

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qualitative interviews with travel agents around the world and surveys

from approximately 1,000 agents.

The study shows that:

On average 76% of travel agencies book airline ancillary products and

services with most using airline websites to do so

Agents are concerned about the loss of productivity associated with

moving back and forth between their standard screen displays and

airline websites in order to book ancillary options

Agents recognize that airline websites offer the most complete

selection of airline product and service options and they believe they

are at a competitive disadvantage owing to this disparity

A majority of agents believe NDC can help them be more competitive

and customer-focused and will make selling airline ancillary products

more efficient

Travel agents expect to be compensated for selling ancillary products

and services

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(2) “The study bears out that the travel agent channel as currently

situated is not able to efficiently meet all the needs of air travelers.

NDC will address this gap by enabling efficient access to content that

currently is available only on airline websites,” said Aleks Popovich,

IATA Senior VP Financial and Distribution Services.

“The NDC discussion has been around the global travel industry for

many years. This study has brought to light some important and

interesting insights from the travel agency perspective and is

welcomed by those agency associations that have been involved,”

said Jayson Westbury, CEO of the Australian Federation of Travel

agents and spokesperson for the participating agency associations.

Other findings in the study:

The development of branded fares, sometimes referred to as fare

families, has created some confusion in the travel agency community.

Around one in four travel agencies are uncertain whether they book

fare families or branded fares

A plurality of agents (43%) take a deliberately slow pace in adopting

new technology

Agencies will likely rely on GDSs most for support in adopting NDC

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For more information, please contact:

Corporate Communications

Tel: +41 22 770 2967

corpcomms@iata.org Email:

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EU releases action plan for safer aviation

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BRUSSELS, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The European Union (EU) on Tuesday

released an action plan to strengthen aviation safety following the

crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 on March 24 this year.

The European Commission, or the EU's executive body, unveiled an

Action Plan implementing the recommendations made in July by the

Task-Force led by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) on the

Germanwings flight crash.

This was another step towards safer aviation, the Commission said in

a statement.

Convened at the request of EU Commissioner for Transport Violeta

Bulc, the Task-Force had primarily called for better checks on crew

members.

Then, EASA developed the Action Plan, which outlined how the agency

intends to implement these recommendations, in close cooperation

with the European Commission.

"By providing a clear roadmap for EU action, it will help preventing

future accidents or incidents," the statement quoted Commissioner

Violeta Bulc as saying.

On March 24, 2015, the Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320-200

jet, crashed in the French Alps, killing all 144 passengers and six crew

members. Black boxes information showed that co-pilot Andreas

Lubitz deliberately crashed the plane after locking the pilot out of the

cockpit.

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EASA Academy Promotes Harmonized

Certification

The European Aviation Safety Agency has named the first members

of its EASA Virtual Academy, which aims to sustain competency

among national aviation regulatory staffs across Europe and

promote harmonized regulatory and certification practices among

European nations. The members are CAA International (an aviation

consultancy wholly owned by the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority), the

Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (which is

associated with the European Civil Aviation Conference, which in

turn includes 44 European nations), the Ecole Nationale de

l’Aviation Civile, or ENAC (France’s only aviation-oriented

university) and Servicios y Estudios para la Navigacion Aerea y la

Seguridad Aeronautica, or SENASA (a training, consultancy and

technical assistance company headquartered in Madrid). “The

effectiveness of the EASA system is based on thorough

cooperation between EASA and the member states,” said EASA

Executive Director Patrick Ky. (EASA's members include the 28

nations of the European Union and the four nations of the European

Free Trade Assn.) “Training of staff is a key element of this

cooperation.” He added that “the EASA Virtual Academy will expand

beyond Europe in the future to promote the EASA system as the

leading aviation safety global system.” Consistency among

international aviation authorities is the focus of a session at next

week’s Rotorcraft Certification Summit in Irving, Texas. The

session, “Certification Barriers and Reforms: The International

Arena,” will feature presentations by the U.S. Government

Accountability Office’s assistant director of Civil Aviation Issues,

Vashun Cole, and Jonathan Archer, director of Engineering and

Airworthiness for the General Aviation Manufacturers Assn. Limited

space is still available for the event; you can find more about it

.www.rotorcraftsummit.com at

http://www.aviationtoday.com/

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British Airways to replace IT workers with Indian

visasflown in on temporary recruits

British Airways is set to replace IT workers in the UK with Indian recruits

flown into the country on temporary visas, writes Emily Davies.

At least 55 jobs will be outsourced to Tata Consultancy Services, with a

possible 128 more to follow, under plans from International Airlines Group

(down 11.5p at 592p), the parent company for British Airways.

The cost-cutting move is expected to involve employees being sent over

from the Indian-owned company on a rotational basis from spring next year.

British Airways, which employs 35,000 people in the UK, is on course to

outsource up to 80pc of roles in its IT department, meaning a total of 720

British jobs could be lost.

A source told The Sun: ‘Some of the BA jobs will transfer to Tata from spring.

One very likely option is to use their own staff from India to fill the posts.

‘It will be cheaper, but it is an insult to BA staff who have been there for

years. It’s a very cynical move by IAG to save a few quid.’

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