Air Zimbabwe has spent 78 million U.S. dollars on acquisition of three MA 60 modern planes to improve transport in southern Africa, according to Zambia Daily Mail on Friday.

The airline will start its daily flights between Lusaka-Harare- Johannesburg, Air Zimbabwe's regional manager Macia Cannon was quoted as saying.

She told reporters during a familiarization tour for the reporters and travel agents from Lusaka to the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Wednesday that the cabin crew working on the new aircraft underwent extensive training for the preparation of the delivery of the first two planes.

"They went to China where they received conversion training that gave them full understanding and appreciation of the safety features of this aircraft," she said.

She said that the airline is also looking at beyond the point traffic in places including India, Dubai, London and Singapore.

Cannon said the other routes to be considered are to the Far East, Maputo and Angola.

Source: Xinhua