Air Botswana returns to regional skies
Friday, February 22, 2019
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On Wednesday, Agnes Khunwana, the airline’s managing director, said in the first quarter of the year, the airline would restart flights to Harare, Lusaka and Cape Town from Gaborone. A Kasane-Johannesburg flight will be introduced later in the year.
Air Botswana acquired a twin-engine Embraer E-170 Jet in December last year, the country’s first, as well as two ATR 72-600s earlier in the year.
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