Air Botswana to lease out jets as financial pressures mount

Last year, Air Botswana welcomed the Embraer E175, in what the then-management labelled as a push for regional expansion with the opening of new routes such as Gaborone-Cape Town. Now the airline says it will lease out the jet alongside the Embraer E170 to other airlines to generate short-term revenue and ease off financial pressures.

The newly appointed General Manager of Air Botswana, Bao Mosinyi, appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and State-Owned Enterprises, said the airline runs a two-flight schedule, which at most needs three aircraft as opposed to the six that the airline currently has.