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Already in 1992, Tata Zambia was run as a bus manufacturer. [4] In 2006, a manufacturing plant for buses and trucks was set up in Ndola. [3] [5] [6] Bicycles are also produced there. [7] As part of diversification, the company has been involved in Pamodzi Hotels since 1997. [3] [5] [7]
Zambia has four international airports, five airstrips and five secondary airfields that serve the domestic and international flights. The main airport is Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport. Other smaller airports include Livingstone and Mfuew, Ndola along with secondary airfields including Kasama, Kitwe, Chipata, Mongi, Mansa and Solwezi.
Zimbabweans living in the border area also cross Lake Kariba into Zambia in search of food, selling or bartering chickens for mealie meal. [9] Zimbabwean cross-border traders who buy mealie meal in bulk in Zambia and then bring it back to Zimbabwe for sale have been blamed for food shortages in border areas. [10]
In April 1988, Zambia Airways inaugurated a route to New York via Monrovia. [7] [8] Financial constraints forced the company to suspend the flight in March 1991. [9] [10] It stopped in Banjul at the time. [11] In May 2012, KLM began operating a flight three times a week between Amsterdam and Lusaka using an Airbus A330-200.
Lusaka City Airport (ICAO: FLLC) is a military airport serving Lusaka, Zambia. It is used by the Zambian Air Force and the government, while international and commercial traffic is served by Kenneth Kaunda International Airport .
Between 2011 and 2017, the government-owned Zambia Airports Corporation Limited (ZACL), which operates the airport, renovated and improved the airport infrastructure and facilities. [4] [5] The renovations included (a) a new terminal building (b) a new main runway (c) a new apron and (d) new apron lights.
Mwebantu is a national news agency headquartered in Lusaka and is one of the leading online news website and social media platform in Zambia. [1] Mwebantu.com is their flagship website which is an online based news publication catering for local Zambians and those in the diaspora.
Cairo Road is the main thoroughfare of Lusaka, Zambia and the principal business, retail and service centre of the city. It is a section of the T2 road [1] and was so named because it is a link in Cecil Rhodes' then dream of a Cape to Cairo Road through British colonies in Africa.