Harare Flights Overview

Harare flights are moderately easy to find and organise. About six different airlines fly into Harare on a weekly basis. However all six airlines are African airlines. Most European airlines pulled out of Harare during Zimbabwe's economic decline and political problems.

The most frequent airline to fly into Harare is South African Airways (SAA) which has four flights in the morning, afternoon, evening and night. SAA flies into Zimbabwe directly on a 1 hour 50 minutes flight from Johannesburg, South Africa. Amongst the six airlines, it has the best and highest standards and is the member of the Star Alliance.

Alternative flights to Harare come direct from London. This route is flown by Air Zimbabwe on a daily basis. The flight is just about 10 hours to Harare. Even though Air Zimbabwe has competitive fares if falls far short when it comes to professionalism and general consistency with flight schedules. It is not uncommon for the airline to abruptly cancel flights leaving passengers least catered for.

Air Zimbabwe has other routes it services such as to Malawi, Johannesburg, Lusaka, Dubai and China. There are also weekly Harare flights serviced by Air Botswana direct from Gaborone. Air Botswana flies 3 times a week to Harare. Kenya Airways also flies direct to Harare from Nairobi at least once a week.Visitors coming from Malawi to Zimbabwe may also fly on Air Malawi or Air Zimbabwe direct.
Harare flights can be reserved online using websites such as Expedia.com

In Harare there are numerous travel agents who can facilitate any further changes to your reservation should you require it. According to IATA regulations, all airlines under its membership as of a deadline of 31 May 2008 are using e-tickets.

Within Zimbabwe, internal flights are available on Air Zimbabwe to Bulawayo and Victoria Falls. The airline had introduced flights to Kariba and Masvingo as a tourism revival plan before abruptly suspending them due to a dismal failure of the strategy.

Chartered flights are available in Harare to specific destinations within Zimbabwe and outside of Zimbabwe. Light aircraft can be chartered to fly to places such as Victoria Falls, Kariba and Nyanga in Zimbabwe. A smaller airport in Harare, Zimbabwe called Charles Prince Airport operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) handles private landings and take-offs, training schools, and chartered flights.

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