LAM Mozambique Airlines will fly between Maputo and Lisbon once a week from August 26, according to a press release.
The flight from Lisbon to Maputo will depart on Tuesdays at 20h00, and the return flight will depart Maputo on Wednesdays at 23h55.
Charmaine Thome, gm of Aviareps, which represents LAM in South Africa, told Travel News that as LAM had double-daily flights between Johannesburg and Maputo (when borders are open), South Africans would be able to connect easily to Lisbon. The evening flight from Johannesburg will leave Johannesburg at 19h10 and arrive Maputo at 20h20, thus connecting well with the 23h25 flight to Lisbon. Unconfirmed, but “likely” are plans for another second flight per week, by TAP, both flights being flown in codeshare with one another.
Mozambican carriers were banned from flying into the EU from April 2011 to June 2017 due to an inadequacy in the Mozambican Civil Aviation Authority, which was then resolved. LAM is now listed on the Iata Operational Safety Audit (Iosa) registry.
Flights will be operated by Airbus A330-300 aircraft, with 278 seats – 255 in economy class and 23 in business class.
