Yesterday, Saturday (09), Maputo International Airport received the second largest aircraft in the world, with capacity for 400 passengers. According to the Operations Director of the Aeroportos de Moçambique company, this milestone demonstrates the capacity of national airports, which are seeing an increase in air traffic. Quoted by Rádio Moçambique, José Candrino added that an operation of this...
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SERNIC seizes drugs from Brazil disguised as sweets at Maputo airport
Around 1,400 kilograms of drugs (cocaine) were seized this Thursday (27) by the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), the corporation's spokesman revealed today. The cargo was seized at the Maputo International Airport terminal and originated in the city of Guarulhos, Brazil. According to Hilário Lole, the seizure of the drugs...
More than one million passengers have traveled to Maputo International Airport
Maputo International Airport has received more than one million passengers this year, a figure that was last reached in the period before the Covid-19 pandemic. The Director of Operations at the company, José Candrinho, considers the record number of passengers after the pandemic period to be satisfactory, but warns of more challenges for the institution....
BP sells MIAFS position to Petromoc
BP Moçambique intends to sell to Mozambican state oil company Petromoc the 50% share it holds in the MIAFS company created by both for fuel storage operations at Maputo international airport. According to a notice published today by the Competition Regulatory Authority (ARC), the notification of the "concentration of companies" operation was...
French flight makes emergency landing in Maputo with 301 people on board
An Air France Boeing 777 aircraft made an emergency landing at Maputo International Airport on Wednesday morning with 301 people on board. The French airline's plane was carrying 286 passengers and 15 crew and was heading to Oliver Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa. The flight did not land due to...
Maputo-bound aircraft makes emergency landing due to fuel shortage
An aircraft coming from Zimbabwe and bound for Maputo International Airport made an emergency landing on Wednesday night in Chiboene, in the district of Moamba, Maputo. According to Notícias, the measure was due to a lack of fuel in the aircraft, which was carrying two pilots and a passenger. "A rescue team was sent to the...
Young Angolan arrested in possession of cocaine in Maputo
An individual of Angolan nationality was arrested this afternoon by the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) on charges of drug trafficking, reports the MMO news portal. The suspect was arrested when he was landing at Maputo International Airport with 7.9 kilograms of cocaine from Brazil. According to spokesman...
Maputo International Airport needs $2.5 million for cooling system
Maputo International Airport, the country's main airport, needs 2.5 million dollars to replace the centralized cooling system. "The constraint we have at the moment at the airport is the centralized cooling system which is damaged and to solve this problem we need an investment of around 2.5 million...
Access Bank sponsors painting of mural at the Maputo International Airport
Access Bank Mozambique is one of the sponsors of the "Biodiversity Wall", a wall erected 10 years ago, at the exit of Maputo International Airport. This is a protocol space which establishes the first contact with the capital of Mozambique and which, in the light of the project "Preservation of Our Fauna", is since Saturday, June 06, 2010 in the...
Last Minute: LAM plane veers off course mid-flight
A plane of Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique (LAM), on its route Nampula/Maputo, was forced to deviate from its route and land in Chimoio (Manica), due to bad weather (poor visibility). "After the finding about bad weather at Maputo International Airport, where it should have made the landing, the aircraft 'operating flight TM1056' diverted to...