According to the Deputy Minister for Work and Transfer, Mr Atupele Mwakibete, plans and blueprints are aligned for the memorable cargo aircraft- Boeing 767-300F to arrive in the country in April, 2023, to boost the consignments business.
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Mister Mwakibete was responding to a matter asked in Parliament of Hai lawmaker, Saasisha Mafuwe who wanted to know the particular reason why the government has not declared each of our KIA as a special looking to boost the country’s agribusiness by allowing cargo helicopters to land and takeoff without paying the fees.
In his answer, Mister Mwakibete said in effort to attract cargo business, the federal government was ready to review making a landing fees for all cargo aircrafts as it had been proposed with the Hai representative.
“Currently we do not have special cargo aircraft which have specific agendas to land at KIA, ” he said.
He, however , said that the cargo that visiting KIA was being transported using passenger aircraft.
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