A Beiraβ Salisbury route was launched in February , with scheduled services to Durban and Madagascar also starting by the end of that year. The last leg of this service was temporarily suspended when Vila Cabral was excluded from the airline's list of destinations, but flights to the city were later reinstated after Vila Cabral got linked with Beira via Vila Pery , Tete and Vila Coutinho.
The airline was one of the last worldwide to operate the Junkers Ju 52s on scheduled services. Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal in DETA was Mozambique's flag carrier until In , a Douglas DC was ordered. Also in , a MaputoβManziniβ Maseru service that was flown using Fokker F27 aircraft was launched in cooperation with Lesotho Airways.
The first Boeing entered the fleet in An ex- Royal Swazi Fokker was leased in October The ban dates back to April The airline has been loss-making for many years.
Full annual reports do not appear to have been published, although financial results are now being released. Otherwise, the main sources for trends are industry and press reports, as shown below as at year ending 31 December :. LAM Mozambique Airlines has codeshare agreements with the following airlines: [ 69 ].
The LAM β Mozambique Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft as of November [update] : [ citation needed ]. The newest aircraft in LAM's fleet is the Embraer , the first of which the airline took possession of in August In early December, a Boeing was leased to fill the capacity shortage created by the crashed airframe. The airline previously operated the following aircraft: [ 79 ] [ 48 ]. As of 29 November [update] , Aviation Safety Network records seven hull-loss events for the airline.
