LAM Mozambique Airlines

"LAM Airlines" redirects here. For the South American airline, see LAN Airlines.
LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique SARL
LAM – Mozambique Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
TM LAM MOZAMBIQUE
Founded 26 August 1936 (1936-08-26) (as Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos)
Commenced operations 22 December 1937 (1937-12-22)
Hubs
Focus cities
Frequent-flyer program Flamingo Club[1]
Subsidiaries Moçambique Expresso (100%)
Fleet size 7
Destinations 16
Parent company Government of Mozambique
Headquarters Maputo, Mozambique
Key people
Website www.lam.co.mz/en

LAM - Mozambique Airlines, S. A. (LAM - Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, S. A.) or Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, Ltd.,[2] operating as LAM Mozambique Airlines (Portuguese: LAM Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique), is the flag carrier of Mozambique.[3] The airline was established by the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambique in August 1936 as a charter carrier named Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos, and was renamed in 1980 following reorganisation.

LAM Mozambique Airlines is based in Maputo,[4] and has its hub at Maputo International Airport.[5] It operates scheduled services in southern Africa. The company is a member of the International Air Transport Association, and of the African Airlines Association since 1976.[6][7] LAM Mozambique Airlines is on the list of airlines banned in the EU since April 2011 (2011-04).

History

Early years

The airline was established on 26 August 1936 as DETA – Direcção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos, as a division of the Department of Railways, Harbours and Airways of the Portuguese colonial government of Mozambique.[8] Charter flights were operated for a short period of time,[9] until a regular airmail service commenced on 22 December 1937 using a Dragonfly, a Hornet and two Rapides.[10][11][12] Shortly afterwards, these services started carrying passengers, most of them government officials.[11] Flown with Rapides, the Lourenço Marques–Germinston route was one of the company’s mainstays in the early years; it was operated on a twice-weekly basis, and connected with Imperial Airways services to London.[13][14] In April 1938, the eight-hour-long domestic Lourenço Marques–Inhambane–Beira–Quelimane coastal route was opened.[13] DETA passengers that were flown along the Mozambican coast could also connect with Imperial services at Lourenço Marques. At that time, Imperial Airways ran a service between Cape Town and Cairo that called at Lourenço Marques. Early in 1938, DETA had signed a contract with Imperial for the provision of such feeder services.[11] During the spring, another Hornet was incorporated into the fleet.[11] Also in 1938, the airline acquired three Junkers Ju-52s and two more Rapides.[12] The coastal service was extended farther north in October, reaching Port Amelia.[11] At April 1939, one Drangonfly, one Hornet, three Junkers Ju-52s and six Rapides were part of the fleet.[15] Most of the operations came to a halt following the outbreak of World War II.[11]

A Beira–Salisbury route was launched in February 1947, with scheduled services to Durban and Madagascar also starting by the end of that year.[11] By March 1952 the carrier was operating a 2,000-mile (3,200 km) long route network that included domestic services as well as international ones to Durban, Johannesburg and Salisbury, served with a fleet of six Doves, five Rapides, three Douglas DC-3s, two Lockheed Lodestars, a Lockheed L-14 and a Junkers Ju-52.[16] A new Moçambique–Nampula–Vila Cabral run that called at three more intermediate stops was opened in 1954. 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.[11] At March 1955, the carrier's fleet included three DC-3s, six Doves, one Dragon Fly, four Dragon Rapides, two Junkers Ju-52/3s, one Lockheed 14H, two Lodestars and two Horner Moths.[17]

The airline was one of the latest worldwide to operate the Junkers Ju-52s on scheduled services.[11] Two of these aircraft were still part of the aircraft park in April 1960, along with three DC-3s, four Doves, three Lodestars and four Rapides that operated a domestic network plus international services to Durban, Johannesburg and Salisbury.[18] DETA started a fleet modernisation in the early 1960s, when three Fokker F27-200s ordered in June 1961, making the airline the 64th customer for the type, had already been handed over to the company by August 1962; the first of them was named “Lourenço Marques” after the capital city of Portuguese East Africa.[19][20] DETA and Air Malawi inaugurated the Beira–Blantyre service in 1964; it was operated in a pool agreement between the two carriers. In 1965, Nova Freizo[nb 1] was added to the route network; in November that year, a service linking Beira with Lourenço Marques was launched. In March 1966, DETA and Swazi Air commenced flying the Lourenço Marques–Manzini run on a joint basis.[11] Two Boeing 737-200s were ordered in 1968 both to complement the three F27s, six DC-3s, one Dove, and one Beaver already in the fleet, and to support the company's regional expansion, that had grown up to five destinations regionally served with the addition of Blantyre and Manzini to the network.[22][23] The first of these machines entered the fleet in 1969.[11] The airline would order two more Boeing 737-200s in the forthcoming years, taking possession of the fourth one in 1973.[24]

Mozambique gained its independence from Portugal in 1975.[11] Intercontinental services started in 1976 serving the Lourenço Marques–Beira–Accra–Lisbon route, at first with a Boeing 707-320, and then with a Boeing 707-320C leased from Tempair International Airlines.[25][26][27] In 1979, a Douglas DC-8 was ordered.[11]

Renaming

An Ireland-registered Boeing 767-200ER wearing a LAM Mozambique Airlines livery at Faro Airport in 1993.

DETA was Mozambique's flag carrier until 1980.[28] Following allegations of corruption,[29] the airline was restructured and renamed LAM – Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique early that year.[10] Four more Boeing 737-200s were ordered in 1981. The Douglas DC-8-62 that had been ordered at the end of the DETA era arrived in 1982. In 1983, a Douglas DC-10-30 was ordered. Also in 1983, a Maputo–Manzini–Maseru service that was flown using F-27 equipment was launched in cooperation with Lesotho Airways. The DC-10-30 joined the fleet in 1984, and new services to East Berlin, Copenhagen and Paris were started.[28] At March 1985, the carrier had 1,927 employees. At this time, the DC-10-30 and three Boeing 737-200s (including a convertible one) worked on a route network radiating from Maputo that served Beira, Berlin-Schonefeld, Dar-es-Salaam, Harare, Johannesburg, Lisbon, Lusaka, Manzini, Maseru, Nampula, Paris, Pemba, Sofia and Quelimane.[29] TACV Cabo Verde Airlines leased the DC-10 in the weekends during 1985.[30]

The first Boeing 737-300 entered the fleet in 1991.[31] By April that year, employment was 1,948, and the fleet consisted of two Boeing 737-200s (including a convertible one), one Boeing 767-200ER (plus another one on order) and four CASA 212-200s.[32] The company had returned the 737-300 to the lessor in 1995 because of its inability to afford the leasing costs of the aircraft, and a Boeing 767-200ER would follow the same fate late that year. An ex-Royal Swazi Fokker 100 was leased in October 1996.[31] On 23 December 1998 LAM was transformed into a limited company, adopting the denomination of LAM – Mozambique Airlines by Decree no. 69/98. A limited company incorporated by statute in Mozambique was formed in late 1999.[4]

EU ban

Like all airlines with an AOC issued in Mozambique, the carrier is banned from operating into the European Union. The ban dates back to April 2011.[33][34][35][nb 2] At that time, the company claimed the Mozambican Civil Aviation Institute was responsible for the actions taken by the European Commission against all Mozambican carriers, and argued that it was an airline with an excellent safety record.[41] Prior to EuroAtlantic Airways launching Boeing 767-300ER operations to Lisbon on LAM's behalf in April 2011,[42][43] the Lisbon–Maputo–Lisbon run was operated by TAP Portugal on codeshare agreement with LAM.[44][45] The Maputo–Lisbon–Maputo route, the very same that was launched in November 2011, was announced to be discontinued as from late November that year, ahead of the constitution of a new autonomous division aimed at operating intercontinental routes.[46] As of June 2013, Lisbon was served with Airbus A340 aircraft.[nb 3] As of December 2014, the list of airlines banned in the EU still includes LAM.[49]

Corporate affairs

Key people

As of July 2014, Iacumba Ali Aiuba held the CEO position and chairmanship was held by Silvestre Sechene. Both were appointed that month; Aiuba succeeded Marlene Manave.[50]

Ownership and subsidiaries

As of August 2014, the state holds 91% of the shares and the employees hold the balance; the carrier employs a staff of 695.[4] The company Moçambique Expresso, set up in September 1995,[51] is 100% owned by LAM.[52]

Destinations

Codeshare agreements

As of May 2014 the following routes are codeshared ones, actually operated by the carriers shown:

Fleet

Current

A LAM Mozambique Airlines Embraer 190 at OR Tambo International Airport. (2009)

The newest aircraft on LAM's fleet is the Embraer 190, the first of which the airline took possession of in August 2009.[56] The carrier received the second aircraft of the type a month later.[57] LAM Mozambique Airlines took delivery of a Boeing 737-500 on lease from GECAS in November 2012.[58]

Three Embraer 190s were in operation until November 2013, when one of them crashed in Namibia. In early December, a Boeing 737 was leased to fill the capacity shortage created by the crashed airframe.[59] An order —that had been signed in November 2013— for three Boeing 737-700s valued at US$228 million, was informed in February 2014.[3][60]

As of December 2014, the LAM – Mozambique Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[48]

LAM – Mozambique Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
Boeing 737-500 1 — 14 102 116
Boeing 737-700 1 3[3] 12 120 132[61]
de Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400 3 — ?
Embraer 190 2 — 9 84 93[56]
Total 7 3

Retired

A France-registered McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 wearing LAM Mozambique Airlines markings is seen here at Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1983.

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:[62]

Accidents and incidents

As of 29 November 2013, Aviation Safety Network records seven hull-loss events for the airline. Three of these events occurred in the DETA era, while the other four correspond to LAM. As of November 2013 there has been one fatal accident for LAM proper.[67][68] Following is a list of these events.

Date Location Aircraft Tail number Aircraft damage Fatalities Description Refs
23 February 1944 MozambiqueQuelimane Lockheed L-14 CR-AAV W/O 13/13 Crashed on takeoff at Quelimane Airport. [69]
12 February 1950 MozambiqueLagoa Páti Ju-52 CR-AAJ W/O 0/15 Force landing. [70]
27 March 1970 MozambiqueLourenço Marques F27-200 CR-AIB W/O 3/3 Crashed on a training flight at Lourenço Marques Airport. [71]
27 March 1983 MozambiqueQuelimane Boeing 737-200 C9-BAB W/O 0/110 Undercarriage failure after landing some 400 metres (1,300 ft) short of the runway at Quelimane Airport. [72]
9 February 1989 MozambiqueLichinga Boeing 737-200 C9-BAD W/O 0/108 Overran the runway on landing at Lichinga Airport. [73][74]
5 October 1998 MozambiqueOff Maputo Boeing 747SP ZS-SPF W/O 0/66 Emergency landing, following an engine failure at 5,000 feet (1,500 m) that led to a fire. The aircraft, leased from South African Airways, was due to operate the Maputo–Lisbon route. [75][76]
29 November 2013 NamibiaBwabwata National Park Embraer 190 C9-EMC W/O 33/33 Preliminary evidence indicates the aircraft was deliberately crashed by the pilot. [77]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The name of the city served was actually Nova Freixo, as shown in a 1968 timetable.[21]
  2. ↑ All airlines from Mozambique have been included in the last five lists of airlines banned in the EU released in April[36] and December 2012,[37] July[38] and December 2013,[39] and April 2014.[40]
  3. ↑ According to latest timetable available.[47] The fleet composition includes no A340s for LAM Mozambique Airlines.[48]

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  3. 1 2 3 "Company History". LAM Mozambique Airlines. Archived 2 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "LAM strengthens client support at Maputo International Airport" (Press release). LAM Mozambique Airlines. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Membership". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "AFRAA Members". AFRAA. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "World airline directory – DETA Mozambique Airlines". Flight International 118 (3716): 309. 26 July 1980. ISSN 0015-3710. Archived from the original on 16 August 2013.
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