After 18 months in limbo, Zimbabwe’s flag carrier, Air Zimbabwe, is back in the air, pleasing the new administration in the southern African country.

“The turnaround of the national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, is on a firm pedestal,” the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) quoted President Robert Mugabe as saying.

Mugabe, who recently won the presidential elections in a landslide victory, was speaking at the opening of Parliament recently.

Mugabe’s 33 years in office was added with another five years in July this year.

It was in April this year that the flag carrier resumed day-to-day voyages to its neighbouring country, South Africa.

This came after the airline received a $10 million bailout from the state.

Air Zimbabwe’s straight journey to Victoria Falls from Johannesburg recommenced in July this year.

According to WSJ, the carrier will resume flights between Harare and London in November this year.

Up to the close of September this year, the carrier will be extending a 50 percent reduction in tickets to its customers.

However, Air Zimbabwe continues to be constrained by lack of funds, old fashioned kit, and political chaos in the country.

Some of the carrier’s planes have not been modernised from the 1980s with some of the passenger jets having been stopped from flying to avoid any danger.

According to WSJ, Air Zimbabwe has six working aircraft, including two brand new rented jets.