Proflight Zambia

Proflight Zambia is an airline based in Lusaka, Zambia that serves the business community and tourism industry. It is a trading name of Proflight Commuter Services Ltd.[1] Proflight Zambia operates the largest fleet of aircraft in Zambia,[2] operating both scheduled and charter flights.

Proflight Zambia
IATA ICAO Callsign
P0 PFZ PROFLIGHT-ZAMBIA
Founded1991
HubsLusaka International Airport
Focus citiesLusaka, Ndola, Solwezi, Livingstone, Durban, Johannesburg, Lilongwe
Frequent-flyer programWeekly Flash Fares
AllianceProcharter Zambia
Fleet size7
Destinations10
HeadquartersLusaka, Zambia
Key peopleTony Irwin (Founder & CEO) and Capt. Philip Lemba director of government and industrial affairs
Websiteflyzambia.com
Proflight Zambia aircraft at KKIA

Proflight Zambia has its headquarters at 13396 Kamloops Avenue (Munali Roundabout), in Lusaka. It relocated there in August 2014. [3][4]

History

Proflight Air Services was founded in 1991 by pilot Tony Irwin, formerly of Zambia Airways.[5] On 30 June 2009 the airline was authorized by the Zambia Competition Commission to form an alliance with Zambezi Airlines.[6] The airline was officially rebranded as Proflight Zambia in 2010.

In March 2013 Proflight took delivery of its first jet aircraft, a Boeing 737-200, and later in 2013 began regional scheduled service to Lilongwe, Malawi, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,[5][7] although the Boeing was returned to the lessor, Star Air Cargo, in 2014.

Corporate affairs

Proflight is privately owned, and accounts are not published and few figures are made public. Available recent trends are:

2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Turnover (ZMW)
Profits (ZMW)
Number of employees (at year end) 160 181 200
Number of passengers (scheduled flights) (000s) 93 100 136 130
Passenger load factor (%)
Notes/sources [8] [9] [10] [11]

Destinations

Proflight Zambia flies domestic routes to Livingstone, Mfuwe, Lower Zambezi, Ndola, Solwezi, Kafue National Park, Kalabo and regional, international routes to Johannesburg and Durban in South Africa. Although, the Durban route was temporarily suspended due to COVID-19. The airline also flies to Cape Town through Airlink South Africa.

Country City Airport Notes/Refs
MalawiLilongweLilongwe Airport[12]
South AfricaDurbanKing Shaka International Airport[13]
ZambiaLivingstoneLivingstone Airport[14]
ZambiaLusakaLusaka International AirportBase[12][5]
ZambiaMfuweMfuwe Airport[14]
ZambiaNdolaSimon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport[14]
ZambiaSolweziSolwezi Airport[14]

Fleet

The Proflight Zambia fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[15]

A Proflight Zambia BAe Jetstream 32, pictured at Livingstone in 2013
Proflight Zambia Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Scheduled Fleet
Bombardier CRJ100 1 – 50 [16]
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 1 - 50 [16]
British Aerospace Jetstream 41 3 – 29 [16]
Total 5 0

References
  1. "Terms & Conditions". Proflight-zambia.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  2. "Proflight Zambia continues to succeed". VictoriaFalls24. Retrieved 2013-10-25.
  3. " Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine." Proflight Zambia. Retrieved on 25 August 2015.
  4. "." eTurboNews. Retrieved on 25 August 2015.
  5. "About Us". Proflight Zambia. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.
  6. Mwale, Cynthia (2005). "ZCC approves Zambezi Airlines, Proflight alliance". Retrieved 20 July 2010.
  8. "Zambia: Proflight to Aquire [sic] New Planes". All Africa.com. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  9. "Pro flight welcomes 100,000th passenger". The Supreme Times. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  10. "Proflight Zambia flies around the world every week". eTurboNews. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  11. "Proflight flys into Kafue National Park". Zambia Daily Mail. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  12. "Proflight Zambia Schedule Flights 1" (PDF). Proflight Zambia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-12.
  13. eTN Managing Editor (31 August 2015). "Zambia to Durban now direct on Proflight - eTurboNews (eTN)". Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  14. "Proflight Zambia Schedule Flights" (PDF). Proflight Zambia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  15. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2019): 42.
  16. "Scheduled Fleet". Proflight Zambia website.
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