This aspiration was expressed by LAMs Chief Executive Officer, Marlene Manave, during the visit of Prime Minister Alberto Vaquina to the companys headquarters in Maputo.Manave explained that the company has seen remarkable growth over the last few years. The volume of business has increased from 100 million US dollars in 2009 to 157 million dollars last year.The growing confidence of the airline is shown by its plan to introduce next year flights to Cape Town and Durban. It also plans to connect the Mozambican cities of Tete and Nampula with Blantyre and Lilongwe in Malawi.The other regional target is Windhoek in Namibia, with flights scheduled to begin in 2017.In addition, LAM is considering launching intercontinental flights to Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in Brazil in 2016 or 2017.According to Manave, LAM is working hard to remove Mozambique from the list of countries that are banned from flying in European Union airspace.If this is not possible, LAM is pushing for the company to be listed in the EU blacklists Annex B which covers airlines which are restricted to operating certain aircraft within EU airspace.Speaking at the LAM headquarters, Prime Minister Vaquina said that the airline has reached remarkable levels of performance. He was impressed by the companys aspirations for fleet expansion and said that the need for investment should be properly addressed.The Prime Minister also expressed pride in the fact that Mozambique has technicians with the skills to ensure that aircraft are properly maintained.Fonte: http://www.clubofmozambique.com/solutions1/sectionnews.php?secao=business&id=28734&tipo=one Maputo - O ministro dos Transportes e Comunicacoes de Mocambique, Paulo Zucula, considerou hoje (sexta-feira) "incoerente" a decisao da Uniao Europeia (UE) de manter a proibicao das companhias aereas mocambicanas de sobrevoar o espaco comunitario. Na sua mais recente actualizacao sobre seguranca aerea, a UE manteve Mocambique pelo terceiro ano consecutivo na chamada "lista negra" de companhias aereas proibidas de operar na Europa por entender que o pais nao cumpre os requisitos de seguranca exigidos no espaco europeu. A medida desaconselha igualmente os cidadaos da UE de viajar nas companhias aereas mocambicanas. Em declaracoes a imprensa em Maputo, o ministro dos Transportes e Comunicacoes mocambicano qualificou a decisao da UE de incoerente pelo facto de a mesma nao proibir as companhias do espaco comunitario de entrar em Mocambique, tendo em conta que tambem considera inseguro o espaco aereo mocambicano. "A Uniao Europeia, ao proibir os seus cidadaos de viajar nos avioes certificados por nos, tambem deveria banir os seus avioes de voar no nosso espaco, porque nao sao so os avioes que sao inseguros, o nosso espaco e controlado por controladores de trafego do pais, que tambem estao banidos pela UE", disse Paulo Zucula. "Para eles serem bem coerentes na sua decisao, os avioes da UE nao deviam voar no espaco aereo mocambicano", frisou o ministro dos Transportes e Comunicacoes.Mocambique, assinalou Paulo Zucula, esta empenhado na formacao do pessoal do Instituto de Aviacao Civil de Mocambique (IACM), entidade visada pela decisao da UE, devido a carencia de pessoal qualificado. "Ainda nao temos todo o pessoal qualificado no IACM, mas estamos a trabalhar nisso", frisou o dirigente. Fonte: