Mozambique's national airline plans more routes to revitalize company

MAPUTO, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Mozambique's national flag carrier, Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM), will explore new destinations including Brazil, China, India, and the United Arab Emirates, and reactivate the Maputo-Lisbon route as part of the strategy to rescue the debt-ridden company, LAM's management committee announced Monday.

"We are going to reopen some routes. The first phase will be Maputo-Portugal, then the subsequent phases will be Maputo-Sao Paulo, Maputo-Guangzhou, Maputo-Mumbai, Maputo-Dubai," said Sergio Matos, project and restructuring manager of Fly Modern Ark, at a press conference in Maputo, capital of Mozambique.