Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique, Ltd., operating as LAMMozambique Airlines , is the flag carrier

Flag carrier

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 of Mozambique

Mozambique

Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...

. Based in Maputo

Maputo

Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...

, it operates scheduled services in southern Africa

Africa

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 and Europe

Europe

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 under the IATA airline code TM and the ICAO airline code LAM, its callsign being MOZAMBIQUE.

The carrier is a member of the International Air Transport Association

International Air Transport Association

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, and of the African Airlines Association

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 since 1976. According to Skytrax

Skytrax

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, out of a five-star ranking, the LAM Mozambique Airlines in-flight service merits three stars.

LAMMozambique Airlines is on the list of airlines banned in the EU.

History

The airline was established in as DETADirecção de Exploração de Transportes Aéreos, as a division of the department of railways, harbours and airways of the Portuguese

Portugal

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 colonial government of Mozambique. It started operations on . Following allegations of corruption, DETA was restructured and renamed LAM Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique in early 1980.
On LAM was transformed into a limited company

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, adopting the denomination of LAMMozambique Airlines by Decree no. 69/98. A limited company incorporated by statute in Mozambique was formed in late 1999. The state holds 91% of the shares and employees hold the balance. As of May 2011, the carrier employs a staff

Employment

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 of 695. LAM wholly owns the airline Moçambique Expresso

Moçambique Expresso

Moçambique Expresso is an airline based in Maputo, Mozambique. It operates domestic and regional scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Maputo International Airport..-History:...

.

The airline is banned from operating within the European Union

European Union

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, . Flights to Lisbon that resumed in early used Boeing 767-300ER equipment operated by EuroAtlantic Airways

EuroAtlantic Airways

EuroAtlantic Airways - Transportes Aéreos S.A., operating and styled as euroAtlantic airways, is a charter airline based in Sintra, Lisbon, Portugal. It operates worldwide charter services, with an emphasis on the USA, Canada, Mexico, Pakistan and Australia, as well as ACMI and other wet lease...

 on behalf of LAM. The airline announced the suspension of the Maputo–Lisbon–Maputo route effective , ahead of the constitution of a new autonomous division aimed at operating intercontinental routes.

Codeshare agreements

the following routes are codeshared ones, actually operated by the carriers shown:

• Ethiopian Airlines
  Ethiopian Airlines
  Ethiopian Airlines , formerly Ethiopian Air Lines, often referred to as simply Ethiopian, is an airline headquartered on the grounds of Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It serves as the country's flag carrier, and is wholly owned by the Government of Ethiopia...
  
  Addis Ababa
  Addis Ababa
  Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia...
  
   to/from Maputo
• Kenya Airways
  Kenya Airways
  Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier and largest airline of Kenya. The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. The carrier's head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, with its main base at Jomo Kenyatta International...
  
  Nairobi
  Nairobi
  Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
  
   to/from Nampula
  Nampula
  Nampula is the capital city of Nampula Province in Mozambique.It has a population of 471,717 making it the third largest city in Mozambique after Maputo and Beira. It is home to the Mozambique National Ethnographic Museum, several markets, cathedrals and mosques.It is also the center of business...
  
  

Current

, the LAMMozambique Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

LAMMozambique Airlines Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Boeing 737-200 Advanced	2	—	16	88	104	Domestic & Regional Routes
Bombardier Q400	3	—	0	78	78	Operated by Moçambique Expresso Moçambique Expresso Moçambique Expresso is an airline based in Maputo, Mozambique. It operates domestic and regional scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Maputo International Airport..-History:...
Embraer 120 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia -Accidents:*Brazilian Air Force on July 8, 1988 an Embraer EMB 120RT Brasília registration FAB-2001 crashed during and engine-out landing at São José dos Campos. Five of the 9 occupants died....	1	—	0	30	30	Operated by Moçambique Expresso Moçambique Expresso Moçambique Expresso is an airline based in Maputo, Mozambique. It operates domestic and regional scheduled and charter services. Its main base is Maputo International Airport..-History:...
Embraer 190	2	—	9	84	93	Domestic & Regional Routes
Total	8	—

At 1 July 2010, the average age of the LAMMozambique Airlines fleet is 14.7 years.

Retired

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

Antonov An-26 Antonov An-26 The Antonov An-26 is a twin-engined turboprop military transport aircraft, designed and produced in the USSR from 12 March 1968.-Development:... Boeing 707-320C Boeing 707 The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on... Boeing 737-200 Boeing 737-200C

Casa C-212-200 Aviocar Fairchild Dornier Metro III Fokker 100 Fokker F-27

Ilyushin Il-62MK Ilyushin Il-62 The Ilyushin Il-62 is a Soviet long-range jet airliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turbo-prop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 passengers, the Il-62 was the largest jet airliner when it first flew in 1963. It entered Aeroflot service on 15 September 1967 with... Jetstream 41 Indonesian Aerospace 212-200 Lockheed L-1011 TriStar

McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 Raytheon Beechcraft 1900C

Accidents and incidents

, Aviation Safety Network

Aviation Safety Network

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records 3 accidents/incidents for the airline, none of them leading to fatalities.

External links

Linhas Aéreas de Moçambique official website}}