Iinqwelomoya zaseMozambique (UMnu) uceba ukuqalisa kwakhona iinqwelomoya phakathi kweMaputo neLisbon ekuqaleni kukaNovemba. Uthethathethwano luyaqhubeka kunye ne-EuroAtlantic Airways ukusebenzisa inqwelomoya yabo i-Boeing 767 enomthamo wabakhweli abangama-279, ixhamla kwiindawo zokupaka ezisisigxina ze-EuroAtlantic kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseLisbon. I-LAM iqale yajongana nokulibaziseka ngenxa yokunqongophala kwendawo eqinisekisiweyo yefaskoti nenye inkampani. I-Fly Modern Ark, inkampani yaseMzantsi Afrika enceda i-LAM ukuba yoyise imiceli mngeni yezemali, incedisa ekuqukumbeleni isivumelwano, kwaye iinqwelomoya kulindeleke ukuba ziqalise phakathi kuNovemba.
I-Fly Modern Ark kunye nolawulo lwangoku lwe-LAM ekuqaleni bakholelwa ukuba i-LAM yayinelayisensi efunekayo yokuvula kwakhona indlela yaseMaputo-Lisbon. Nangona kunjalo, bafumanisa xa befika ePortugal ukuba ilayisenisi yayiphelelwe lixesha ngo-2012 kwaye yayigcinwe kubo. Ngoku bakwinkqubo yokufumana iphepha-mvume elitsha lendawo yomoya yasePortugal. I-Fly Modern Ark inesivumelwano sonyaka kunye norhulumente sokuhlenga-hlengisa i-LAM, ngenjongo yokuyenza ibe nengeniso ngokunciphisa amatyala, ukwazisa iinqwelomoya ezintsha, kunye nokwandisa abakhweli. Uphuculo lwakutsha nje luquka ukucuthwa kwamaxabiso e-LAM ngaphezulu kwe-30% kwiindlela ezikhethiweyo, ukwandisa inqanawa ngeenqwelo-moya ezimbini ze-Bombardier JRC 900, ukwazisa iindlela ezintsha zasekhaya phakathi kwamakomkhulu ephondo, kunye nokubona ukukhula kwamanani abakhweli.
