Lakestar Express settles on Beech 1900D as initial aircraft

Lakestar Express s now hoping to launch domestic services in the Malawian market by January 2018, reports ch-aviation.
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The start-up plans to initially deploy two 19-seat Beech 1900D turboprop aircraft on the trunk route linking the capital Lilongwe and the country's financial centre Blantyre. In addition, it also plans to serve Karonga, Likoma and Mzuzu.

Later using a different larger aircraft type, Lakestar Express also plans to serve Harare International, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo, Lusaka, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta and some unnamed destinations in Mozambique internationally.