Nineteen Southern African airlines planned for 2010

NINETEEN AIRLINES could be operating from Southern Africa by 2010. BuaNews reports that the Southern African Development Community and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa will convene in January 2008 to make plans for this effort. One of the delegates at this meeting, Air Zimbabwe chief executive officer Dr Peter Chikumba, says that airlines have given an undertaking for adequate transportation for travellers who will descend on SA for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup. About three million tourists are expected to arrive in the country.