Jane Mlambo| Deputy Minister of Transport, Advocate FOrtune Chasi has urged the national airline, Air Zimbabwe to optimally use its assets to sustain its operations and stop seeking Government bail-out all the time.

Air Zimbabwe, which is choking in a debt amounting to over $300 million has struggled to remain operational with some of its planes grounded at foreign airports but Chasi said the days of over-reliance on Government are over.

“We are completely unhappy with a situation where the planes are grounded and they are not earning income. We don’t believe that Government must perpetually be putting in money into parastatals when they have assets they must sweat,” he said.

Chasi told state media last week that it is unacceptable for parastatals to struggle for funds when they have grounded aircraft.