MOHAHLAULA Airline, a local company has announced plans to launch an airline route from Maseru to Johannesburg in the next year.

This is indeed good news.

The idea has to be hailed as a perfect move for Lesotho, particularly in line with tourism emancipation.

The tourism sector over the years has been marked as a potential boost towards the country’s economy. This has, unfortunately, not yielded any convincing results since there are little if any measures to help tourists reach our country.

With this hiccup there is very little tourism income collected.

As one of only two local companies holding an airline operating certificate (AOC), Mohahlaula will initially service the Maseru to Johannesburg route with plans to extend to other destinations in South Africa also in the not so distance future.

The operating certificate allows the company to apply and operate a fully-fledged local airline even out of Maseru.

This move is likely to boost tourism because a lot of people from around the world will have an alternative in terms of how they want to fly into the Mountain Kingdom.

It is a service desperately required by Lesotho as the country grows economically and tourism picks up after the pandemic.

Currently, SA Link is the only airline that currently serves the country via Moshoeshoe I International Airport.