Mozambique Airlines (Maliro) akukonzekera kuyambitsanso maulendo apandege pakati pa Maputo ndi Lisbon koyambirira kwa Novembala. Zokambirana zikupitilira ndi EuroAtlantic Airways kuti agwiritse ntchito ndege yawo ya Boeing 767 yokhala ndi anthu 279, kupindula ndi malo oimikapo magalimoto a EuroAtlantic pa eyapoti ya Lisbon. LAM poyamba adakumana ndi kuchedwa chifukwa chosowa malo otsimikizika a apron ndi kampani ina. Fly Modern Ark, kampani yaku South Africa yothandiza LAM kuthana ndi mavuto azachuma, ikuthandizira kumaliza mgwirizanowu, ndipo ndege zikuyembekezeka kuyamba pakati pa Novembala.
Fly Modern Ark ndi oyang'anira pano a LAM poyambirira adakhulupirira kuti LAM ili ndi chilolezo chotsegulanso njira ya Maputo-Lisbon. Komabe, adazindikira atafika ku Portugal kuti layisensiyo idatha mu 2012 ndipo idabisidwa kwa iwo. Tsopano ali m'kati mwa njira yopezera chilolezo chatsopano cha ndege za Portugal. Fly Modern Ark ili ndi mgwirizano wa chaka chimodzi ndi boma kuti ikonzenso LAM, ndicholinga choti ikhale yopindulitsa pochepetsa ngongole, kubweretsa ndege zatsopano, ndikuwonjezera okwera. Zosintha zaposachedwa zikuphatikiza kuchepetsa mitengo ya LAM ndi 30% pamayendedwe osankhidwa, kukulitsa zombo ndi ndege ziwiri za Bombardier JRC 900, kukhazikitsa njira zapakhomo pakati pa mizinda yayikulu, ndikuwona kuchuluka kwa okwera.
