The development is likely to see increased traffic and revenue for Zimbabwe's tourism sector.
The five airlines that have submitted their applications to fly into the country are Air France, Bulgarian Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Egypt Air and Swiss Air.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe Public Relations and Communications Manager, Annajulia Hungwe confirmed the development saying that those airlines that meet requirements will be allowed to fly into Zimbabwe.
"Any applicant who meets the requirements will be allowed/ granted permission to ply the Zimbabwe route. At present 14 foreign airlines that comprise of 13 passenger airlines and one cargo airline are flying into Zimbabwe," Hungwe said.
Last year, Royal Dutch Airlines KLM resumed flights into Zimbabwe after almost 13 years due to political tensions that had led to a decreased number of tourists coming into the country.
Other airlines that had pulled out of Zimbabwe include Qantas, Air France and Lufthansa.
In February last year, Emirates announced that they will be flying into Harare from Dubai via Zambia five times a week.
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