Malawian Airlines has said temporally closure of Chileka International Airport in Blantyre has heavily  affected the business of the company.

Spokesperson for Malawian Airline, Maganizo Mazeze told a local radio station on Thursday.

” . In Blantyre we have lots of passengers who rely on our planes for transport so with the closure it means loss of business to us as a company”, he said.

Mazeze however admitted that, the maintenance of the airport is a welcome development since it will help to curb some complications that could have happened due to its condition.

The airport was closed for rehabilitation for a period of two weeks  over the weekend and is expected to be re- opened next week.