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Kenya and Tanzania Restore Traffic Rights after Tense Stand-off

admin — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 15:14:10 +0000

In a dramatic turn of events, tensions between Kenya and Tanzania over flight rights were diffused just in the nick of time, averting a potentially damaging dispute. The African aviation landscape was shaken when Tanzania issued a notice, suspending all passenger flights between Dar es Salaam and Nairobi starting January 22. This move was a [...]

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KLM Clarifies and Apologizes for False Travel Advisory for Kenya and Tanzania

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:51:32 +0000

The governments of Kenya and Tanzania have expressed their disappointment with KLM after the airline published a travel advisory on Friday, January 27th warning of potential disruptions due to civil unrest in the two countries. KLM later amended the advisory to refer to a local threat in Tanzania, but not before causing confusion and raising [...]

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Precision Air’s ATR-42 Crashes into Lake Victoria in Tanzania

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 10:44:02 +0000

A Precision Air turboprop crashed into lake Victoria while en route from Dar Es Salaam to Bukoba in the Kagera region as its destination with accident occurring in the early hours of Sunday (November 5th). The aircraft, an ATR42 turboprop with registration 5H-PWF had 43 occupants including 39 passengers and four cabin crew members, authorities [...]

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Tanzania and Ghana to form a Flightpath by Year End

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 31 May 2022 16:08:21 +0000

Building new links with important trading partners is a key for governments in opening up new trade markets, creating jobs, and the overall economic growth. During the Tanzania-Ghana Tourism, Investment and Trade Forum in Accra last Saturday, Tanzania High Commissioner to Abuja, with oversight responsibility to Ghana, Benson Alfred Bana, announced that a new route [...]

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Air Tanzania Almost Halves its Operating Losses for 2020/2021 Financial Year, Auditor General Reveals

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:53:42 +0000

Air Tanzania hit a key milestone after a two-year-long Coronavirus crisis as its revenue grew by TZS16.99 billion (USD7.3 million) or 11% from TZS157.60 billion (USD67.8 million) in 2019/20 to TZS174.59 billion (USD75.2 million) in 2020/21, according to latest audit findings by Tanzania’s Controller and Auditor General (CAG), Charles Kichere. The national flag carrier narrowed [...]

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Airfreight Continues Growth as Tanzania Records largest Ever Meat Shipment

Victor Shalton Odhiambo — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:43:58 +0000

Air-freight has unlocked a new export opportunity for meat products in Tanzania, with a recent shipment that flew aboard a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner passenger aircraft being the largest meat shipment to ever fly out of Dar-es-Salaam (DAR) in Tanzania to New Doha International Airport (DOH) in Doha, Qatar. Close to 15,248 kgs of goat meat [...]

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Government of Tanzania to Procure more Aircraft for State-Owned Carrier

admin — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:46:00 +0000

According to local media, state-owned Air Tanzania is set to receive 1.7 trillion TZ shillings (USD734 million) for the purchase of five new aircraft, due to arrive by the end of 2022. This was confirmed by Atupele Mwakibete, the deputy minister for works and transport, during a parliamentary session that the government has already approved [...]

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Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority Completes the Delivery of Thales Surveillance System

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:57:16 +0000

Following a contract signed in August 2017, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) and Thales have successfully completed the delivery of the Air Traffic Management system and radars, enhancing Tanzania’s air traffic safety and efficiency. TCAA’s mission is to ensure safety, security and regularity of civil aviation in Tanzania through effective oversight, provision of efficient air [...]

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Government Challenges NIT to Continue Producing Sophisticated Aviation Manpower

admin — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:10:04 +0000

Tanzanian government has posed a challenge to the National Institute of Transport (NIT) to forge ahead, training and producing sophisticated professional engineers that will help running modern transport business which the state is heavily investing millions of dollars. Over the weekend, the government held a brief meeting on new aircraft engineering training equipment donated by [...]

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