Following a meeting of the Board of Directors in late February, the Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority has reviewed and adjusted 2009 legislation governing the liberalisation of ground handling services, including aviation fuelling, in Tanzania. The changes affect airports in Dar Es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Arusha.
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Showing posts with label Dar es Salaam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dar es Salaam. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
► TURKEY: Turkish Airlines boosts Lagos, Dar es Salaam ops from May.
Turkish Airlines (TK) is to boost its capacity and frequency between Istanbul and Lagos and Istanbul and Dar es Salaam. Changes will come into effect from late May.
►► KENYA: First of four Kenya Airways Boeing 737-300s set for Cargo conversion.
[UPDATE 18 MARCH] Kenya Airways (KQ) has announced plans to convert four of its six Boeing 737-300s into regional cargo freighters in a move that will see the carriers' cargo division, Kenya Airways Cargo, increasing its presence in Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa.
Friday, March 15, 2013
■ TANZANIA: Worldwide Flight Services, Wings Flight Services win tender to operate new USD6million cargo terminal at JNIA.
Global ground service providers, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), has entered into a long-term partnership with Wings Flight Services in Tanzania to operate a new cargo terminal at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
► TANZANIA: Tanganyika Flying Co. starts flights to Serengeti Lamai airstrip.
Tanzanian domestic operator, Tanganyika Flying Co. (TFC), has launched services into Serengeti Lamai Airstrip bringing the number of airstrips that TFC serves in the Serengeti National Park, to five.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
■ TANZANIA: Precision Air sees a 6% increase in pax uplifted over NOV12 - JAN13 period.
Tanzania's Precision Air (PW) says it has registered a 6% growth in passenger traffic for the period NOV12 - JAN13 with an overall growth of 13% for the period APR12 to JAN13.
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Dar es Salaam,
FastJet,
Operations Report,
Precision Air,
Tanzania
Friday, February 22, 2013
■ TANZANIA: Air Tanzania allegedly tries to evade court ordered building evaluation over unpaid debts.
In yet another case of a deadbeat Tanzanian airline not paying its bills, national carrier, Air Tanzania (TC), who was threatened with the auction of its headquarters, Air Tanzania House, after it failed to settle a debt of over USD700'000 (TZS1.1billion) owed to Leisure Tours & Holidays Limited for car rentals, has allegedly obstructed the court ordered evaluation of their building.
Friday, February 15, 2013
■ TANZANIA: Sauda Rajab appointed new helmsman at Precision Air as Kioko steps down.
Tanzania's Precision Air (PW) has announced the appointment of Ms Sauda S. Rajab to the position of Group Managing Director & CEO following the expiry of incumbent Alphonse Kioko's contract.
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Alphonse Kioko,
Dar es Salaam,
Precision Air,
Sauda Rajab,
Tanzania
Monday, February 11, 2013
► TANZANIA: (Pics) Air Tanzania resumes 4x weekly Mtwara flights.
Air Tanzania (TC) has resumed its Dar es Salaam - Mtwara flights as of Friday 8 February 2013. Flights will initially operate 4x weekly using the airline's Bombardier Dash 8-300 with plans to boost capacity should demand pick up. Flights to Arusha and Mtwara were originally scheduled to have begun in November 2012, though no reason was given for their deferment.
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Air Tanzania,
Dar es Salaam,
Mtwara,
Resumption,
Route,
Tanzania
Thursday, February 7, 2013
► ZIMBABWE: Air Zimbabwe to get two ERJ135s; to start Munich, London, Nairobi, Mauritius flights in March?
A new dossier on Air Zimbabwe (UM) entitled "Aircraft rotation for summer 2013" purportedly showing the carrier's service resumption plans for Summer 2013, has been published with Embraer Regional Jets set to join the fleet. Additionally, flights to the UK, Germany, Ghana, Mauritius, Kenya and Nigeria are planned.
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Air Zimbabwe,
Congo Kinshasa,
Dar es Salaam,
Embraer,
ERJ 145,
Germany,
Johannesburg,
Kinshasa,
Lilongwe,
London Gatwick,
Lubumbashi,
Lusaka,
Malawi,
Munich,
Resumption,
United Kingdom,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
► TANZANIA: A look at Precision Air's network expansion plans for 2016.
Rwandan aviation blog, Rwandan-Flyer, reports that Tanzanian private carrier and interim flag carrier, Precision Air (PW), is planning a big regional expansion programme in the coming months with new services to Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Angola and Mozambique to be added by 2016.
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Angola,
Bujumbura,
Burundi,
Dar es Salaam,
Entebbe,
Juba,
Kigali,
Luanda,
Lubumbashi,
Mozambique,
Nampula,
Pemba,
Precision Air,
Route,
Rwanda,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Uganda
►► NETHERLANDS: KLM announces changes to Accra, Cairo, Cape Town, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Johannesburg and Lagos from Winter 2012.
[UPDATE 7 FEBRUARY] Further to KLM's (KL) previously announced Summer Timetable changes, so they have announced equipment i.e aircraft changes to their Winter 2012 timetable.
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Accra,
Cairo,
Cape Town,
Dar es Salaam,
Egypt,
Equipment,
Ghana,
Johannesburg,
Kilimanjaro,
KLM,
Lagos,
Nigeria,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
Update
► ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Airlines announces changes to Somaliland, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania ops.
AirlineRoute reports that Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is to adjust its Horn of Africa/East Africa service in Summer
2013, which will see the following changes effective as of 06FEB13. Amongst the routes affected are those to Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Sudan. As always, further changes remain
possible.
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Addis Ababa,
Berbera,
Dar es Salaam,
Ethiopia,
Ethiopian Airlines,
Juba,
Kenya,
Kilimanjaro,
Mombasa,
Nairobi,
Route,
Somaliland,
South Sudan,
Tanzania,
Zanzibar
Sunday, February 3, 2013
► MOZAMBIQUE: See Pics of VistaJet's ongoing Global 6000 Business Jet Africa Tour, set to stop in Maputo next.
Vistajet, the Swiss company luxury jet company specializing in short term leasing, has taken its Bombardier Global 6000 jet on a global roadshow with Africa being the first leg. Thus far, Kumasi, Accra, Abuja, Lagos, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Luanda, Johannesburg, Cape Town have been visited with Maputo, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam still left.
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Abuja,
Accra,
Bombardier,
Business Jet,
Cape Town,
Dar es Salaam,
Global 5000,
Global 6000,
Global 8000,
Johannesburg,
Kampala,
Kinshasa,
Kumasi,
Lagos,
Luanda,
Lubumbashi,
Maputo,
Nairobi,
VistaJet
► TANZANIA: Government confirms in talks with Virgin Atlantic over possible London flights.
The Tanzanian Government has confirmed it is in talks with British carrier Virgin Atlantic (VS) over the possible launch of flights between the United Kingdom and the East African country following British Airways (BA) decision to axe Dar es Salaam from its network effective 31 March.
► TANZANIA: Precision Air goes daily to Mbeya, ups Kigoma ops while Auric Air starts Musoma flights.
Tanzanian private carrier, Precision Air (PW), has announced, effective 9 February, the launch of daily services between Dar es Salaam and Mbeya (Songwe) Airports, roughly 1 month after flights were resumed there. Additonally, a second Mwanza - Kigoma service has been launched that operates 5x weekly. Auric Air (AUK), an airline based in Mwanza, Tanzania offering both scheduled and air charter services, is to launch 4x weekly Mwanza - Musoma flights effective 15 February.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
► TANZANIA: Air Tanzania's DHC-8-300 completes repairs in Kigoma; resumes ops to Dar es Salaam.
Air Tanzania (TC) yesterday resumed its Kigoma - Dar es Salaam route after its Bombardier DHC-8-300 (MSN 474 | 5H-MWF) was grounded in Kigoma on its début flight 10 days ago following an in-flight cracked windshield.
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Air Tanzania,
Bombardier,
Dar es Salaam,
DHC 8-300,
Kigoma,
Resumption,
Tanzania
Monday, January 21, 2013
► TANZANIA: Emirates boosts capacity to Dar es Salaam from 1 February.
Emirates Airlines (EK) will from 1 February 2013 boost its capacity to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania via the introduction of a daily Boeing 777-300ER. Presently, the flight operates with an A340-500.
Friday, January 18, 2013
► TANZANIA: British Airways axes Dar es Salaam, reduces Entebbe, switches Mauritius to daytime flights.
British Airways (BA) will, with effect from 31 March 2013, cancel its 3x weekly London Heathrow - Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania flight as part of its Summer 2013 route rationalization programme. The carrier is to reduce its Entebbe, Uganda frequencies as well.
Friday, January 11, 2013
■ TANZANIA: Omani consortium to invest $100m in Air Tanzania.
Tanzanian national carrier Air Tanzania (TC) is set to receive a much needed shot in the arm with reports that a consortium led by the Oman-based Al Hayat Development and Investment Company is to invest USD100million (TSH160million) into the struggling airline, with the final Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be signed "by the end of next week" (January 18).
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