Transportation in Tanzania
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BOTSWANA, 2016/05/15
An event dedicated to the development of the African aviation industry will take place next month in Tenerife (26-28 June) to encourage the launch of new air services to, from and within the African continent.
Routes Africa 2016 will help to improve African connectivity by bringing together airlines, airports and tourism authorities to discuss next air services. Around 250 route development professionals are expected to attend the forum which was founded ten years ago to stimulate increase in the industry.
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TANZANIA, 2014/10/19
Reactions came in fast and furious next Air Tanzania on Friday announced the suspension of four domestic routes next one of the airline’s aircraft had to leave for heavy maintenance.
Flights to Mwanza, alongside Mtwara and two other destinations were suspended until at least mid next week for lack of an aircraft.
Industry observers rubbished the explanation by the airline’s Managing Director Lazaro Milton as ‘lame’ and ‘unprofessional’ at the same time as he was quoted to have said that the safety of passengers had approaching initial which is why planes are sent for maintenance.
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RWANDA, 2014/10/09
RwandAir has just announced that it will resume flights to Mwanza, Tanzania’s lakeside city, effective November 1.
Flight WB 470/1 will operate initially each Monday, Wednesday and Friday, using the airline’s Bombardier Q400NextGen, leaving Kigali at 13.30 hrs local time and arriving in Mwanza at 15.30 hrs local time (one hour time difference).
The dual class cabin configuration offers passengers across the network, even at the same time as traveling on the turboprob aircraft, the choice of premium services besides economy class.
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TANZANIA, 2014/10/07
Fly Sax (Tanzania) has announced that it is looking at a mid-December operations launch, using a Bombardier Q 400 with 68 seats to fly between Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Mwanza and Kigoma.
It is understood that recruitment of staff is instantly ongoing and that Tanzanian nationals will have preference, as long as they have the required skills. This, according to a media release by the company, applies for cockpit crews too who will be trained on the type of aircraft Fly Sax (T) will use for their flights.
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TANZANIA, 2014/08/18
THERE are signs that East Africa airline passengers' flow will increase given discovery of lucrative business of oil and gas particularly in the southern part of Tanzania which is attracting a lot of foreign investors.
As well airport expansions going on part the member states are a pulling and pushing catalyst for passengers' increment.
For examples Tanzania and Kenya are implementing multibillion projects in their terminals, both named, next the names of their founding fathers, Julius Nyerere and Jomo Kenyatta.
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ZAMBIA, 2013/10/23
Proflight Zambia begins a new route from Lusaka to Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania on Wednesday, October 23, enabling fast and affordable links for traders and tourists.
The three-times-a-week service marks the second international destination for Zambia’s growing local airline, which started flying to Lilongwe in Malawi in June.
“Proflight’s new route to Dar-es-Salaam builds an significant link between Zambia and Tanzania which will strengthen business ties and boost two-way travel between our respective tourist destinations,” said Proflight Director of Government and Industry Affairs Capt. Philip Lemba. “This is undoubtedly the fastest, most comfortable and affordable way to travel between the two cities.”
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SOUTH AFRICA, 2013/08/12
“For some time the Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg route has only been operated by one airline and the lack of competition has created inflated fares. FastJet will substantially reduce the average fare and in doing so will encourage additional leisure and business traffic between Tanzania and South Africa,” says Richard Bodin, COO of FastJet, whom this correspondent met recently at the Routes Africa conference in Kampala.
South Africa will be FastJet’s initial international route from Tanzania, as the airline has indicated flights between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg will commence on September 27. FastJet will initially operate three flights per week, using their A319 for the 3½ hour flight, offering full-service carrier South African Airways, for some time presently alone on the route without competition, the prospect of having to drop fares to retain market share.
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TANZANIA, 2013/07/11
Railway services in the country are set to improve dramatically as the government unveils plans to revamp operations. The government, part other measures, has set aside 137.6bn/- in the 2013/14 financial year to import 13 locomotives from USA, purchase cargo and passenger wagons in addition to massive repairs of assets, in a bid to boost Tanzania Railway Limited operations.
Addressing journalists in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, the TRL Managing Director, Eng Kipallo Kisamfu, said the long term plan includes purchasing of 58 locomotives, 1 960 freight wagons and 44 passenger wagons and other accomplishments which will require at least 1.1 trillion.
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ANGOLA, 2013/07/03
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the world air cargo market increase continued to flat line in May, broadly following the trend of the last 18 months.
World freight tonne kilometers increased just 0.8 % in May compared to a year ago, IATA said in an official release on Wednesday.
Capacity, however, increased by 2.1 % causing load factors to fall to 44.9 % — their lowest level since the post crisis recovery.
As about 60 % of world air cargo utilizes capacity in the belly of passenger aircraft, managing capacity at a time at the same time as increase in air travel is outpacing that of cargo is particularly challenging.
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TANZANIA, 2013/04/30
Tanzania has secured $164.3 million from the Netherlands for the expansion of the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. The new terminal, Terminal Three, will address pressing capacity constraints at the airport.
Suleiman Suleiman, the director general of the Tanzania Aviation Authority (TAA) said the project will take three years to complete, adding that the government has by presently signed a arrangement — for design, construction and associated works — with Royal BAM Group of Holland (BAM International).
