TANZANIA TO SPEND SH468 BILLION ($200 MILLION) ON FIVE NEW AIR TANZANIA PLANES

Tanzania will spend Sh468 billion to purchase new aircraft for Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) in the coming financial year.

This was said by the Minister of works and transport Professor Makame Mbarawa on Monday, May 23 while tabling the ministry’s budget in parliament.

“The money will be spent on completing payments for five aircraft for ATCL which include a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, two Boeing 737-9 aircraft, one cargo Boeing 767-300F and one Dash 8 Q400,” Prof Mbarawa said.

Prof Mbarawa, said government was determined to turn Tanzania into a transport and logistics hub in East and Central Africa and that it has signed contracts for the purchase of five more aircraft for ATCL.

The contracts will see the country purchasing a Dash 8 Q400, two Boeing B737-9 Max, a Boeing B787-8 Dreamliner and a Boeing 767-300F for cargo.

The purchases of the planes which are expected to arrive early next year will bring ATCL’s fleet to 16 aircraft.

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