Air Tanzania

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Air Tanzania
Air Tanzania logo
Air Tanzania's DHC-8-300
IATA code : TC
ICAO code : ATC
Call sign : TANZANIA
Founding: 1977
Seat: Dar es Salaam , TanzaniaTanzaniaTanzania 
Home airport : Dar es Salaam
IATA prefix code : 197
Management: David Mataka ( CEO )
Fleet size: 9 (+ 2 orders)
Aims: National and international
Website: airtanzania.co.tz

Air Tanzania is a Tanzanian airline based in Dar es Salaam and based at Dar es Salaam Airport .

history

Former logo until 2008

Air Tanzania was founded on March 10, 1977 in Dar es Salaam after the dissolution of East African Airways . The airline began flying to regional destinations and bought a Boeing 737-200 and a Fokker F-27 .

Air Tanzania was originally funded by the Tanzania Government and Air Tanzania Corporation . In 2001, the government privatized the company and eight airlines were interested in buying it. In December 2002, South African Airways took over Air Tanzania and had a 49 percent stake.

On March 31, 2003, the airline was transferred to the new company Air Tanzania Limited and started its flight operations on April 1, 2003 with the destinations Dar es Salaam , Kilimanjaro , Zanzibar and Johannesburg . This company was finally with a stake of South African Airways to Air Tanzania Company Limited renamed. On March 31, 2006, the Tanzania government announced that it would dissolve Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) because it was making “too many losses” for Air Tanzania.

In December 2008 the company was suspended by the IATA with immediate effect. The reason is the apparently fruitless expiry of a one-year ultimatum that the IATA had issued in November 2007 after more than 500 security deficiencies became known. As a result, operations were temporarily suspended but resumed.

In 2011 there was another shutdown after the company's only machine, a De Havilland DHC-8-300 , had to be taken out of service due to maintenance work.

In March 2012, a cooperation was concluded with Aerovista from Dubai , which provided a Boeing 737-500 . However, this collaboration was ended again in August 2012. As a result, flight operations were suspended again and only resumed in February 2014.

At the end of 2018, Air Tanzania was the first African and fifth worldwide airline to receive an Airbus A220 alongside Swiss , Air Baltic , Korean Air and Delta Air Lines .

Destinations

Air Tanzania mainly flies to domestic destinations such as Mtwara or Zanzibar . Mumbai has been served in India since July 2019 .

fleet

Current fleet

As of March 2020, Air Tanzania's fleet consists of nine aircraft with an average age of 4.5 years:

Aircraft type number ordered Remarks
Airbus A220-300 2 2
Boeing 787-8 2
De Havilland DHC-8-300 1
De Havilland DHC-8-400 4th
total 9 2

Former aircraft types

The following types of aircraft were used in the past:

  1. Airbus A320
  2. Boeing 707
  3. Boeing 737-200
  4. Boeing 737-300
  5. Boeing 737-500
  6. Boeing 767
  7. Bombardier CRJ200
  8. DHC-6 Twin Otter
  9. Dornier Do 228
  10. Fokker F27 Friendship
  11. McDonnell Douglas DC-9

Incidents

The Boeing 737-200 ( 5H-ATC ), which was hijacked on February 26, 1982, in the original colors of Air Tanzania.

Air Tanzania recorded six incidents in its history:

  • On February 26, 1982, an Air Tanzania Boeing 737-200 ( registration number 5H-ATC) was hijacked by five men from a Tanzanian rebel organization en route from Mwanza to Dar es Salaam with 99 passengers and five crew members on board . The hijackers first forced the plane to Nairobi , where five passengers were released and the plane was refueled. After six hours on the ground, the Boeing flew on to Jeddah , where it was refueled and flew on to Athens . Two passengers were released in Athens, after which the plane flew on to London Stansted . In London, the kidnappers demanded to speak with the opposition, Tanzanian politician in exile, Oscar Kambona , as well as a ransom and the resignation of the then President Julius Nyerere . After talking to Kambona, the kidnappers gave up on February 28, 1982. The kidnappers seized three knives, wooden imitations of two pistols and a hand grenade as well as two candles disguised as explosives as weapons. In fact, a pistol, a shotgun, and a knife were in the captain's care. The kidnappers were arrested and sentenced to several years in prison.
  • On December 20, 1984, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 300 (code 5H-MRD) crashed on a training flight approaching Kerege . The three-man crew was killed.
  • On February 13, 1988, four people hijacked a 76-person Boeing 737-200 en route from Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro Airport . The kidnappers wanted a better life and asked for a flight to London. The pilot claimed that a refueling stop in Lodwar was necessary and was able to return to Dar es Salaam in the dark without being noticed. When the kidnappers realized the vertigo the next morning, they injured a crew member with a knife. The plane was stormed by the authorities and the hijackers overwhelmed. Here, too, it turned out that the firearms and a hand grenade were only imitations. The kidnappers were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
  • On December 12, 1993, a Fokker F-27 (registration number 5H-MPT) had an accident while landing in Dar es Salaam after a training flight. The Fokker was seriously damaged in the process and was then used as a spare parts store.
  • On December 1, 2010, a Boeing 737-200 (registration number 5H-MVZ) crashed while landing in Mwanza en route from Dar es Salaam to Mwanza with 45 passengers and a crew of 7. The plane was written off.
  • On April 9, 2012, a De Havilland DHC-8-300 (5H-MWG) with 35 passengers and a crew of four had an accident en route from Kigoma to Tabora and on to Dar es Salaam at the start in Kigoma. The plane was written off.

See also

Web links

Commons : Air Tanzania  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c volaspheric.blogspot.com - Air Tanzania ends joint venture agreement with Aerovista and suspends all operations for another time (English) August 6, 2012
  2. ↑ First African airline owns an Airbus A220 , accessed on December 26, 2018
  3. ^ A b New Airbus, Bombardier planes for national carrier, Tanzania. Tourism Update, July 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ Air Tanzania Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
  5. ↑ rzjets, Air Tanzania (English), accessed on October 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Data on the airline Air Tanzania in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on March 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ a b Air Tanzania. Erdkunde-Wissen.de, archived from the original on August 17, 2013 ; accessed on September 2, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  9. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  10. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  11. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  12. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
  13. ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)