Air Tanzania

Flights will start later this month.

Tanzania’s flag carrier has found its way up on the E.U.’s air safety list. The news comes despite the fact that the airline currently doesn’t fly to any European Union member state destinations. Like the U.K. and U.S., the European Union has a list of airlines that are banned from flying to and from its […]

Air Tanzania — the state-owned airline of Tanzania — received its first dedicated cargo aircraft, the Boeing 767-300 Freighter. The delivery marks a significant milestone for both Air Tanzania and Boeing, as it is the first direct delivery of a 767 Freighter to an African carrier. The introduction of the Boeing 767F will enable Air […]

Air Tanzania’s highly anticipated Boeing 767F has been found to have an inflated invoice of nearly $50 million. The last installment for the manufacture of the plane was supposed to be $37 million, but instead, an $86 million invoice was submitted for payment, according to the latest Controller and Auditor General (CAG) report. The report, […]

An Air Tanzania aircraft was seized in the Netherlands on Thursday, December 2, in accordance with a Swedish firm’s tribunal plea. The arresting party – a private Swedish legal entity – claims that the jurisdiction Tanzania must pay $165 million in damages, over the African country’s move to revoke a land title in 2016 in […]

Boeing came away from a day at the Dubai Airshow with the headline news for the first time on Tuesday as the American aircraft manufacturer inked a deal with Indian startup Akasa Air for 72 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. Valued at nearly $9 billion at list prices, the bill is likely to go to Inidan […]

For businesses across the world, branding plays a crucial role in public perception and airlines are no different. One of the most prominent pieces of an airline’s brand is its logo, as it often appears on a wide range of items including aircraft, seats, food, advertisements and more. In this multi-part series, we will look […]

In a historic day both for African aviation and Airbus’ new product, Air Tanzania has flown its first A220 revenue flight. The route for this first flight, with designation TC110, was between Tanzania’s most populated city Dar-Es-Salaam and Mwanza. Air Tanzania is the first customer to operate an Airbus A220 in any of its variants […]