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Air Tanzania will begin service between Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania and Dubai, UAE in mid June. Flights will operate 4x per week on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays using a leased A320 which it received at the begining of May.

TC300 DAR - DXB: 2030 - 0305
TC301 DXB - DAR: 0405 - 0840

Air Tanzania and Air Uganda will codeshare on each other’s flights between Entebbe, Uganda and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania with Air Uganda serving the route on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Air Tanzania will serve the route on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Air Tanzania is reportedly set to receive two used Bombardier Dash 8-Q300s before the end of the year, and two brand new -Q400s next year. The aircraft are to be used on short-range routes, while the airline is also reportedly working on acquiring A320 aircraft to serve international routes.

The first of two 18 year old 737s leased by Air Tanzania has reportedly arrived at Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, and is set for its first flight on Saturday. The aircraft is configured in 16 business and 86 economy class seats. The sister aircraft will join the airline within a month.

The government of Tanzania, owner of Air Tanzania, has hired Lufthansa Consulting GmbHm to provide restructuring services for the state-owned airline. TC only recently parted ways with South African Airways, which had purchased a little over 50% of the airline as part of a privatization bid.

Air Zimbabwe and Air Tanzania announced this week an agreement to place both airlines’ codes on flights operated between Harare and Dar Es Salaam. Air Zimbabwe holds a similar agreement with Air Malawi and Air Botswana.

Kenya Airways is reportedly interested in acquiring a stake in Air Tanzania through its partner Precision Air, which is the second largest airline in Tanzania operating domestic and international flights. Precison Air has reportedly written to the Tanzanian government proposing a merger with TC, which is currently ending a 4-year partnership with South African Airways.

The Tanzanian government is seeking to remove South African Airways from the management of Air Tanzania following consecutive losses by the airline, which are attributed to a failure to expand the network as quickly and extensively as originally planned. It also accused SAA of not meeting a large part of the management agreement.

It is to be recalled that South African Airways bought a 75 percent stake of Air Tanzania for $20 Million.

Air Tanzania has increased its flights to Johannesburg from Dar Es Salaam from daily to 10x per week during the strike at South African Airways which has disrupted the airline’s operations. The new flights will depart Dar es Salaam at 20h00 arriving in Johannesburg at 22h40, and departing Johannesburg at 23h20 arriving in Dar es Salaam at 03h00.

South African Airways owns 49% of Air Tanzania, while the government of Tanzania owns the rest.