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Songwe Airport
Songwe Airport , usually referred to in flight schedules as Mbeya (using the "MBI" IATA code from the unpaved Mbeya Airport), is an airport located in the southern highland region of Mbeya Region, Tanzania, serving the city of Mbeya. it is the largest Airport in southwest Tanzania. Also, due to its proximity to the regional border, it serves the Songwe Region as well. It is west of the city, off the A104 trunk road, and is able to accommodate commercial jet traffic, whereas the unpaved Mbeya Airport is not. The Songwe non-directional beacon (Ident: SW) is located off the threshold of runway 28. History Redevelopment of Songwe Airport began in 2001. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority issued a NOTAM on 12 December 2012 saying "WEF 13 DEC 2012 new airport called Songwe opened and operational." Airlines and destinations Scheduled flights In the past, regular services have been provided by Air Tanzania, Tropical Air, Auric Air, Fastjet Tanzania, and Precision Air; but, apart ...
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Air Tanzania
Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) () is the flag carrier airline of Tanzania. It is based in Dar es Salaam, with its Airline hub, hub at Julius Nyerere International Airport. It was established as Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) in 1977 after the dissolution of East African Airways and has been a member of the African Airlines Association since its inception. The airline was wholly owned by the Tanzanian Government, Tanzanian government until 2002 when it was partially Privatization, privatised in Business partnership, partnership with South African Airways, but the government Share repurchase, repurchased the shares in 2006, making it once again a wholly owned State-owned enterprise, government company. In 2016, the Tanzanian government under President John Pombe Magufuli, John Magufuli initiated a new drive to revive the national carrier by acquiring additional aircraft from Bombardier Aviation, Bombardier and Boeing. The airline further intended to double its fleet to 14 ...
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NOTAM
A NOTAM (ICAO & FAA: Notice to Airmen, CAA: Notice to Aviation or, for the FAA from 2021 to 2025, Notice to Air Missions) is a notice filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of potential hazards along a flight route or at a location that could affect the flight. NOTAMs are notices or advisories that contain information concerning the establishment, conditions or change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or hazard, the timely knowledge of which may be essential to personnel and systems concerned with flight operations. NOTAMs are created and transmitted by government agencies and airport operators under guidelines specified by Annex 15: Aeronautical Information Services of the Convention on International Civil Aviation (CICA). A NOTAM is filed with an aviation authority to alert aircraft pilots of any hazards ''en route'' or at a specific location, or Flight Information Region. The authority, in turn, provides a means of disseminating relevant NOTA ...
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Transport In Tanzania
Tanzania’s transport system comprises road, rail, air, and maritime infrastructure, serving both domestic mobility and international trade through key ports like Dar es Salaam . The road network is long, of which is classified as trunk road and as regional road. The rail network consists of of track. Commuter rail service is in Dar es Salaam only. There are 28 airports, with Julius Nyerere International being the largest and the busiest. Ferries connect Mainland Tanzania with the islands of Zanzibar. Several other ferries are active on the countries' rivers and lakes. Roads The Tanzania National Roads Agency ( TANROADS) - an Executive Agency under the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications - came into operation in July 2000 and is the agency responsible for the maintenance and development of the trunk and regional road network in Mainland Tanzania. The total classified road network in Mainland Tanzania was estimated to be based on the Road Act 2007. The Ministry of ...
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List Of Airports In Tanzania
List of airports in Tanzania is a partial list of aerodromes (airports and airstrips) in Tanzania. The ICAO airport codes for Tanzania begin with the letters "HT". Airport names in bold have scheduled commercial airline service(s). Runway information is for the longest runway and/or the one with better surface (when more than one is available). Airports Tanzania Mainland The mainland (excluding Zanzibar) has 27 airports. The Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) operates all the airports including Kilimanjaro International Airport, Kilimanjaro International since october,2024, which was previously managed by the state-owned Kilimanjaro Airport Development Company (KADCO). Zanzibar Airports in the Zanzibar Archipelago are under the jurisdiction of the Zanzibar Airports Authority. Airstrips * TAA Tanzania Airports Authority, TANAPA Tanzania National Parks Authority, TPDC Tanzania Petroleum Development Corporation, MNRT Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism Milita ...
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Fastjet Tanzania
Fastjet Airlines Limited (Tanzania), also known as Fastjet Tanzania, was a low-cost airline that operated flights under the fastjet brand in Tanzania. The airline was founded in 2011 as ''Fly540 Tanzania'', but through the acquisition of Fly540 in 2012, it was rebranded as Fastjet Tanzania. It was based in Dar es Salaam. The airline carried more than 350,000 passengers in its first year of operations and sold one million seats by December 2014. It went into liquidation on 25 November 2019. History Fastjet Tanzania was founded in 2011 as ''Fly540 Tanzania'', a subsidiary of Kenya-based Fly540. Using a Bombardier CRJ100 and a Dash 8-100,"Fly540 Tanzania suspends operations ahead of Fastjet launch"
''Ch-aviation''. 14 October 2012. Re ...
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Auric Air
Auric Air Services Limited is a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, Operating from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) Dar-es-salaam, Arusha Airport and Mwanza Airport. The Company offers scheduled flights to 42 destinations within East Africa as well as on demand private non-scheduled air charter Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft (i.e., chartering) as opposed to individual aircraft seats (i.e., purchasing a ticket through a traditional airline). Regulation Charter – also called air taxi or ad hoc – flight .... Destinations Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations: Fleet Auric Air fleet consists of the following nineteen aircraft (as of August 2024): Accidents and incidents * On 23 September 2019, a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan, registration number 5H-AAM, was damaged beyond repair when it crashed shortly after takeoff from Seronera Airstrip, under unclear circumstances. The pilot, Nelso ...
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Tropical Air
Tropical Air is an airline based in Zanzibar, Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t .... It began operations in 1999 with a single aircraft and was the first locally owned airline in Zanzibar. It was founded by Farouk Othman Daud . It operates in Pemba, Dar es Salaam alongside other area in Tanzania. Destinations Scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations: Fleet The Tropical Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2013): References External linksOfficial Website {{Airlines of Tanzania Airlines of Tanzania Airlines established in 1999 1999 establishments in Tanzania ...
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Precision Air
Precision Air Services Plc (operating as Precision Air; Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, DSE:PAL) is a List of airlines of Tanzania, Tanzanian airline based at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. The airline operates scheduled passenger services to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi and Comoros; and to various airports and airstrips in Tanzania. Kenya Airways owns 41.23% of the airline, it's a component company of the Tanzania All Share Index History Precision Air was incorporated in Tanzania in January 1991 as a private airline and started operations in 1993. At first, it operated as a private charter air transport company but in November 1993 changed to offer scheduled services to serve the growing tourist market. In 2006, Precision Air became the first Tanzanian airline to pass the IATA Operational Safety Audit. In April 2011, the airline became a public company. Corporate affairs Ownership Precision Air was privately owned until 2003, when Kenya A ...
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Julius Nyerere International Airport
Julius Nyerere International Airport is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located in Kipawa ward of Ilala District in Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. It is named after Julius Nyerere, the nation's first president. History In October 2005, "Dar es Salaam International Airport" (DIA) was renamed "Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere International Airport" and on 1 November 2006, "Julius Nyerere International Airport". A total of 9,501,265 passengers used the airport from 1980 to 2004, averaging 2,770 per day. In April 2013, the Tanzania Airports Authority signed a TSH 275 billion contract with BAM International of the Netherlands for the construction of the first phase of Terminal III, with a capacity of 3.5 million passengers per year. In November 2015, the second phase was also awarded to BAM, at a contract price of US$110 million, and will ...
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Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority
The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) is the government body that regulates air services and airport services, and provides air navigation services, in Tanzania. It was founded by an Act of Parliament in 2003 and operates under the purview of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development. The TCAA is responsible for the disposition of aviation safety and for the licensing of aviation personnel. It is also responsible for contributing to the financial oversight of Tanzania's air infrastructure development; the registration of aircraft; for the investigation of air accidents; for local area search and rescue; and in conjunction with the Tanzania Airports Authority, for the operation of airports and aerodromes. The head office of the TCAA is located in the Aviation House building in the Banana Ukonga Area of Dar es Salaam. Previously the head office was located jointly on the second floor of the IPS Building and the fourth floor of the TETEX Building in Dar es Salaam. ...
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Government Of Tanzania
The politics of Tanzania takes place in a framework of a unitary state, unitary presidential system, presidential Democracy, democratic republic, whereby the President of Tanzania is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The party system is dominated by the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (''Revolutionary State Party''). The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Political conditions Full independence came in December 1961 and Julius Kambarage Nyerere (1922–1999), a socialist leader who led Tanganyika from colonial rule, was elected President in 1961. One of Africa’s most respected figures, Julius Nyerere was seen as a politician of principle and intelligence. Known as ''Mwalimu'' (teacher), he proposed a widely acclaimed vision of education. From independence in 1961 until the mid-1980s, Tanzania was a one-party ...
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Non-directional Beacon
A non-directional beacon (NDB) or non-directional radio beacon is a radio beacon which does not include directional information. Radio beacons are radio transmitters at a known location, used as an aviation or marine navigational aid. NDB are in contrast to directional radio beacons and other navigational aids, such as low-frequency radio range, VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) and tactical air navigation system (TACAN). NDB signals Ground conductivity, follow the curvature of the Earth, so they can be received at much greater distances at lower altitudes, a major advantage over VOR. However, NDB signals are also affected more by atmospheric conditions, mountainous terrain, coastal refraction and electrical storms, particularly at long range. The system, developed by United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) Captain Albert Francis Hegenberger, was used to fly the world's first instrument approach on May 9, 1932. Types of NDBs NDBs used for aviation are standardised by the Internatio ...
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