Attached Air Tanzania A220 released; MAX order clarified

Air Tanzania begins B737 MAX 9 operations

Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) says it will debut scheduled B737-9 service on October 13 between Dar es Salaam and India, and regionally to Zambia and Zimbabwe.

5H-TCP (msn 67790) will be deployed 4x weekly between Dar es Salaam and Mumbai International; and 4x weekly south-bound to Lusaka and Harare International. As reported, the aircraft was ferried from Seattle Boeing Field to Dar es Salaam between September 30 to October 3, 2023. It is the first of two B737-9s ordered by the Tanzanian government directly from Boeing (BOE, Washington National) and is owned by TGF - Tanzania Government Flight (Dar es Salaam) (TGF).

A spokesperson for the airline confirmed to ch-aviation that the second would arrive before the end of this year.

Air Tanzania's existing fleet comprises four A220-300s, one B767-300F, two B787-8s, one DHC-8-Q300, and five DHC-8-Q400s. It also has one more B787-8 on order from Boeing, according to the ch-aviation fleets advanced module.

Air Tanzania takes first B737-9

Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) took delivery of its first B737-9, becoming the first operator of the type in Africa.

5H-TCP (msn 67790) was ferried from Seattle Boeing Field via San Juan Luis Muñoz Marin and Dakar Blaise Diagne International to Dar es Salaam over the course of September 30 to October 3, 2023. It is the first of two B737-9s ordered by the Tanzanian government directly from the manufacturer and is owned by TGF - Tanzania Government Flight. The carrier has said its B737-9 will seat up to 181 passengers.

The aircraft joins Air Tanzania's existing fleet of four A220-300s, one B767-300F, two B787-8s, one DHC-8-Q300, and five DHC-8-Q400s. The carrier has one more B787-8 on order from Boeing.

Harare hires Knighthood Global for Zimbabwe aviation plan

International aviation consultancy Knighthood Global - led by former Etihad Airways executives James Hogan and James Rigney - is working on a strategic plan for the Zimbabwean government to jumpstart the country's aviation industry, including Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare International), local airports, and ground handling services. A first feasibility study is scheduled for completion by the end of August 2023.

This is according to a disclosure in the 2Q 2023 report of the Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA), a state-owned entity responsible for promoting and facilitating local and foreign investment in the country, reports Zimbabwe's Business Standard newspaper.

"The government of Zimbabwe has engaged Knighthood Global Limited (Knighthood) to develop a 'bankable feasibility study' for the creation of the Zimbabwe Aviation Group," the report is cited by Business Standard.

"Knighthood is expected to finalise the BFS by the end of August 2023, which entails the completion of a diagnostic or business model review, a business plan for the aviation industry, and a strategic plan for the associated entities, namely the Airports Company of...

Arbitrator rules Tanzania must pay Australian miner $109.5mn

Tanzania must pay USD109.5 million plus costs to companies fronted by Australian miner Indiana Resources Ltd in compensation for the unlawful expropriation of a nickel mine project in a case that has threatened to engulf Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) after the company threatened to seize its aircraft should Dodoma fail to pay as directed by the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

In a statement, Indiana Resources Executive Chairwoman Bronwyn Barnes welcomed the outcome of the five-year arbitration process and warned the company would enforce the award. "We now move to the enforcement phase. The ICSID Convention has been ratified by 158 member states of the World Bank - including Tanzania. This means that any award issued by an ICSID tribunal is enforceable in any one of those 158 member states as if it were a judgment of one of their own courts. We have consistently said that we would look to enforce an award against Tanzania and that work will commence now."

Barnes earlier told ch-aviation the company...