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UPDATE

AIR TANZANIA FREIGHTER

TO TAP EXPORT POTENTIAL

Freighter to be used for focus on exports of fresh meat, fresh flowers, avocados, fish maws, fish
fillet, rough gemstones, sea food and fruits and vegetables, Jyothi Shankaran reports.

oeing and Air Tanzania will boost national economic growth." gemstones, sea food and fruits and
celebrated the delivery of Capable of flying 3,255 nautical miles vegetables. "On the return leg, focus
the airline's first 767-300 with a revenue payload of more than 52 will be on pharmaceuticals, electronics
Bfreighter recently. tonnes, the 767-300 freighter is the ideal equipment, garments and spare parts."
The airplane arrived at the airline's airplane for growing e-commerce and There could be demand for
hub in Dar es Salaam and will provide express cargo markets. approximately 20-40 tonnes from Dubai
the operator with dedicated air freight "The absence of a wide body aircraft to Dar E Salam, according to Anilash
capacity to serve the country's growing (cargo flight) that can carry a large Nair, Regional Sales Manager, Middle
cargo market. The delivery also marks volume of cargo at once, and availability East, ANA Aviation (Network Aviation
the first direct 767 freighter delivery of perishable goods that need to be Group), the GSSA for Air Tanzania in
from Boeing to an African carrier. exported to the international market to the Middle East.
"We are thrilled to welcome the reduce transportation time were the key And there could be shipments of
767-300 Boeing freighter to our fleet," parameters to decide on the Boeing 767-300 around 20+ tonnes from Dar Salam
Ladislaus Matindi, Managing Director, freighter," says an official spokesperson. to Dubai of avocados, fresh fruits and
Air Tanzania had said at the time of The Air Tanzania Boeing 767-300 meat products.
the delivery. "The 767 will cater to the freighter is likely to cover Jomo Kenyatta The other promising sectors/routes
growing cargo demand which was International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, for Air Tanzania Cargo, according to
previously carried by passenger airplanes. Dubai World Central, Jebel Ali, UAE, Nair, could be Zanzibar, Lumbumbashi
The 767 will enable Air Tanzania to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International and Kinshasa.
support a journey towards a more Airport, Mumbai, India, Guangzhou Air Tanzania refused to give any
sustainable future and time critical cargo Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, business outlook, cargo revenue for 2022
schedules across Africa and beyond. We China and two airports in the Democratic and revenue expectations from cargo
are looking forward to expanding our Republic of Congo - N’djili International operations. A simple answer: "To be
imports and exports industry that require Airport, Kinshasa and Luano International communicated in the future."
timely delivery. The arrival of the airplane Airport, Lubumbashi. If all goes well, Air Tanzania may look
will open opportunities for global The freighter will be used to focus at adding another freighter in the future
businesses to transport commercial cargo on exports of fresh meat, fresh flowers, even as it plans to add more passenger
goods to various parts of the world, which avocados, fish maws, fish fillet, rough planes on various sectors.

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