After suspending the route for
nearly 20 years, Air Tanzania has now announced that it will resume
flights to Burundi, Mwanza and introduce a new service to Mbeya.
The airline will run its Dar Es Salaam
– Bujumbura route on three days each week and will provide a direct
service to Bujumbura, Burundi instead of requiring passengers to go
through Nairobi.
The route is expected to facilitate
stronger relations between the two countries as well as new
opportunities for Tanzanian business.
According to The Observatory of
Economic Complexity most recent data, in 2010 Tanzania exported
3,097,460 USD worth of goods to Burundi, while imports from the country
were valued at 2,110,852 USD.
In addition to the resuming Burundi
route, Air Tanzania are also re-launching a route to Mwanza, located in
north-western Tanzania and introducing a new service to Mbeya, southwest
Tanzania.
The news comes a month after Air
Tanzania announced that Al Hayat Development and Investment, an Oman
consortium, had agreed to invest over 100 million USD into the airline.
Referring to the deal, Air Tanzania
Acting CEO Milton Lazaro noted that the substantial investment would
dramatically strengthen the position of the airline.
Air Tanzania now intends to increase its fleet size to a total of 11 aircraft within the next five years.
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