Tanzanair

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Tanzanair
TANZANAIR Logo.png
Founded1969
AOC # 002
Hubs Julius Nyerere International Airport
Fleet size11
Headquarters Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Key peopleJohn Dinos Samaras (Managing Director)
Website Company website

Tanzanian Air Services Ltd, operating as Tanzanair, is an air charter company in Tanzania. Founded in 1969 by Dinos John Samaras, it was the first private air operator in the country. It has an engineering facility near Terminal I of the Julius Nyerere International Airport for aircraft maintenance. It is also an authorised Cessna service centre. [1]

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Fleet

A Tanzanair aircraft at Songo Songo Airstrip Our flying machine.jpg
A Tanzanair aircraft at Songo Songo Airstrip

The Tanzanair fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of October 2012): [2]

Tanzanair fleet
AircraftIn servicePassengersNotes
Agusta A109S
1
6
Beechcraft 1900D
2
18
Beechcraft King Air 200
2
8/11
Beechcraft King Air 350 [3]
1
Cessna 206
1
5
Cessna 208 Caravan
2
9/13
Reims F406 Caravan II
2
12
Total11

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. "Tanzania Aviation Magazine" (PDF). Page 38, Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. December 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  2. "Tanzanian Air Services Ltd Fleet". www.aircharterguide.com. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  3. "Tanzanair to add King Air 350 to the mix". European Business Air News. 15 October 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  4. "Accident description"