Air Tanzania’s woes far from over as engine crisis grounds planes
Air Tanzania's Airbus A220. The national carrier is weighing its options in bridging the emerging service gap caused by the grounding of its Airbus A220 fleet due to engine problems. PHOTO | COURTESY
National carrier Air Tanzania is weighing its options in bridging the emerging service gap caused by the grounding of its Airbus A220 fleet due to engine problems.
According to fleet data, one of ATCL’s A220 last flew on January 3, this year and has been parked at Maastricht Aachen Airport in The Netherlands. A second aircraft that has been on the tarmac in Dar es Salaam last flew on August 27. A third A220 has not flown since November 5.
