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Logo of Air Zimbabwe Air Zimbabwe (UM, Harare Int'l) is considering adding smaller turboprops to its fleet as it seeks to open up services to remote tourist hotspots. Zimbabwean Minister for Tourism, Walter Mzembi, told NewsDay the state-owned carrier was looking at 25-seaters to develop services from each of Harare Int'l and Victoria Falls to remote towns such as Masvingo (gateway to Great Zimbabwe), Kariba, and Mutare. Air Zimbabwe's smallest aircraft at present is the Chinese-manufactured MA-60 which seats a total of fifty-two. Until recently, the turboprop was deployed on domestic services connecting Harare to Victoria Falls and Bulawayo. It was also used in resurrecting flights to Kariba, Chiredzi, and Masvingo in 2014 but met with little success given weak demand for the routes. "I am quite privileged to know that there is quite a lot of activities happening in transport to bring smaller aircraft 25-seaters that will then pick people from Victoria Fa

Air Tanzania Dash 8-400 A Canadian contractor has seized a Dash 8-400, msn 4559, that was due to have been delivered to Air Tanzania (TC, Dar-es-Salaam) last month. The state-owned carrier is expecting three Q400s (of which two have already been delivered) and two CS300s from Bombardier (BBA, Montréal Trudeau) along with one B787-8 from Boeing (BOE, Chicago O'Hare) as part of its fleet renewal plans. All aircraft are procured by the Tanzanian state via its TGF - Tanzanian Government Flight leasing vehicle. According to The Citizen newspaper, Tanzanian Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) for Singida East, Tundu Lissu, told a press conference last week that Stirling Civil Engineering secured the seizure order as part of a 2010 International Court of Arbitration verdict in its favour. Lissu said the case came after the Tanzanian government reneged on a USD25 million contract to build the Wazo Hill-Bagamoyo Road. When it refused to pay compensation, Stirling Civil Engineer

illustration of Airworks Kenya Dash 8-200/Q200 Airworks Kenya (AKS, Nairobi Wilson) has acquired a maiden Dash 8-200/Q200 in the form of N447YV (msn 447) deal facilitator Airstream International Group has announced. Formerly in service with LC Perú (W4, Lima Int'l), the turboprop joins the rest of the Kenyan charter specialists fleet of five Cessna (single turboprop) Grand Caravan 208Bs. Founded in 1999, it currently specializes in passenger charter services for international aid agencies active across East and Central Africa. Source: https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/58583-airworks-kenya-adds-maiden-q200