Airports: Kenya vs Tanzania
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Five new planes to boost pilot training
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08/09/2021
THE National Institute of Transport (NIT) plans to receive five training planes in this financial year--two from the government of Tanzania and the other three from the government of People’s Republic of China and World Bank’s loan.
Deputy Minister for Works and Transport Mwita Waitara made the revelation on Monday during his visit to Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) Headquarters in Dar es Salaam.
The revelation comes after TCAA Director General Hamza Johari informed the deputy minister that currently the authority was sending pilot students to Uganda because NIT was yet to meet an aviation college’s qualifications.
Responding to the query, Mr Waitara said the fifth phase government under the Late President John Magufuli pledged to procure two training planes and the government has already dished out more than 3bn/- to NIT as initial payment for the planes.
According to Waitara, the college also has received aid from the government of the People’s Republic of China and a loan from the World Bank. The aid will, among other things, be used for the construction of the Aviation College and procurement of three training planes.
“About ten buildings will be built including hostels and lecture rooms at the institute. Through this project, three training planes will be bought. In total, the college will have five training planes, a deliberate move aimed at enabling NIT to meet qualifications to be recognised as an aviation college,” said Waitara.
He said when NIT begins to offer such training; it will help to save funds which TCAA spends on training students abroad. He said it costs about 200m/- to train one pilot abroad but when NIT begins offering such training, the cost will go down to about 70m/- per pilot.
In order to have all facilities required for aviation training, Waitara said NIT has already requested the government to reserve Dodoma Airport for aviation training once Msalato International Airport is complete.
On his side, Mr Johari noted that there are five levels to be followed in order for an institute to be registered and recognized as an aviation college and at the moment NIT is at level four. He also informed the deputy minister that TCAA enters into agreements with different countries that help to open markets for domestic planes.
Mr Johari added that currently, the authority has contracts with 76 countries and yesterday they expected to resume talks with Angola for the same purpose. According to TCAA, the plan is afoot to build modern aviation college in Dar es Salaam at the tune of 42bn.
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NIT to become aerospace college
April 9, 2019
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NIT to become aerospace college
THE Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) yesterday handed over an area of 60ha to the National Institute of Transport (NIT) in a move to transform the institute into the College of Aerospace Sciences and Technology.
World Bank and the Chinese government have agreed to pump in US $ 83.5milion for the long-awaited project. The Bretton Woods Institution pledged to provide US $21.5million and Chinese government to release US$ 62million.
Speaking soon after the handing over function held at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA), NIT Rector, Prof Zacharia Mganilwa received the land for building infrastructures of ‘College of Aerospace Sciences and Technology’.
The handing over event was between NIT board chairman Prof Bavo Nyichomba and chief executive director of Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company (KADCO).
Prof Mganilwa said: “We will use the area to train our aviation experts especially those undergoing aircraft pilot studies, engineers and air hostesses”.
He said conducting practical trainings within the country will reduce the costs since the government was spending about 200m/- to train a single pilot abroad.
According to Prof Mganilwa, the costs of similar pilot courses at NIT will be 72m/- for beginners and 30m/- for those with certain knowledge on the aviation sector. He said that once NIT starts to offer the courses, the number of aircraft pilots in the country will increase tremendously.
He added that practical studies will be provided efficiently as President John Magufuli has also promised to purchase two aircraft for the college. He said that processes for procurement of the aircraft are underway.
“We will a total of five aircraft because the government has already secured a loan from World Bank to purchase three planes for the college”, he said.
Chairman of NIT national leaders’ council, Prof Bavo Nyichomba said the government has been spending too much money to train pilots abroad. He said the college is capable of offering such courses if well equipped.
“We want to establish a centre of its kind which can receive students from all over Africa. Students from other African countries will be charged the same fee as for Tanzanian students”, he noted.
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Newly installed surveillance radars boost revenue collections
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Newly installed surveillance radars boost revenue collections
THE government has said that all new four surveillance radars installed in four major airports in the country have greatly helped increase the number of landing planes and revenue collections as they enable the country to smoothly monitor its entire aviation airspace.
Deputy Minister for Works and Transport Mwita Waitara made this announcement when he visited and inspected Mwanza airport to oversee progress of various activities.
He said the government has instead spent billions of money to purchase the radars which have been installed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA), Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA), Mwanza Airport and Songwe Airport.
Previously, Tanzania was using old aviation radar which was installed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in 2002, monitoring only 25 percent of its aviation airspace.
He said the installation of the modern radars is part of the government’s strategy to improve the civil aviation industry in the country.
“Safety of our skies is of paramount importance. With the four radars we will be able to monitor our entire airspace and beyond and this will help all the planes to pay required levies and thus improve our revenue collections,” he said.
He hailed Tanzanian youth who are patriotically working and guiding the radars and now the country is re-regulating itself instead of depending on experts from outside the country.
“I have been in Songwe, Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro and now in Mwanza, I am so happy to see how the government is doing great investments to boost the aviation industry,” he said.
He further said that despite impacts brought by Covid-19, revenue collections in the aviation industry have increased.
Pascal Kalumbate, Mwanza Airport manager said tourism sector has regained power and is now improving as they now serve a number of planes taking off and landing at the airport.
“Security has also been strengthened due to the installation of the surveillance radar,” he said.
Newly installed surveillance radars boost revenue collections
THE government has said that all new four surveillance radars installed in four major airports in the country have greatly helped increase the number of landing planes and revenue collections as they enable the country to smoothly monitor its entire aviation airspace.
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FKF face dilemma as Harambee Stars could play Mali away from home
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The African body has given the local federation until the end of September 17 to submit a report on Nyayo after that of Kasarani was dismissed
Kenya could play their next 2022 World Cup qualifying home match against Mali outside the country, Goal can exclusively reveal.
This is after Caf wrote to the Football Kenya Federation confirming the team will not be allowed to use Kasarani Stadium because it does not meet the required standards.
In a letter from Caf sent to the federation titled ‘Last Request’ and obtained by Goal, the African body has now threatened to fix their next match against Mali at their opponents' venue.
What did Caf statement say?
‘As per your video report sent, in addition to the poor technical benches, the pitch of Moi International Sports Center Kasarani is not up to the required standard for a Fifa/Caf A match, therefore Caf cannot approve such venue for the Fifa Qualifiers [October window] based on the current status,” read part of the statement seen by Goal.
“Caf’s decision is based on the current status of the pitch as of today [Friday] and not based on improvements to be made. Kindly note that this decision is final.
“You are, therefore, requested to send a report of Nyayo Stadium [including photos and videos of the pitch] latest by today, Friday, September 17 by 1400hrs [Nairobi time].
“In case your federation fails to provide the report, Caf will immediately fix the venue of your upcoming home Fifa World Cup Qualifier match in your opponents’ venue.”
Efforts to reach FKF officials for a comment on the matter proved futile as our calls went unanswered.
Kenya are in Group E of the qualifiers and during their clash with Uganda, they used Nyayo Stadium in the match that ended 0-0 before they travelled to Kigali, where they also battled to a 1-1 draw against Rwanda.
The latest decision comes just two days after coach Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee parted ways with the federation with his assistants Ken Odhiambo and William Muluya taking charge of the team on a temporary basis.
Kenya are currently lying second on two points from two matches while Mali are topping the group with four points from two matches and Uganda are third on two points. Rwanda are last with a single point.
FKF face dilemma as Harambee Stars could play Mali away from home | Goal.com Cameroon
Kenya will likely play their next home game of the 2022 World Cup qualifier against Mali outside the country after Caf rejected venues listed to host fixture.www.goal.com
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Na bado wankuja hapa kutudanganya eti wana soko kubwa zaidi la wasafiri wa ndege wa ndani hapa EA wakati airport zinazotumika ni tatu tu. Nairobi,mombasa Na Kisumu.
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Wealthy Kenyans now sell planes to survive Covid-19
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- KCAA data show the number of registered planes dropped to 735 from 807 in 2019, excluding those owned by the National Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces.
- The drop came in a year when coronavirus triggered a slump in air travel and reduced the need for purchase of commercial flights.
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A section of Wilson Airport in Nairobi on August 9, 2016. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU
Wealthy Kenyans and private aviation firms last year sold 72 planes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic that reduced the millionaires’ net worth and hit demand for travel.
The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) data show the number of registered planes dropped to 735 from 807 in 2019, excluding those owned by the National Police Service and the Kenya Defence Forces.
The drop came in a year when coronavirus triggered a slump in air travel and reduced the need for purchase of commercial flights.
The virus, which disrupted businesses and hammered most asset classes, reduced the net worth of wealthy Kenyans and saw the rich reduce their appetite for helicopters and small jets.
Kenya’s business magnates, politicians and new millionaires have in recent years taken to flying as the preferred mode of transport – expanding the market for leasing and private ownership of planes.
“Any drop in the number of registered aircraft means that the planes were either sold or left the country due to other reasons,” KCAA Director-General Gilbert Kibe told the Business Daily.
This marked a break from the increased purchase of aircraft by the rich over the past decade.
Aero Club of East Africa – a lobby of private aircraft owners – attributed the recent growth in the number of registered planes to Nairobi’s rising status as the region’s business hub and a growing number of wealthy individuals with the means to own and maintain an aircraft.
But Covid-19 has not spared the rich after Kenya’s economy dipped to a recession last year.
The economy’s performance in 2020 was hit by the effects of Covid-19 restrictions leading to including business closures and layoffs.
The economy has been picking up after posting a contraction of 0.3 percent in 2020.
The latest instalment of the Knight Frank Wealth Report shows the number of Kenyans with a net worth of at least $30 million (Sh3.3 billion) including their primary residence, dropped to 90 last year, from 106 in 2019.
Kenya’s group of high-net-worth individuals, defined as those with at least $1 million (Sh109 million) including their primary residence, dropped by an even larger margin.
The report says that 912 Kenyans fell out of this club last year when their numbers stood at 3,323 compared to 4,235 in 2019.
The pandemic has caused a slump in air travel, with African airlines expected to have lost $6 billion in passenger revenue in 2020. “The airline business in Kenya is suffering and this means that people could not acquire more planes,” said Eutychus Waithaka, the executive secretary of the Kenya Association of Air Operators.
“We had requested a stimulus package from the government that we have not seen to date. Some airlines have actually closed shop because they were operating with leased planes,” he said.
Kenya in March last year confirmed the first Covid-19 that prompted the government to suspend domestic and international commercial passenger air travel.
Although domestic air travel resumed in July, followed by international routes a month later, demand has stayed below pre-pandemic levels.
Besides convenience, wealthy individuals have also acquired aircraft to satisfy their ambitions for reliable and personalised travel.
Air operators say that the biggest headache in owning an aircraft lies in operational and maintenance costs, including high jet fuel prices, airport landing fees, parking fees, insurance and spare parts.
Wilson Airport in Nairobi handles about 90 percent of domestic flights that mainly comprise chartered and commercial flights to holiday destinations such as Masai Mara Game Reserve, Mombasa, Amboseli National Park, Lamu, Kilimanjaro, Diani, Lokichogio and Nanyuki.
It is ranked among the busiest airports in terms of aircraft movement in East and Central Africa.
Last year about 101 planes abandoned at various airports across the country were put on auction to clear rising parking charges after the Kenya Airports Authority declared them a safety risk.
The cost of running the aircraft are increasing with the regulations requiring parking at gazetted points such as Wilson Airport, which adds to the ownership bill.
Wealthy Kenyans now sell planes to survive Covid-19
Wealthy Kenyans and private aviation firms last year sold 72 planes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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