Tomas Chlumecky ("Aviation Doctor")
International Aviation Executive, Entrepreneur and Advisor
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They are nuts! just started B787 operations outside of Tanzania a few months back, now receiving their 2nd and ordering their third? I am sorry, but it smells of corruption, $US 248.3 million list price per B787-8, probably around $US 133 million (-45% off), but where do they think they can make money flying from Dar es Saalam (DAR) with 3 x B787-8 when DAR is well served by the likes and might of airlines like Qatar, Turkish, Emirates, KLM, SAA, Oman Air, and has competition from neighbouring Kenya Airways, Air Uganda II from their hubs at Nairobi and Entebbe. They are dreaming in Tanzania, and burning taxpayers money that should be going to better medical facilities, education, infrastructure, SAA has lost $US 2 billion in the past 13 years, Kenya Airways is so bad it is being nationalized again, Air Namibia might be closed any day having lost hundreds of millions on long haul! I have seen this play out before, aircraft are a great way to make BIG money for a lot of politicians on state-run airlines. Major RED FLAG for Tanzania, donors should be looking at this and asking why western states should be helping Tanzania when their government is burning cash a on "fantasy" national airline that will end up it shit like SAA, Air Nambia, Air Zimbabwe, Kenya Airways, etc.
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Tomas Chlumecky ("Aviation Doctor")
Boy, I will tell you that when I piss off Tanzanians they sure do let me know, over 3,560 now, always high, they are not used to any criticism of their state, that is a sign of a dysfunctional press or lack of freedom of the press. Open free societies are open to different points of view, love it or hate it, its someone's point of view, but given its Maoist background under the CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) founded by its 1st President Julius Nyerere, who by the way invaded Uganda (April, 1979) and got rid of President/Field Marshall Idi Amin Dada (fled to Saudi Arabia of course and died there). it is understandable, but not acceptable behaviour.
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Josephat K. Nyambeya
You have not shown how is Air Tanzania going to fail but you have wasted your time on predicting the bad future basing on other companies whose failures never explained too. I think if you are "Aviation Doctor" as you call yourself you should come up with a critical analysis with vivid and analytical examples on how Air Tanzania is going to fail in spite of having 8 fleet on its parking area now. On my side I believe in +ve, I believe if Air Tanzania finds a good way of doing business it's going to make it to the best. It's a matter of time and patience. Though there are some rumors in the country that purchase of those planes didn't follow procurement procedures and parliament approval but that can't be the fact of putting them down to line of failure.
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