The Boeing Dreamliner is here!

President John Magufuli will lead the Tanzanians at a special ceremony to receive the plane in the city at 2 pm.

The arrival of the new aircraft marks a milestone in the government's efforts to revive the state-owned airline and set in motion the desire to claim a share of the lucrative regional aviation market currently dominated by Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways and Rwanda Air

A statement from the State House Communications Directorate told the media yesterday that the Dreamliner was scheduled to land at the Julius Nyerere International Airport ( JNIA) around 2 pm, coming from Seattle in the United States.

which is valued at $ 224.6 million (more than 500 billion Sh), is one of seven aircraft purchased by the government and it becomes the fourth to arrive in the country.

According to Boeing, the 787 Dreamliner is a technologically advanced family of ultra-efficient planes with new features that appeal to passengers.

ATCL's Director of Business Development and Trade, Patrick Ndekana, recently said that the new airliner was the plane should be the new flagship aircraft of the national carrier to Mumbai, in India, as early as September.

"If everything goes as planned, we plan to fly to Mumbai in September," Ndekana said.

According to him, a market assessment for India's road has shown beneficial results of the burgeoning medical tourism and commercial links with Asian economic power.

The planned Mumbai road will also boost Tanzania's tourism market a revised marketing strategy that focuses on Southeast Asia, the Pacific region and the Pacific region. 39, South America.

ATCL also plans to compete with other competing airlines on profitable regional routes by deploying two Bombardier CS 300 jetliners Initially, ATCL will fly three times a week to Bujumbura, Burundi, via Kigoma, and four times per week in Entebbe, Uganda, via Kilimanjaro, to fill a critical void. Air Tanzania is one of the government's flagship infrastructure development projects with the goal of turning the country into a regional transportation hub.

The national airline currently flies to Arusha. , Dar es Salaam, Kigoma, Mbeya, Mtwara, Mwanza, Tabora and Moroni, Comoros, increasing its one-to-two-digit market share in less than two years despite a few seats won over rival airlines [19659012]. In 2016, the government signed a purchase agreement with the Canadian manufacturer of Bombardier for the two Q400 turboprop aircraft.

The 76-seat aircraft, mainly for commercial operations, was set at $ 62 million (over 140 billion shillings). The state has also signed a new $ 224.6 million contract for a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and CS300 airliners. the two Q400 aircraft already delivered.