Air Tanzania to flourish?

By Elias Mhegera, November 12, 2011 (opinion)
IT is good news that once again the National Flag Carrier Air Tanzania has taken to the skies after so many years of a debilitating performance.
But this is not to say that the revival of the National Airline is received without skepticism; this is because its history has always been dark ever since.

For instance it was in 1982 when then Minister for Transport and Communications Augustine Mwingira and then General Manager of Air Tanzania the late Lawrence Mmasi were sacked after their unlawful accomplice in the purchase of an air craft from one George Hallack a business tycoon of Palestine origin.

Later on all the general managers with the airline were facing severe hardships be it Bakari Mwapachu, Emmanuel Kambaine or even David Mataka, let it be suffice here to say that the chair of Air Tanzania GM is a hot chair.

Similar reports follow the once colourful Kampuni ya Mabasi ya Taifa (KAMATA) a national bus transportation that collapsed after poor management. The message here is clear, that aircraft is not the technology for us, the best way is to hire our routes to those with the ability but they should be told to advertise Tanzania through aviation.