AIR Tanzania Company Limited has signed a contract with Swissport International Tanzania limited for the latter to provide ground handling services.
Under the contract, Swissport will provide services at two airports – Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) in Kilimanjaro Region.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam on Thursday evening, ATCL’s Head of Planning, Mr Kitula Yango, expressed their expectations that Swissport would deliver as per their signed agreements.
“The contract has started with immediate effect, so we are looking forward to getting better services from them, ATCL believes in meeting expectations of our customers,” he said.
Since 2016, the national airline carrier was working with NAS-Dar Airco whose contract with ATCL expired on December 31, 2019.
For his part, Swissport Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr Mrisho Yassin gave an assurance that they would provide first class services to their new client, Air Tanzania.
He said, they would ensure safety of passengers and the luggage throughout, as per the requirements of the signed contract.
“We are happy to have won the tender of serving the national airline carrier; I am assuring good services to our clients in line with meeting their expectations to the maximum possible,” he said.
In June 2018, ATCL announced a plan to establish a firm to service its cargo and provide ground handling services.
ATCL’s Managing Director Mr Ladslaus Matindi said the ground handing firm is expected to be ready by 2022.
So far, the national airline carrier flies to twelve destinations in the Tanzanian side as Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Iringa, Mpanda, Mwanza, Kigoma, Bukoba, Dodoma, Mtwara and Tabora.
It also has international flights to Mumbai (India), Bujumbura (Burundi), Hahaya (Comoros), Harare (Zimbabwe), Lusaka (Zambia) and Entebe in Uganda.
