{"id":27493,"date":"2021-04-22T18:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/?p=27493"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:46:40","slug":"govt-to-give-tax-breaks-on-air-tanzania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/govt-to-give-tax-breaks-on-air-tanzania","title":{"rendered":"Govt to give tax breaks on air Tanzania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>President Samia Suluhu hassan announced Thursday the government will provide a tax relief to the struggling national flag carrier, air Tanzania that made a loss of about 26 US million in the financial year 2019\/2020.<\/p>\n<p>President Samia told the nation in her first address in the Parliament that underperformance of the country\u2019s flagship airline was a result of huge debt burden it had inherited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur corporation is worthless and this is because it inherited a huge debt. We plan to provide a tax relief similar to other countries to help improve its productivity,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>A Control and Auditor General&#8217;s report for the financial year 2019-2020 released recently highlighted that the airline had registered about 150bil\/- losses in the past 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>President Samia said, however, that the new mission is to recruit more competent and qualified personnel to man the corporation. She said \u201cwe are going to transform the corporation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said early this month that preparation for getting underway to receive three more aircrafts.<\/p>\n<p>Air Tanzania said in its statement it intends to double its fleet to 14 aircraft by 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. President Samia Suluhu hassan announced Thursday the government will provide a tax relief to the struggling national flag carrier, air Tanzania that made a loss of about 26 US million in the financial year 2019\/2020. 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