Air Tanzania embarks on major recruitment drive for growth
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By Hilka Birns06Oct2025
Air Tanzania (TC,
Dar es Salaam) has embarked on a major recruitment drive, with 173 long-term positions being advertised as the state-owned airline embarks on a growth phase following years of financial and operational woes.
The carrier aims to employ for the next ten years 80 cabin crew including ten Chinese-speaking and ten French-speaking flight attendants, 45 first officers, and 23 captains for its fleet of three
B787-8s, two
B737-9s, one
B767-300F, four
A220-300s, five
DHC-8-Q400s, and one
DHC-8-Q300.
All of the state-owned airline's fleet of 16 aircraft are in active service, except for one A220 stored at
Kilimanjaro since November 2024, ADS-B data confirms.
According to The Citizen newspaper, the growth forms part of ATCL’s ongoing five-year corporate turnaround plan being implemented from 2022/23 to 2026/27, which focuses on expanding its international footprint.
ATCL already operates from
Dar es Salaam to
Guangzhou,
Mumbai International, and
Dubai International, alongside ten African regional destinations and 16 domestic ones, according to ch-aviation data.
The airline has set its sights on West Africa for expansion, CEO Peter Ulanga
previously told ch-aviation, hence the need for French-speaking cabin crew. It launched a 3x weekly service to
Lagos on September 19 and, according to Ulanga, is pursuing route rights for
Abidjan,
Accra, and
Dakar Blaise Diagne International.
Air Tanzania (TC, Dar es Salaam) has embarked on a major recruitment drive, with 173 long-term positions being advertised as the state-owned airline embarks on a growth phase...
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