Tanzania Government Flight Agency

Tanzania Government Flight AgencyWakala wa Ndege za Serikali (Swahili)

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Government Agency overview
Formed| 17 May 2002
Preceding Government Agency|

* Tanzania Government Flight Unit (TGFU)

Jurisdiction| Tanzania
Headquarters| Government Flight Building, Sokoine Drive, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Motto| Enjoy government protection in the air
Employees| 79
Minister responsible|

* Dr. Leonard Chamuriho, Permanent Ministry of Works, Transport and Communications

Government Agency executive|

* CEO

Key document|

* Executive Agencies Act no. 30 of 1997

Tanzania Government Flight Agency (TGFA) is one of the executive agencies of Tanzania. It provides VIP flight services to government officials.[1][2] The Tanzania Government Flight Agency supports and manages all Tanzanian government aircraft, which it leases to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL).[3]

## History

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The Tanzania Government Flight Agency was established under the Tanzanian Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997, which came into effect on May 17, 2002, per the Government Notice No. 193. TGFA took over the functions of the Government Flying Unit under the Ministry of Communications and Transport with the purpose of providing air transport services in a more efficient, cost effective, and business-like manner to the Government. In 2018, the Agency was transferred from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication to the President’s Office, State House through Government Notice No. 252 of 2018.[3] George Mkuchika was Minister of Transport, heading TGFA, prior to being named Minister of President’s Office Good Governance and Public Services in December 2020.[4] As of December 2020, the Minister of Works and Transport is Leonard Chamuriho, with the airline under the control of Dr. John Magufuli, the President of Tanzania since 2015.[4]

## Air Tanzania Leasing

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In the government revitalization plan of Air Tanzania in 2016, the government purchased six new planes through the Government Flight agency that are leased to Air Tanzania. In May 2016, the company purchased two Bombardier Q400s, that it received in September 2016.[5] In December 2016, the company further placed four more orders to acquire two Airbus A220-300, one Bombardier Q400 and one Boeing 787 Dreamliner.[6][7]

In November 2021 at the Dubai Airshow, the company placed four orders with Boeing for one B787 Dreamliner, two B737 max and a B767 freighter.

## Fleet

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The fleet consists of:[8][2][9]

Aircraft  | In Service  | Year Acquired  | Passengers  | Registration

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Fokker F28 | 1  | 1978  |  | 5H–CCM
Piper PA-31 Navajo | 1  | 1980  |  | 5H–ILS
Fokker 50 | 1  | 1992  | 50  | 5H–TGF
Gulfstream G550 | 1  | 2004  | 18  | 5H–ONE
Total  | 4  |

## Gallery

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* The stationary Fokker 50.

* Fokker 50 interior

* G550

## References

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TGFA at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Media from Commons
* Data from Wikidata

1. ^ "Tanzania Government Flight Agency". Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
2. ^ a b "Aircraft Operating Certificate Details". Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
3. ^ a b "Nafasi za Kazi Tanzania Government Flight Agency (TGFA)". Zenji Shoppazz and President's Office Public Service Recruitment. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
4. ^ a b Kolumbia, Louis (5 December 2020). "Magufuli's unveils his cabinet 30 days after taking oath". The Citizen. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
5. ^ "Air Tanzania Receives Two Bombardier Q400 Aircraft – Bombardier". www.bombardier.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
6. ^ "Boeing: 787 Dreamliner to become part of Air Tanzania fleet". www.boeing.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
7. ^ "Bombardier Wins Orders for Two CS300 and One Q400 Aircraft from Tanzania – Bombardier". www.bombardier.com. Retrieved 2017-07-24.
8. ^ "Aircraft Register: 5H-CCM". Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
9. ^ "Aircraft Register: 5H-ONE". Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 5 April 2013.

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