Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has started repairing its aircraft
in the country in efforts to cut down the high cost of maintenance abroad.
The new approach, which uses the expertise of local technicians, is
expected to relieve the national carrier of the burden of having to part with
high charges in foreign currency.
The announcement was made yesterday in the city by the ATCL technical
director, Mr John Ringo, when he briefed journalists on the progress of
aircraft number DASH8-300 which was expected to take off by mid-March.
“In South Africa, for example, a technician charges between USD 50 and USD 60
(about 80,000/- and 96,000/-) per hour; the one we repaired there last year
cost us USD 800,000 (1.28bn/-). We now only buy spare parts and hence
save a lot of money,” he said.
Mr Ringo explained that the company’s hangar was well equipped and had
the necessary manpower for maintenance of aircraft. However, it has no modern
state-of-the-art equipment used in other countries.
Source: The Citizen reported by Songa wa Songa
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