Super brand Precision Air Services (PW) has recorded consistent growth in operations and financial performance.
PW uplifted 750,762 passengers during the
period, which is 13 per cent above the number pencilled during a similar
period in the preceding year of 663,636 passengers.
Speaking to the press at the Airline's
Headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Precision Air's Acting MD & CEO,
Allen Sharra, revealed that from November 2012 to January 2013, his
company carried 222,654 passengers, a growth of six per cent compared to
the previous year, same period were 209,696 passengers travelled by PW.
"The Tanzania air travel market has
become more competitive with the introduction of new airlines. However
Precision Air's performance in terms of passenger uplift has continued
to grow impressively despite this increased competition.
"We have managed to achieve this due to
the unmatched services we offer our customers, convenience in
destination frequencies of our schedules and our true Tanzanian
hospitality enjoyed by passengers travelling by Precision," said Sharra.
He noted that the company's overall,
passenger numbers has to-date grown close to a million through a double
digit annual percentage growth.
Mr Sharra pointed that the airline has
since increased its frequencies to various routes to the likes of Mbeya,
a route only launched early January.
"This penetration in the southern region
was received with thumbs up and only a month after its inauguration it
became necessary for Precision to review its operations and implement
daily flights with only 90-minute travel time," he added.
He noted
further that the introduction of an early riser route from Arusha at
0730hrs and return 1630hrs facilitates business and individuals to
return home the same day and has also helped uplift the company's
passenger numbers.
"The recent introduction of the evening
flights to Mtwara departing Dar es Salaam 1600hrs has provided traffic
relief and convenience opportunities to passengers moving to and from
the region and moves to 11 frequencies to Mtwara than the previous 7 per
week," he said.
Latest regional penetration saw
Precision Air reinstating its daily Kigoma flights which resumed at the
end of January 2013.
The airline is the first in the World to take
delivery of the ATR 42-600 model November last year and has since
received two of its kind. Currently the airline has nine ATRs and two
Boeing 737-300 aircraft operating in 18 Precision Air's destinations.
Source: The Daily News, www.dailynews.co.tz, reported from Dar es Salaam
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