Original Story Published by: Pablo Diaz for Airline Geeks
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(Above) An Air Tanzania A220.
In a historic day both for African aviation and Airbus’ new product, Air Tanzania has flown its first A220 revenue flight. The route for this first flight, with designation TC110, was between Tanzania’s capital Dar-Es-Salaam and the city of Mwanza.
Air Tanzania is the first customer to operate an Airbus A220 in any of its variants in the African continent, and the fifth operator worldwide of the former Bombardier CSeries. The airline is set to receive a second A220-300 and two Bombardier Q400 Turboprops, after signing a $200-million deal in December 2016.
"The A220 unrivaled passenger comfort combined with its remarkable performance and economics will be an excellent asset to further develop Air Tanzania’s network,” said Tito Kasambala, Tanzanian Government Flight Agency’s CEO in a press release.
“With the addition of the A220 in our fleet, we are confident that we will expand our footprint in the growing African markets and beyond, as we unlock additional routes and regain our position as a key player in the African air transport market,” said Ladislaus Matindi, CEO of Air Tanzania Company Limited.
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