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.
