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HELICOPTERS AFRICA

THE NEXT-GENERATION AIR TANZANIA ON THE RISE

EUROPEAN ROTORCRAFT

irbus Helicopters chief executive

ABruno Even has re-peated the
need for Europe to develop a next-genera-

tion military rotorcraft and has continued

to court Italian rival Leonardo as a poten-
tial partner for the project.

“European customers will need a Euro-
pean solution,” Even said during a recent

briefing about the airframer’s 2020 order
and delivery performance.
Such a project would ensure continued

industrial capability and strategic autono-

my for nations, he said.
But Even has stressed it is the “right Airbus Helicopters chief executive officer Bruno Even and Safran president of

time” to make decisions on “the next gen- helicopter engines Franck Saudo shake hands at the Paris air show back in 2019
eration of military helicopters”, given how Uganda Airlines.

long it will take to mature new technologies anzania is planning major reforms of its national carrier - “Uganda Airlines becomes the latest to resume flights to the

and to “develop a new programme from the NH90. ruled out developing a military variant TAir Tanzania - if the esti mates of the nati onal development country,” he said.

scratch”. The airframer has continued to target the due to restrictions agreed with its Chinese plan budget for 2021/22 presented in Parliament last month is Despite huge losses, ATCL has resumed regional flights across
As well as bolstering its military market UK for military sales should London clarify partner in the programme. anything to go by. Africa in six countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, Uganda, Burundi

share against transatlantic competitors its approach to replacing the Royal Air He said the company is ready to engage The government expects to buy two more planes - a Boeing 787- and South Africa routes following a decline in Covid-19 cases. Q

involved in the USA’s Future Vertical Lift Force’s Puma fleet. with the UK to better understand any 8 Dreamliner and de Havilland Dash 8 Q400 - in the new financial

process, architectures matured as part of Then Jerome Combe, head of product future requirement and “define what could year. And the purchase of three is 90 percent complete, two of

a next-generation military helicopter “will policy and strategy at Airbus, said that be the best solution”. these being an Airbus A220-300 and a De Havilland Dash 8-400. MICROLIGHTS AND

help us secure our position on the civil they could offer the H225M, NH90 or H175 Even stressed that whatever helicopter is The purchase of the three aircraft will bring the national carrier

market tomorrow”. should the 23 Puma HC2s be withdrawn in proposed “will be fully compliant with the fleet to 12. ULTRALIGHTS.

Previously Even called for a joint ap- 2025 as currently planned. export rules and controls of our different Presenting the estimate budget in Parliament for the 2021/22

proach with Leonardo towards Europe’s fu- To that list, Even added the 6t H160M, nati ons”. fiscal year, minister for finance and economic planning, Dr Phillip Insure now with

ture military helicopter needs and said that which is being developed for the French But he pointed out that the airframer Mpango, said in the 2019/2020 period, (US) $134 million or Tsh DJA Aviation.
Airbus Helicopters was “open and ready” armed forces, with deliveries beginning in is also “ready and able” to extend the 315.2 billion was used in reforming the aviation sector.

for discussions with potential partners 2026. operational life of the Pumas beyond 2025 About (US) $1.08 million or Tsh2.5 billion was spent in first quar-

on ENGR, noting the existing relationship The H175 is a surprising candidate given if required. Q

through the NH Industries consortium for that Airbus Helicopters has consistently ter of 2020/21.

At the same time, the government undertook the development
of the airport expansion such as in Geita, currently at 49 percent

implementation, as well as the rehabilitation of the Msalato
International Airport in Dodoma which is expected to cost (US)

IVORY COAST RECEIVES SECOND $330 million. Other projects are expansion of four local airports
in Shinyanga, Kigoma, Tabora and Sumbawanga which would cost
about 50 million euros. DJA Aviation is the longest-established aviation insurance
broking specialist in the South African insurance market and a
REPLACEMENT MI-24 runway of the Dodoma airport and the installation of aeronautical market leader in developing customised insurance products for
Also in the works is the expansion of Musoma airport, the

the aviation industry. We employ more than 30 staff and utilise

ground lighting (AGL) at Dodoma, Mwanza and Tabora airports. this great depth of aviation insurance knowledge, skill and

Also planned are the expansion and renovation to be carried out expertise to manage our clients’ aviation insurance portfolios.

Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 transport aircraft, during a visit by president Ouattara. The at Bukoba, Mwanza, Arusha, Nachingwea and Iranga airports. In

Scramble magazine reported. Mi-24D was written off while the Mi-17, 2019/20, (US) $24.2 million or Tsh56.1 billion was used and (US)

he Ivory Coast has taken deliv- President Alassane Ouattara said at belonging to the Presidential Flight, $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2020/21.

Tery of a second Mi-24 to replace the time it was the first of two Mi-24s sustained repairable damage. The government bought four aviation radars for civilian planes,

those that crashed in 2019 and 2020. being received, with the second due Then on 18 March 2020, another which were installed at Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA)

The second aircraft (TU-VHT) was within three months’ time. Mi-24D (TU-VHO) came down at Felix in Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro International Airport, Songwe and

seen being loaded aboard an Ilyushin Both helicopters are believed to be Houphouet Boigny airport in Abidjan. It Mwanza airports. PROUD SUPPORTER OF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN

Il-76 transport aircraft in Bulgaria in ex-Bulgarian Air Force examples. is not clear what caused the crash, but ATCL has signed agreements for international routes especially GUIDE-DOGS ASSOCIATION

January ahead of delivery. The aircraft are to replace the two lost the aircraft sustained moderate dam- in the Far East, to promote the country’s tourist potential. Defining the Right Approach to Aviation Insurance

The first replacement aircraft was de- within the space of five months. age, coming to rest on its side. Chief executive Ladislaus Matindi told reporters the country is cur-

livered on 7 August 2020 to coincide with On 27 November 2019, an Mi-24D Both pilots received minor injuries rently receiving flights of 12 international airlines out of the 19 formal-

the Ivory Coast’s 60th Independence Day. (TU-VHR) was lost in a collision with an and could escape the helicopter by ly registered to operate in the country. These are Ethiopian Airlines, www.dja-aviation.co.za | Tel: 0800 FLYING

The aircraft arrived at Abidjan aboard a Mi-17 parked on the ground at Katiola themselves. Q Emirates, Qatar Airways, Oman Air, KLM, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai, An Authorised Financial Service Provider FSP No. 15808

Egypt Air, Swiss International Air Lines, RwandAir, Kenya Airways and
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