EU ban on Air Tanzania flights could crush London plan

An Air Tanzania plane at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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The European Union’s decision to ban all Tanzania-registered aircraft from operating in its airspace has raised concerns about the effectiveness of the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) and cast a shadow over the country's aviation and tourism sectors.

Announced on June 3 in the EU’s latest update to its Aviation Safety List, the ban cites “serious deficiencies in national aviation oversight” as the reason for blacklisting all Tanzanian carriers.