Tanzania Leading Airline Precision Air, has been granted its Aircraft Operation Certificate (AOC) renewal after undergoing AOC inspection in December 2020 by Inspectors from Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority, by Diramakini Reporter.
Commenting on the achievement Precision Air’s Managing Director and CEO, Mr. Patrick Mwanri, said the renewal of the AOC is the continuation of Precision’s commitment to serving the country and beyond while observing rules and regulations of aircraft operations.
“We are happy to receive our new AOCcertificate and we would like to thank Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) for a professional inspectionprocess.
"On behalf of the management I am also congratulating Precision Air team for maintaining our standards and always looking for areas of improvements which has resulted tothis achievement.This was alsopossible through their commitment to professionalism,"He added.
Precision Air has been able to renew it AOC for 27 years consecutively from 1993 when it was first registered as a commercial schedule andnon-scheduleairline. Now operating a fleet of nine (9) Aircrafts, it is the second designated National carrier operating to 11 domestic and regional destinations.
What does the AOC renewal means?
Aircraft Operation Certificate (AOC) is the certification granted by Tanzania Civil Aviation which gives permission to Airline to do commercial operation within the country and beyond based on Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASA).
This certification is issued after intensive review process done by TCAAInspectors and it is renewable annually.
Precision Air is a Tanzaniamajority owned company, offering schedule flight from its main hub Dar es Salaam to Arusha, Bukoba, Dodoma, Kahama, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Mtwara, Mwanza, Zanzibar and Nairobi.
Apart from scheduled commercial flights Precision air also offers charter services,third party Maintenance servicesthrough its Approved Maintenance Organization (AMO), Parcel services, and Cargo Services.