MOSHI, June 15 -- THE Tanzanian government has completed the construction and upgrade of aircraft maintenance infrastructure at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA), a move aimed at strengthening Tanzanias aviation sector, reducing reliance on foreign maintenance services, and improving the efficiency of air transport operations.

The project was implemented by Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) at a cost of 2bn/-, increasing the maintenance facilitys capacity to service up to five aircraft simultaneously. The upgrades included improvements to the aircraft hangar, lighting systems, engineers workspaces, and the procurement of training equipment for aircraft maintenance engineers.

Speaking during the project update, Deputy Minister fo...