Precision Air gets AOC, AMO, certificates from TCAA

By The guardian reporter

Two PrecisionAir ATR planes parked at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam (file photo)

 PRECISIONAIR became the first local airliner to get an Air Operator Certificate and Air Maintenance Operating license after going a rigorous process undertaken by Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority.

 

Speaking in Dar es Salaam yesterday, the airline’s Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Sauda Rajab said her company received the two important documents after a three months TCAA inspection of facilities and verification of operating manuals process.

 

“It was a lengthy and involving process which fortunately took only three and a half months although it can sometimes take up to two years,” Rajab. She pointed out that PrecisionAir can now fly any route within the country and service own ATR family of aircrafts.

 

“It means a lot to us in terms of safety of our equipment, qualifications and experience of our crew which then translates to safety of our passengers and goods,” Rajab pointed out.

 

She noted that with the AMO certificate the airliner can now service its own aircraft and avoid paying hard currency to have them serviced abroad. “We have been spending a lot of money to service our planes abroad but now this will be done by our own engineers here,” the MD cum CEO pointed out.

Rajab also hinted that PrecisionAir management will be looking into establishing aircraft maintenance as a separate business in the near future.

 

Backing Rajab’s observation, the company’s Technical Director, Gennaro Sicurezza said PrecisionAir has good engineers who can service their planes locally but also a team of highly motivated pilots and cabin crew members.

 

“We are proud to say that a local Tanzanian airline can offer competent services of global standards,” Sicurezza said noting that most Tanzanians have the skill and knowledge to fly passenger jetliners and service them.

 

He said as the company moves to seek AISA certificate, it will trains more of its engineers abroad to acquire skills that will enable the company service latest global passenger planes. “We will send our pilots to Europe starting this year to undergo training in services other types of aircraft,” Sicurezza noted.

 

 PrecisionAir is a member of International Air Transport Association (IATA) which audits the airline annually to ensure that it complies with global safety standards, a key factor for all its members.

 

IATA is the trade association for the world’s airlines, representing some 260 airlines or 83 percent of total air traffic