Tanzania Airports Authority has been entrusted to manage, operate and maintain Government owned airports and airstrips in Tanzania mainland. In performing that duty, TAA for the past 11 years of its establishment, has been making various improvement in terms of airport infrastructure to meet the safety standard set by an International Civil Aviation Organization [ICAO].

Major investment have been done in several airports including Julius Nyerere International airport, Arusha and Mwanza airports and we are going on with our goal of making sure that at least all of the regional airports are usable all the year round. We are also in the final stages of construction of the new Songwe Airport in Mbeya which is expected to be in operation early 2012.

Background and History

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Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) was established by GN.No.404 of 1999 which was made under section 3 of the Executive Agencies Act, 1997.It is a semi autonomous government executive agency tasked to manage and operate 57 Government owned airports and airstrips in Tanzania mainland Major airports are Julius Nyerere International Airport, Mwanza airport, Mtwara airport and Arusha airport. Also, there is Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) which is currently operated by a private company known as Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company (KADCO) under a concession agreement. TAA is now in the final stage of repossessing the Airport