In the wake of Tanzania signing the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with The Netherlands in a bid to ease movement of people and cargo, it now says ample time is required for the effective establishment of air services between the two.
The agreement aims at promoting international aviation business on an equal opportunity basis among designated airlines of both countries with minimum intervention from both governments.
Speaking at the BASA signing ceremony earlier this week in Dar es Salaam, Minister of Transport, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, said despite the fact that Tanzania’s transport sector, including aviation, is growing rapidly, there remain formidable challenges.
“However, we are committed to overcome the setbacks and in the near future we will be able to utilize the opportunity created by this agreement,’’ he said.
According to the minister, signing of the agreement resulted from a review made in The Hague in September 2012 on the previous BASA between the two countries signed in the mid-1970s.
“That was during the monopolistic era when the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) contracting states were used to single designations of airlines, limited frequencies, specified equipment, controlled tariffs, specified days and operating routes. These were dictated by governments on the basis of reciprocity,’’ explained the minister.
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