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'''Precision Air Services Plc''' (operating as '''Precision Air'''; [[Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange|DSE]]:PAL) is a [[List of airlines of Tanzania|Tanzanian airline]] based at [[Julius Nyerere International Airport]] in [[Dar es Salaam]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/biz/14218-precision-air-enhances-its-operations-from-mwanza | title=Precision Air enhances its operations from Mwanza | date=1 February 2013 | access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> The airline operates scheduled passenger services to [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi]] and [[Comoros]]; and to various airports and airstrips in Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.precisionairtz.com/en/?id=15|title=PrecisionAir – Home|website=www.precisionairtz.com}}</ref> [[Kenya Airways]] owns 41.23% of the airline, it's a component company of the [[Tanzania All Share Index]]
'''Precision Air Services Plc''' (operating as '''Precision Air'''; [[Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange|DSE]]:PAL) is a [[List of airlines of Tanzania|Tanzanian airline]] based at [[Julius Nyerere International Airport]] in [[Dar es Salaam]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/biz/14218-precision-air-enhances-its-operations-from-mwanza | title=Precision Air enhances its operations from Mwanza | date=1 February 2013 | access-date=1 February 2013}}</ref> The airline operates scheduled passenger services to [[Jomo Kenyatta International Airport|Nairobi]] and [[Comoros]]; and to various airports and airstrips in Tanzania.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.precisionairtz.com/en/?id=15|title=PrecisionAir – Home|website=www.precisionairtz.com}}</ref> [[Kenya Airways]] owns 41.23% of the airline, and is a component company of the [[Tanzania All Share Index]].


==History==
==History==

Latest revision as of 12:44, 27 June 2025

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Precision Air Services Plc (operating as Precision Air; DSE:PAL) is a Tanzanian airline based at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.[1] The airline operates scheduled passenger services to Nairobi and Comoros; and to various airports and airstrips in Tanzania.[2] Kenya Airways owns 41.23% of the airline, and is a component company of the Tanzania All Share Index.

History

Precision Air was incorporated in Tanzania in January 1991 as a private airline and started operations in 1993.[3] At first, it operated as a private charter air transport company but in November 1993 changed to offer scheduled services to serve the growing tourist market.[3][4]

In 2006, Precision Air became the first Tanzanian airline to pass the IATA Operational Safety Audit.[5]

In April 2011, the airline became a public company.[3]

Corporate affairs

Ownership

Precision Air was privately owned until 2003, when Kenya Airways acquired a 49 percent stake, paying US$2 million, weeks after its rival South African Airways acquired a 49 percent stake in Air Tanzania for US$20 million. The remaining 51 percent was retained by Michael Shirima, the founder of the airline.[6][7]

In October 2011, Precision Air floated shares in its stock in an initial public offering on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, after which Shirima's and Kenya Airways's stakes declined and the new share subscribers owned 15.86 percent.[8] As of 31 March 2016, the major shareholders were:[9]Template:Rp

Name No. of Shares Interest
Michael Shirima 68,857,650 42.91%
Kenya Airways 66,157,350 41.23%
Precision Air Employee Share Option Scheme 1,765,300 1.10%
Other shareholders 23,689,500 14.76%
Total 160,469,800 100.00%

Business trends

Because it was a private company until 2011, published figures were not generally available before the initial public offering prospectus[3] of 12 September 2011. Since then, full Annual Reports and Accounts have been published. (Template:As of, however, those for 2019 and 2020 are still awaited.)Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Available trends over recent years for the Precision Air group (Precision Air Services Plc and its subsidiaries Precision Handling Limited and Precise Systems Limited) (as at year ending 31 March) are:

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Turnover (TSh million) 57,988 84,344 92,493 113,606 163,061 181,358 141,262 105,400 90,751 79,756 97,108
Profits (PBT) (TSh million) 5,671 2,818 1,924 2,159 1,841 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−30,812 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−11,400 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />-83,900 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−91,676 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−26,941 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−21,099 <templatestyles src="Template:Color/styles.css" />−31,861
Number of employees 576 657 704 717 608 536 509 436 356 405
Number of passengers ('000) 465 538 667 825 896 688 452 375 409 474 481
Passenger load factor (%) 64 58 62 65 59 52 52 55 52
Number of aircraft (at year end) 10 10 11 12 10 10 10 10 10 7
Notes/sources [3] [3] [3] [10] [10][11] [12] [13] [14] [9]Template:Rp [15] [15] [16][17]

Published reports in June 2013 indicated that Precision Air had encountered substantial financial difficulties, stemming in part from losses incurred while operating flights to and from Johannesburg, South Africa.[18] Those flights ended in September 2012.[19] The Citizen, a Tanzanian newspaper, reported in August 2013 that the airline "desperately" needed a US$32 million bailout package from the Tanzanian government or other non-shareholder sources.[20] The airline's problems increased in 2011 when it received only US$7.4 million of the US$17.5 million in cash that the airline hoped to receive when first listed on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange.[20][21] Increasing fuel prices, taxes, and levies plus currency fluctuations and the refusal of minority owner Kenya Airways to contribute capital had also hurt the airline.[20]

Destinations

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Precision Air ATR 42-300 at Kilimanjaro International Airport in 2006.
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Precision Air Boeing 737-300 at Mwanza Airport in 2010.
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Precision Air ATR 72-212A at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, in 2012.

As of Template:Currentmonthname Template:Currentyear, the airline serves the following destinations:

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Comoros Anjouan Ouani Airport [22]
Moroni Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport [22]
Democratic Republic of Congo Lubumbashi Lubumbashi International Airport Terminated [23]
Kenya Mombasa Moi International Airport Terminated
Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport [22]
South Africa Johannesburg O. R. Tambo International Airport Terminated [23]
Tanzania Arusha Arusha Airport [22]
Bukoba Bukoba Airport [22]
Dar es Salaam Julius Nyerere International Airport Template:Airline hub [22]
Dodoma Dodoma Airport [22]
Kahama Kahama Airstrip [22]
Moshi / Arusha Kilimanjaro International Airport Template:Airline hub [22]
Mbeya Songwe Airport [22]
Mtwara Mtwara Airport [22]
Mwanza Mwanza Airport [22]
Serengeti–Seronera Seronera Airstrip [22]
Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume International Airport [22]
Uganda Entebbe Entebbe International Airport Terminated [24]
Zambia Lusaka Kenneth Kaunda International Airport Terminated [23]

Partnerships

Codeshare agreements

Precision Air has codeshare agreements with the following four airlines:

  1. Etihad Airways (Abu Dhabi-Dar es Salaam)[25]
  2. Kenya Airways (various routes)[26]
  3. LAM Mozambique Airlines (Maputo–Nampula–Pemba–Dar es Salaam)[27]
  4. RwandAir (Kigali–Kilimanjaro)[28]

Interline agreements

In 2011, Precision Air entered into an interline agreement with Qatar Airways, allowing the latter's passengers to connect to other east African destinations such as Arusha and Zanzibar via Dar es Salaam and Kilimanjaro International Airport.[29] This agreement includes e-ticketing.[30]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

As of 23 December 2014, Precision Air also had 21 interline agreements for baggage and paper ticketing purposes with the following airlines:

  1. Air Seychelles (also e-ticketing)
  2. Alitalia
  3. British Airways (also e-ticketing)
  4. Egyptair
  5. Emirates
  6. Ethiopian Airlines (also e-ticketing)
  7. Etihad Airways
  8. Gulf Air
  9. Hahn Air (also e-ticketing)
  10. Heli Air Monaco
  11. Kenya Airways (also e-ticketing)
  12. KLM (also e-ticketing)
  13. LAM Mozambique Airlines (also e-ticketing)
  14. Oman Air
  15. RwandAir
  16. Saudia
  17. SN Brussels Airlines
  18. South African Airways (also e-ticketing)
  19. Swiss International Air Lines
  20. TAAG Angola Airlines (also e-ticketing)
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Fleet

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Current fleet

As of November 2022, the Precision Air fleet included the following aircraft:[31][32]

Precision Air fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
C Y Total
ATR 42–500 2 — 0 48 48
ATR 42–600 1 — 0 48 48
ATR 72–500 5 — 0 70 70
Total 8 0

Historical fleet

The airline has previously operated the following aircraft:

  1. ATR 42-320[9]Template:Rp
  2. Boeing 737–300[31]
  3. Bombardier Dash 8

Accidents and incidents

According to the Aviation Safety Network Precision Air has had seven accidents or incidents.[33] One of those caused 19 fatalities.[34]

  • 26 July 1999: A Let L-410UVP-E9, tail number 5H-PAB, made a belly landing at Arusha Airport on a training flight while doing a touch and go landing. The two crew and three passengers were not injured.[35]
  • 16 November 2004: A Let L-410UVP-E20, tail number 5H-PAC, crash landed while on a training flight at Kilimanjaro Airport. The two pilots, who had not put on their shoulder straps, sustained facial injuries.[36]
  • 8 July 2007: An ATR 72–212, tail number 5H-PAR, had a runway excursion on landing at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport runway 06. It veered to the right, went over a ditch, and came to a stop on Taxiway F. The nose wheel collapsed. The four crew and 62 passengers were not injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The probable cause of this accident was power asymmetry during application of reverse thrust on landing. The control levers were jammed in one position.[37]
  • On 13 December 2013, an ATR 42–600 (5H–PWI) made a safe landing at Arusha Airport after its four tires deflated upon landing. All 37 passengers and 4 crew were safe. The airline subsequently explained that higher braking forces, necessitated by the aircraft landing with a tailwind, caused the deflations.[38]
  • 10 July 2014: An ATR 72–500, tail number 5H-PWA, was halfway to Dar es Salaam from Mwanza during normal cruise when the number 2 engine seized. This necessitated a diversion to Kilimanjaro International Airport. The aircraft touched down normally; however, after selecting ground idle (as per the captain's explanation), the aircraft veered to the left and exited the runway hitting one of the runway edge lights and proceeded to roll on the grass field parallel to runway 09 for approximately 180 meters before subsequently regaining the runway. No injuries were reported.[39]
  • 9 December 2018 Flight PW 722 with 68 passengers from Nairobi to Mwanza via Kilimanjaro had multiple birdstrikes on approach, including on the wheels that caused difficulties on landing.[40]
  • 6 November 2022: Precision Air Flight 494, an ATR 42-500 (5H-PWF) with 39 passengers and 4 crew crashed in Lake Victoria while landing at Bukoba Airport, Tanzania. There were 19 deaths. It was the first fatal accident in the airline's history. [41]

References

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External links

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