President John Magufuli is shown a brochure of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner by Mr Jim Deboo, Boeing Commercial Airplanes Director of Marketing, Africa, at State House, Dar es Salaam, yesterday. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE
What you need to know:
Dr Magufuli’s meeting with Boeing’s Director of Marketing, Africa, Mr Jim Deboo, centred on the government’s intention to purchase a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane from the company.
The government is currently implementing a comprehensive plan to revive the national carrier, Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL). Reports from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication said last week that talks between the government and Boeing on the purchase of the 787-8 were going on and an advance payment of $10 million (Sh21 billion) had already been made. The list price of the 787-8 is $224.6 million according to various international aviation websites.
