Your historical and present-day analysis of the airline is so appreciated. I follow a half-dozen or so AVtubers and you are the only one that provides this differentiator! Great work, as always, Patrick!
I agree. I have actually stopped following several such as Josh and Dan as it’s all about their ego. Patrick is enjoyable to listen to and the background info is appreciated.
The Terminal in Dar is not a Chinese investment. It was built by a Dutch company and funded by Tanzanian government. Also the Capital is not Dar it is Dodoma. Air Tanzania also has 3 787s.
Correct T3 was built by BAM from the Netherlands, it was amongst their last international projects as the company has now changed its strategy to build only domestically in the Netherlands and stop building internationally.
@MnyamwezMnyamwez-vx1wb yeah the western mentality think every project in Africa is Built by Chinese. Take the tanzanian standard Guage Railway is one of the best in Africa and is built by Turkish company.
Fascinating to see aviation growth on the African continent - something "I" never knew existed so your enthusiasm makes these even more worthwhile and promising as a flying option. As you say, see you next Sunday 👏🏾👏🏾
I'm so happy to see you review my country's national airline! I hope to see you do it again after a few years. However, I'd love to see you fly Saudia with they're new livery sometime!
Hey Patrick just want to let you know that ive been an avgeek/trip-geek since 7 years back but recently came across your channel and your videos are great. Good content, no clickbaiting thumbnails, and just chill vibes. Greetings from Stockholm and have a good week!
No clickbaiting thumbnails? This video is the very example of a clickbaiting thumbnail! The thumbnail has a 737 with a title stating Tanzania to China. Given that 737's primarily travel short haul routes, this is a bit of stretch. Obviously people will click to see how a 737 managed to fly from Africa to China. Only once the video starts do we find out that he is actually travelling on a 787 which is more believable. What's the excuse to not put a picture of a 787 on the thumbnail? No shortage of images on the internet plus he can always take his own picture of the aircraft.
@@tompathepr0 The thing is that splashes of color and emojis aren't click baiting if the main image used correctly represents what the video is all about. Colours and emojis can enhance a thumbnail, but by themselves they aren't misleading. It is only considered clickbait if they use a title that is inaccurate and has been purposely exaggerated to convince someone to click the video or if an image that doesn't represent the video content is used again to convince someone to click the video. In this case Patrick is being misleading by placing an image of a 737 and then using a title to claim he flew from Africa to China. It's misleading because firstly he never flew on the 737 - the review is about the 787, so he is lying and secondly his title suggests he is travelled on the 737 to China so the title is misleading too. Anyone looking at the thumbnail as is would assume he flew to China from Africa on a 737 based on the image and the title - both of which are misleading and therefore his entire thumbnail is clickbait.
Dar is not the capital of Tanzania (sorry geographer in me talking). Absolutely LOVED this video. Thanks for always taking unique routes and airlines for us, Patrick!
This is the best review I’ve seen so far! It’s really informative, covering the history of the AT airline and giving some great ideas for improvement. I hope the government takes your advice into account.
Came a long way since I flew them regularly in the 90s. Their main airport in Dar was essentially a glorified bus station, Kili was even worse. The 767 leased from Ethiopian was, of course, ET-AIZ, lost as flight ET961 in 1996. I flew it in both airlines' colors.
Great video Patrick! I really loved it! Certainly a unique airline with a new airport and terminal and didn’t even look and feel like part of the African continent! 😂 AMAZING flight especially for a Tanzania 🇹🇿 carrier! Cheers 🥂 my friend! What a great video and not a bad airline it seems, I expected much worse… 😂
As an air travel enthusiast, I really enjoyed your video ans review. We are in the right direction and looking forward to more success... Karibu Tanzania
Wow! A great video, very entertaining and educational. I enjoyed your in-depth commentary, and the overall balance of your presentation. More power to you, mate! 🙂
That Air Tanzania business class looks and feels much better than the one found in Philippine Airlines' high-density A330s, despite both having the exact same base seat model (Stelia Equinox), as the lie-flat mode of the two side-by-side seats do not result to a tiered form like the one in PAL, where one is positioned higher than the other (go check out Sam Chui's PAL A330 flight review). Anyway, great review as always.
At one time, a US carrier, Trans World Airlines (TWA) served Dar es Salaam with flights from the US through Athens, Greece. TWA served Dar from the mid-1960s and had been suspended by the early 1970s. TWA had won the authority to fly through ATH to Dar, Nairobi and Entebbe in the mid-1960s which turned TWA’s ATH station into a multi-directional hub with flights to/from the US, Europe (Frankfurt, Rome, Paris), Africa, the Middle East and the Far East (BKK, HKG). TWA cited high crew costs as a reason to drop service to Dar and Entebbe. The flights only operated one day per week, requiring very long layovers for the crews. TWA 882 operated from JFK on a Saturday night, stopping in ATH, Entebbe and Nairobi, terminating at Dar on Sunday night at around 2000. The 707 returned to JFK, leaving DAR at 0400 on Monday (6 hours on the ground), making the same stops in reverse.
😊Another skilful, informative and no-BS vid from Patrick. 6:02 Love the unique giraffe logo. Air China would be more distinctive with a panda, rather than the weird, old-looking phoenix it has. 9:49 Substance or sustenance? 😁 20:34 Love the way he usually says SUper, with the emphasis on the first syllable😄.
Thanks for the video, Patrick. African Governments should embrace the Single African Air Transport Market and reduce taxes and charges to stimulate air travel on the continent. This will open up the market, provide more options, lower the fares and grow the airlines plus their hubs. The last time I checked, Tanzania had not embraced SAATM, most probably to shield its national airline from competition. However, restricting competition through outdated BASAs means the National airline is also restricted from many other would-be destinations on the continent and beyond. This places a caveat on their regional and medium-range continental routes which would feed into the likes of CAN and other present or planned transcontinental destinations. Save for the Q400, their equipment is underutilized and is likely to remain that way unless the sector is liberalized to enable Air Tanzania benefit from interline and code share arrangements. A young fleet is not an indicator of success (Air Tanzania is a loss making entity). It is how the fleet is utilized that can lead to growth and profitability for the airline.
Amazing video! So great to get all this history from an airline I never tried. Hopefully they can join an alliance and one day I can try flying air Tanzania 😁😁😁❤️
Enjoyed the video Patrick and it was very interesting and educational. The 2X2 seating yes sucks for while you are window seat middle 2X2 seats are fine getting in and out. Now the 2X2 window/isle seat configuration can be made better by facing window forward and isle reverse facing as the you have easy access around the back of the isle seat while be seated in the window seat. I've seen this configuration before just don't remember hat channel maybe it was yours. Okay catch you next video cheers
Cassava is not a "grain-type product". It's a starchy *tuber* (it grows underground) like potatoes, but much more versatile, allowing a lot of different preparations: just cooked, deep-fried, ground to a rough meal that itself allows many types of preparations, or extracting the starch to make bread, cakes, and biscuits. (Tapioca, for example, is made from cassava starch, which also has a lot of uses, chiefly as a thickener, in the food industry all over the world.) It's originally native from Eastern South America and a basic staple in the cuisines of several countries, particularly Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. It can also be used to produce alcohol biofuel. But since cassava is a high-yield, carbohydrate-rich crop that doesn't require a lot of fertilizers, grows well in a lot of different soils and in climates ranging from cool to very hot, and resists most pests, Portuguese navigators took it to their African colonies, from where it spread to other parts of Africa and it's now popular pretty much all over the continent as well. There are two problems with cassava, though: first, cassava is delicious and high in energy and vital minerals, but it has almost no protein, so if too much of a region's feeding depends solely on it, people will be malnourished from lack of protein. The South American native peoples who first domesticated and used cassava were mostly hunter-gatherers, so they supplemented it with a lot of protein from other sources. This is not always the case in Africa (or among the colonized people with a Western-like diet in some parts of South America itself). The second problem is that raw cassava is poisonous (some varieties much more than others, and in South America the more toxic varieties are well-known and usually reserved for making cassava meal and starch rather than for direct eating), and there are techniques to detoxify it for safe consumption that are well-known in South America, but not always in Africa, where more toxic varieties are often eaten without proper preparation. There are rarely enough toxins to make cassava lethal from a single meal of it, but frequent consumption of sublethal amounts of unprocessed or poorly processed cassava can lead to a chronic-poisoning condition that's well characterized and known by African doctors.
Correction at 22:34 min mark where Patrick says it's not likely Air Tanzania will fly to the U.S. because the two countries do not share business or cultural ties; however, over 100,000 Americans visit Tanzania each year. This is the most tourists from any country. The country with the second most tourists is France, followed by Germany and the UK. Tanzania does not have direct flights with any of those countries. There are no British Airways flights to TZ, nor are Air France, Lufthansa, or any U.S. flagged carried flying directly to TZ.
The biggest issue with African Air Transport, is the cumbersome visa requirements for most nations as well as very restrictive freedom to fly routes. It’s never going to grow unless tourism grows as well. I’ve booked a flight to Rwanda in February on ET. My real destination is Uganda, but researching the options, I discovered Rwanda was easy to enter and obtain an East Africa Visa. So that’s what I’m doing! Why African countries impede easy issuance of visa, escapes me! And this is very true of most Nationalities, including other African Countries!
I think air tanzania should commence services to jfk , considering the 73,000 immigrants that reside there. This operation will include the 787 of their fleet. This would also make sense as jfk serves nairobi using kenya’s flag carrier, kenya airways.
Nice Video Patrick appreciated, but Air Tanzania has 3 new Boeing 787-8 not 2! And the new Daressalaam airport terminal 3 was built by Netherlands company with full funded from Tanzania government money . Terminal 2 was built by French company 1985!
I wouldn’t set foot on a 787 purely because of the lockable window shades regardless of the carrier. Boeing single handedly removed the joy from flying installing this feature.
Well when it’s “Night Time” for your body and the cabin is dark. Yet some idiot opens the window shade to look at clouds. You might have a different opinion of those shades!
@ that’s why they have blocked window shades, because there’s always at least one ass hole, who doesn’t care about others. Reminds me of being asleep at 3:30 on an Indian train and having some idiot scream at the top of his lungs in Hindi “Samir, we’re arriving in walulubad, wake up!”
@@NorthernMike-1 I think that kind of works both ways in terms of caring about those who want to look out & marvel at the world around them. You’re definitely making me care less about people though by dragging me down to your level. Safe travels & remember, always request eyes shades if there isn’t one in the amenity kit on the off chance you’re sitting next to an asshole like me 😎
That's not cassava, it's ugali which is basically similar to polenta. Made from corn flour. Cassava is a totally different thing, made from a tuber and not "that" popular in this era.
26:45, Really? But China Southern depart at 7pm, but flew to Wuhan before flying to San Francisco, not non stop from Guangzhou to San Francisco. If you want to fly China Southern non stop from Guangzhou to San Francisco, it only flies 2 times a week, Tuesday and Saturday.
Good video Patrick but wished to inform you about factually incorrect information, Dar es Salaam Terminal 3 was build by a Dutch Company called Royal BAM Group. They won the tender in 2013, more information can be found in their website. T3 was amongst BAM'S last international projects as the company has now re-strategised to construct only with in the Netherlands and sold their International Construction Wing has largely been taken over by another Dutch Construction company called Ballast Nedam.
Stop spreding lies this airport is not built by china nor a chinese investment, this was build by a dutch company BAM its built by tanzanian and europeans loan or grant but not china.
great video again Patrick. For me, it would be more pleasurable to listen to your voice when you wouldn't squeeze your throat when speaking. Speak from the lungs/chest, and your voice will be much better :)
The Airport is NOT Investment of China and is not owned by any Chinese Company. If any of China construction Contract was given a Contract to build/Construct anything at that Airport, it was Paid in full by the Government. Further more, the Airport was built by Engineers from Netherlands not China. For that Reason, China has no ownership nor investment of the Airport. And NOT everything you see in Africa is built by China, just so you know.
The bird wasn't in the planes way, the plane was in the birds flight path (in the birds way)., birds have been around alot longer than any bloody plane!
The inflight entertainment choices were a joke. Is that selection the best that they have? The business class meals look like economy meals. The only difference is the fact each of the containers were porcelain rather than the plastic ones found in economy. They are a new and emerging airline but they need to step it up. Ethiopian and Kenya Airways next door have stepped up their game and they need to compete on the same level if they want to consider becoming an alternative choice.
Check Tanzania and China history and stop yapping. It's ok to go to Europe and USA but for some reasons going to China is a problem 😂😂😂 brainwashed individuals
We must minimize political interference in the daily operations of this airline, as it leads to nothing positive. Safety standards are international and must never be compromised for any reason. The airline has earned a reputation for being heavily politicized, to the point where operations are delayed to accommodate political figures arriving late at airports, this is unacceptable. We must accept the EU challenge and work towards upgrading our standards to meet international expectations for the safety and satisfaction of all passengers. It's time to eliminate political interference once and for all and focus on the technical aspects of service to compete on the global stage.
Patrick, here is some constructive criticism; 1. Don't use clickbait thumbnails, try to rise above that. A 737 flying from Tanzania to China - a bit of stretch! Clickbaiting people to watching your videos is the fastest way to get them not to watch and to unsubcribe. If you stand by the quality of your work, then a genuine thumbnail representing your video should be the only option. 2. You show the lounge and the buffet area but don't actually show the buffet food. "The buffet has plenty of stuff to make a solid meal" - don't say that, show us. Let us decide if it does or doesn't. You showed us spices yet I don't think anyone was disputing what spices look like. If you are doing lounge reviews, showing the actual food and drink on offer is a must. Given that it wasn't busy or crowded, you therefore had ample opportunity to showcase the food on offer. 3. Overall watching one of your videos for the first time, I was impressed. You didn't leave out any details and you tried to cover as much as possible in both narration and video. I like that you did showcase everything with the onboard entertainment - like showing the movie selection and tv selection etc. Lots of vloggers forget to do this and just skip over it.
It seems East Africa is really turning up the heat, amazing progress. If only some of this could be replicated in the west.... Too busy building gold statues of current presidents....
Your historical and present-day analysis of the airline is so appreciated. I follow a half-dozen or so AVtubers and you are the only one that provides this differentiator! Great work, as always, Patrick!
I agree. I have actually stopped following several such as Josh and Dan as it’s all about their ego. Patrick is enjoyable to listen to and the background info is appreciated.
The Terminal in Dar is not a Chinese investment. It was built by a Dutch company and funded by Tanzanian government. Also the Capital is not Dar it is Dodoma. Air Tanzania also has 3 787s.
Absolutely, he narrator lacks facts
That's in examination you answer as Dodoma but in reality is still Dar 😂😂😂
Dodoma is still constructed yet soon will be perfect capital city
@@nuruworldinsight2957 the capital is Dodoma, and has always been since 1973/1974.. Dar is a business hub
There was a bird strike on the leading edge of the wing at minute 14:27. You could hear the impact.
I saw that!!!
It was not actually in the wing! The bird first hit the edge of the engine and then it hit the wing. Nice eye!
I knew I wasn't crazy. I rewinded a few times to make sure
😲
I can only hear it but can’t see it when I rewind 😅
1:14 Terminal 3 was built by BAM International from The Netherlands. Not The Chinese..
You're absolutely right that the Netherlands firm which built tanzania terminal 3 airport.
Correct T3 was built by BAM from the Netherlands, it was amongst their last international projects as the company has now changed its strategy to build only domestically in the Netherlands and stop building internationally.
@MnyamwezMnyamwez-vx1wb yeah the western mentality think every project in Africa is Built by Chinese. Take the tanzanian standard Guage Railway is one of the best in Africa and is built by Turkish company.
Fascinating to see aviation growth on the African continent - something "I" never knew existed so your enthusiasm makes these even more worthwhile and promising as a flying option. As you say, see you next Sunday 👏🏾👏🏾
I'm so happy to see you review my country's national airline! I hope to see you do it again after a few years. However, I'd love to see you fly Saudia with they're new livery sometime!
Hey Patrick just want to let you know that ive been an avgeek/trip-geek since 7 years back but recently came across your channel and your videos are great. Good content, no clickbaiting thumbnails, and just chill vibes. Greetings from Stockholm and have a good week!
No clickbaiting thumbnails? This video is the very example of a clickbaiting thumbnail! The thumbnail has a 737 with a title stating Tanzania to China. Given that 737's primarily travel short haul routes, this is a bit of stretch. Obviously people will click to see how a 737 managed to fly from Africa to China. Only once the video starts do we find out that he is actually travelling on a 787 which is more believable. What's the excuse to not put a picture of a 787 on the thumbnail? No shortage of images on the internet plus he can always take his own picture of the aircraft.
@ Well compare it to people doing ridiculous thumbnails with splashes of colors and emojis and such... you get what I mean
@@tompathepr0 The thing is that splashes of color and emojis aren't click baiting if the main image used correctly represents what the video is all about. Colours and emojis can enhance a thumbnail, but by themselves they aren't misleading. It is only considered clickbait if they use a title that is inaccurate and has been purposely exaggerated to convince someone to click the video or if an image that doesn't represent the video content is used again to convince someone to click the video. In this case Patrick is being misleading by placing an image of a 737 and then using a title to claim he flew from Africa to China. It's misleading because firstly he never flew on the 737 - the review is about the 787, so he is lying and secondly his title suggests he is travelled on the 737 to China so the title is misleading too. Anyone looking at the thumbnail as is would assume he flew to China from Africa on a 737 based on the image and the title - both of which are misleading and therefore his entire thumbnail is clickbait.
Dar is not the capital of Tanzania (sorry geographer in me talking). Absolutely LOVED this video. Thanks for always taking unique routes and airlines for us, Patrick!
yup it used to be though
Never in history of this nation @@hanj31
Never used.@@hanj31 it had been during colonial era up to early 60's
Ha fair enough. *economic hub* we will call it. Thanks man
Air Tanzania should fly to Europe and America, soonest!!!!
This is the best review I’ve seen so far! It’s really informative, covering the history of the AT airline and giving some great ideas for improvement. I hope the government takes your advice into account.
Thanks man!
Came a long way since I flew them regularly in the 90s. Their main airport in Dar was essentially a glorified bus station, Kili was even worse. The 767 leased from Ethiopian was, of course, ET-AIZ, lost as flight ET961 in 1996. I flew it in both airlines' colors.
Your quite old Dan
YES an air tanzania review
Great video Patrick! I really loved it! Certainly a unique airline with a new airport and terminal and didn’t even look and feel like part of the African continent! 😂
AMAZING flight especially for a Tanzania 🇹🇿 carrier!
Cheers 🥂 my friend!
What a great video and not a bad airline it seems, I expected much worse… 😂
Great content always, perfect narration, clear explanation, you thumbed it as usual
Thanks! Great to hear!
17:33 Nice use of Airbus A380 on the map for the Boeing 787-8!!!
Amazing video Patrick!!
Thank you Patrick for another great business class flight report.
I completely agree about the window shades! They may be a cool invention but i prefer the old type.
Kindly regards, Reine.
hate the 787 due to the flight attendants locking the windows
Love this video!! Thank you for sharing, every time I watch your videos I learn more about a country each time.
As an air travel enthusiast, I really enjoyed your video ans review.
We are in the right direction and looking forward to more success... Karibu Tanzania
Wow! A great video, very entertaining and educational. I enjoyed your in-depth commentary, and the overall balance of your presentation. More power to you, mate! 🙂
Crazy, I am in Tanzania right now.
Welcome❤
There are actually 3 dreamliners. 5H TCG, TCJ and TCR
That Air Tanzania business class looks and feels much better than the one found in Philippine Airlines' high-density A330s, despite both having the exact same base seat model (Stelia Equinox), as the lie-flat mode of the two side-by-side seats do not result to a tiered form like the one in PAL, where one is positioned higher than the other (go check out Sam Chui's PAL A330 flight review). Anyway, great review as always.
Always a great backstory with the videos. Keep em coming.
Great video as always!
JNIA Terminal III was built by BAM International from the Netherlands and Terminal 2 was built by French
Your videos are so cool.
Impressive research on the history of airlines!
Many thanks from Sao Paulo, Brazil.❤️🙏
Thanks! Love to hear it!
At one time, a US carrier, Trans World Airlines (TWA) served Dar es Salaam with flights from the US through Athens, Greece. TWA served Dar from the mid-1960s and had been suspended by the early 1970s. TWA had won the authority to fly through ATH to Dar, Nairobi and Entebbe in the mid-1960s which turned TWA’s ATH station into a multi-directional hub with flights to/from the US, Europe (Frankfurt, Rome, Paris), Africa, the Middle East and the Far East (BKK, HKG). TWA cited high crew costs as a reason to drop service to Dar and Entebbe. The flights only operated one day per week, requiring very long layovers for the crews.
TWA 882 operated from JFK on a Saturday night, stopping in ATH, Entebbe and Nairobi, terminating at Dar on Sunday night at around 2000. The 707 returned to JFK, leaving DAR at 0400 on Monday (6 hours on the ground), making the same stops in reverse.
Always enjoy your videos. Keep ‘em coming! :)
Great video!
My first time watching this channel...very different from other aviation channels...great history over there.
I Havent Exerience Air Tannzania Jet.Great Video And Info
😊Another skilful, informative and no-BS vid from Patrick. 6:02 Love the unique giraffe logo. Air China would be more distinctive with a panda, rather than the weird, old-looking phoenix it has. 9:49 Substance or sustenance? 😁 20:34 Love the way he usually says SUper, with the emphasis on the first syllable😄.
Thanks for the video, Patrick. African Governments should embrace the Single African Air Transport Market and reduce taxes and charges to stimulate air travel on the continent. This will open up the market, provide more options, lower the fares and grow the airlines plus their hubs. The last time I checked, Tanzania had not embraced SAATM, most probably to shield its national airline from competition. However, restricting competition through outdated BASAs means the National airline is also restricted from many other would-be destinations on the continent and beyond. This places a caveat on their regional and medium-range continental routes which would feed into the likes of CAN and other present or planned transcontinental destinations. Save for the Q400, their equipment is underutilized and is likely to remain that way unless the sector is liberalized to enable Air Tanzania benefit from interline and code share arrangements. A young fleet is not an indicator of success (Air Tanzania is a loss making entity). It is how the fleet is utilized that can lead to growth and profitability for the airline.
Amazing video! So great to get all this history from an airline I never tried. Hopefully they can join an alliance and one day I can try flying air Tanzania 😁😁😁❤️
A really interesting flight report Patrick on this unique airline and route.
Safiri salama (safe journey) Patrick!
Fair analysis hope Air Tanzania will find it useful
Always enjoy your content!
Enjoyed the video Patrick and it was very interesting and educational. The 2X2 seating yes sucks for while you are window seat middle 2X2 seats are fine getting in and out. Now the 2X2 window/isle seat configuration can be made better by facing window forward and isle reverse facing as the you have easy access around the back of the isle seat while be seated in the window seat. I've seen this configuration before just don't remember hat channel maybe it was yours. Okay catch you next video cheers
Cassava is not a "grain-type product". It's a starchy *tuber* (it grows underground) like potatoes, but much more versatile, allowing a lot of different preparations: just cooked, deep-fried, ground to a rough meal that itself allows many types of preparations, or extracting the starch to make bread, cakes, and biscuits. (Tapioca, for example, is made from cassava starch, which also has a lot of uses, chiefly as a thickener, in the food industry all over the world.) It's originally native from Eastern South America and a basic staple in the cuisines of several countries, particularly Brazil, Paraguay, and Bolivia. It can also be used to produce alcohol biofuel.
But since cassava is a high-yield, carbohydrate-rich crop that doesn't require a lot of fertilizers, grows well in a lot of different soils and in climates ranging from cool to very hot, and resists most pests, Portuguese navigators took it to their African colonies, from where it spread to other parts of Africa and it's now popular pretty much all over the continent as well. There are two problems with cassava, though: first, cassava is delicious and high in energy and vital minerals, but it has almost no protein, so if too much of a region's feeding depends solely on it, people will be malnourished from lack of protein. The South American native peoples who first domesticated and used cassava were mostly hunter-gatherers, so they supplemented it with a lot of protein from other sources. This is not always the case in Africa (or among the colonized people with a Western-like diet in some parts of South America itself).
The second problem is that raw cassava is poisonous (some varieties much more than others, and in South America the more toxic varieties are well-known and usually reserved for making cassava meal and starch rather than for direct eating), and there are techniques to detoxify it for safe consumption that are well-known in South America, but not always in Africa, where more toxic varieties are often eaten without proper preparation. There are rarely enough toxins to make cassava lethal from a single meal of it, but frequent consumption of sublethal amounts of unprocessed or poorly processed cassava can lead to a chronic-poisoning condition that's well characterized and known by African doctors.
Correction at 22:34 min mark where Patrick says it's not likely Air Tanzania will fly to the U.S. because the two countries do not share business or cultural ties; however, over 100,000 Americans visit Tanzania each year. This is the most tourists from any country. The country with the second most tourists is France, followed by Germany and the UK. Tanzania does not have direct flights with any of those countries. There are no British Airways flights to TZ, nor are Air France, Lufthansa, or any U.S. flagged carried flying directly to TZ.
100,000 is very meager.
How many Tanzanians travel to America annually? The airline cannot rely on Americans only to operate flights to the U.S.
Very educational. Many alert readers/watches not some factual errors. Thanks.
That terminal III was not built by Chinese money!
So many videos are like this it’s frustrating as if China is coming building all these things for free and Tanzanians are just doing nothing.
14:25 Bird missed the engine, but could not escape the wing
Yeah! So excited for you to come to China! Fan Love From Beijing!
The biggest issue with African Air Transport, is the cumbersome visa requirements for most nations as well as very restrictive freedom to fly routes.
It’s never going to grow unless tourism grows as well. I’ve booked a flight to Rwanda in February on ET.
My real destination is Uganda, but researching the options, I discovered Rwanda was easy to enter and obtain an East Africa Visa.
So that’s what I’m doing! Why African countries impede easy issuance of visa, escapes me! And this is very true of most Nationalities, including other African Countries!
I agree. Airlines cannot thrive without favourable Government policies. Why have visas at all? They are not necessary for 30 day visits.
The crew-controlled window dimming is the reason that we never have and never will fly on a B787.
Thank you - very informative
I think air tanzania should commence services to jfk , considering the 73,000 immigrants that reside there. This operation will include the 787 of their fleet. This would also make sense as jfk serves nairobi using kenya’s flag carrier, kenya airways.
73,000 people isn't enough to support long haul service. Nairobi gets the tourists. In years to come maybe Tanzania will get them, but for now, nope.
Try out G & S Executive Lodge next time for a hotel close to the airport.
Dodoma is the capital of Tanzania. It actually looks like a pretty solid product, yes the seats are not the best, but for the market, it works.
They actually have three 787 Dreamliners :)
A new airplane very nice interesting B787 & B737 Tanzania in Africa besides Nigeria, Niger, Zaire, Congo.
nice light, motion 5:52 - 5:59
Brilliant
Magufuli revived Air Tanzania. R.I.P
Can't wait to know what was your plan B
Tanzania is the hub of Africa and the football power house of East and Central Africa..Viva our lovely President Samia Suluhu..
fotball power kitu gan bobu😂😂..na mwafuzu kiujanja janja
Nice Video Patrick appreciated, but Air Tanzania has 3 new Boeing 787-8 not 2! And the new Daressalaam airport terminal 3 was built by Netherlands company with full funded from Tanzania government money . Terminal 2 was built by French company 1985!
Same (but improved) J seats as on the CAA A330.
I wouldn’t set foot on a 787 purely because of the lockable window shades regardless of the carrier.
Boeing single handedly removed the joy from flying installing this feature.
Well when it’s “Night Time” for your body and the cabin is dark. Yet some idiot opens the window shade to look at clouds. You might have a different opinion of those shades!
@ That’s why they give out eye shades in the amenity kit 👍🏻
@ that’s why they have blocked window shades, because there’s always at least one ass hole, who doesn’t care about others.
Reminds me of being asleep at 3:30 on an Indian train and having some idiot scream at the top of his lungs in Hindi “Samir, we’re arriving in walulubad, wake up!”
@@NorthernMike-1 I think that kind of works both ways in terms of caring about those who want to look out & marvel at the world around them. You’re definitely making me care less about people though by dragging me down to your level. Safe travels & remember, always request eyes shades if there isn’t one in the amenity kit on the off chance you’re sitting next to an asshole like me 😎
Why is the airplane on the map an a380
5:45 on top of the aircraft you could just barely see a plane taking off
When are they flying to London??¿? 😮😮😮😮😮😮
TBD... but they've definitely shared their intentions to reach London soon
Did anyone notice the rather large rock hitting the engine during take off?
There is something hiat the wing near the engine broo.
COOL!
For airlines that use silver cutlery, is it discarded after use?
All Metal, Glass and China Plates, Glasses and utensils are sterilized and reused.
Only disposable plastic and paper products are thrown away!
It’s Sterilized and reused!
No, it is washed then SANITIZED.
That's not cassava, it's ugali which is basically similar to polenta. Made from corn flour. Cassava is a totally different thing, made from a tuber and not "that" popular in this era.
Dar es Salaam is not the capital but the economic hub of the country.
Air Tanzania has just been put on the Eurpoean no fly list due to safety concerns.
There are 3 dreamliners in the airline dude
26:45, Really? But China Southern depart at 7pm, but flew to Wuhan before flying to San Francisco, not non stop from Guangzhou to San Francisco. If you want to fly China Southern non stop from Guangzhou to San Francisco, it only flies 2 times a week, Tuesday and Saturday.
Where can we find the music from the video?
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There are 3 787s, not 2. may be 1 is in service
Absolutely love how China "siege" of my continent has brought so much change and development compared to their western counterparts.
China has been doing so much on the continent but this airport was built by Royal BAM Group of the Netherlands, not China.
The only people who like those Boeing electric window shades are the ones who don't use them.
We have three 787 not two
Visit Accra,Ghana. Their international airport is very modern and way nicer than the Tanzanian airport.
We do next time we know 😊
Modern Airport without planes
Good video Patrick but wished to inform you about factually incorrect information, Dar es Salaam Terminal 3 was build by a Dutch Company called Royal BAM Group. They won the tender in 2013, more information can be found in their website. T3 was amongst BAM'S last international projects as the company has now re-strategised to construct only with in the Netherlands and sold their International Construction Wing has largely been taken over by another Dutch Construction company called Ballast Nedam.
They should probably invest in the A321LR and/ or A321XLR to grow their business.
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Stop spreding lies this airport is not built by china nor a chinese investment, this was build by a dutch company BAM its built by tanzanian and europeans loan or grant but not china.
great video again Patrick. For me, it would be more pleasurable to listen to your voice when you wouldn't squeeze your throat when speaking. Speak from the lungs/chest, and your voice will be much better :)
Dar es salaam isn’t the capital city of Tanzania 🇹🇿 😢
The Airport is NOT Investment of China and is not owned by any Chinese Company. If any of China construction Contract was given a Contract to build/Construct anything at that Airport, it was Paid in full by the Government. Further more, the Airport was built by Engineers from Netherlands not China. For that Reason, China has no ownership nor investment of the Airport. And NOT everything you see in Africa is built by China, just so you know.
Twiga wangu.
The bird wasn't in the planes way, the plane was in the birds flight path (in the birds way)., birds have been around alot longer than any bloody plane!
A thought you were going to fly the MAX to China
The inflight entertainment choices were a joke. Is that selection the best that they have? The business class meals look like economy meals. The only difference is the fact each of the containers were porcelain rather than the plastic ones found in economy. They are a new and emerging airline but they need to step it up. Ethiopian and Kenya Airways next door have stepped up their game and they need to compete on the same level if they want to consider becoming an alternative choice.
Air Tanzania off to their their newest colonial masters….🇨🇳
Check Tanzania and China history and stop yapping.
It's ok to go to Europe and USA but for some reasons going to China is a problem 😂😂😂 brainwashed individuals
Chill
After the British, German, French, Portuguese, Belgian, and Spanish have exploited and taken Africa's resources, it’s now the turn of the Chinese.
First Germany then the British and now china💀
Absolutely, Chinese are African new masters
The capital city of Tanzania is Dodoma
We must minimize political interference in the daily operations of this airline, as it leads to nothing positive. Safety standards are international and must never be compromised for any reason. The airline has earned a reputation for being heavily politicized, to the point where operations are delayed to accommodate political figures arriving late at airports, this is unacceptable. We must accept the EU challenge and work towards upgrading our standards to meet international expectations for the safety and satisfaction of all passengers. It's time to eliminate political interference once and for all and focus on the technical aspects of service to compete on the global stage.
My inner nerd can not resist a terminology correction - its megaBYTES not megabits. Ugh, I'm disappointed in myself. Sorry.
Our investment not Chinese investment 😢
This guy isn't well informed that he's speaking of Chinese in almost everything Tanzania has.
Had to watch this video with mute your media fill you with so much bullshit
Patrick, here is some constructive criticism;
1. Don't use clickbait thumbnails, try to rise above that. A 737 flying from Tanzania to China - a bit of stretch! Clickbaiting people to watching your videos is the fastest way to get them not to watch and to unsubcribe. If you stand by the quality of your work, then a genuine thumbnail representing your video should be the only option.
2. You show the lounge and the buffet area but don't actually show the buffet food. "The buffet has plenty of stuff to make a solid meal" - don't say that, show us. Let us decide if it does or doesn't. You showed us spices yet I don't think anyone was disputing what spices look like. If you are doing lounge reviews, showing the actual food and drink on offer is a must. Given that it wasn't busy or crowded, you therefore had ample opportunity to showcase the food on offer.
3. Overall watching one of your videos for the first time, I was impressed. You didn't leave out any details and you tried to cover as much as possible in both narration and video. I like that you did showcase everything with the onboard entertainment - like showing the movie selection and tv selection etc. Lots of vloggers forget to do this and just skip over it.
China did build modern city in Tanzania, Cities are built by Tanzanian taxpayers themselves
It seems East Africa is really turning up the heat, amazing progress.
If only some of this could be replicated in the west....
Too busy building gold statues of current presidents....