Tanzania has just taken the delivery of a brand-new government aircraft, a Gulfstream G700.
A report from Luciano Braganca writing for the ch-aviation research reveals in the latest publication that the new G700 aircraft has already arrived in the country.
The transaction, according to ch-aviation is to be part of the country’s VIP transport fleet renewal plans announced recently.
The ultra-long-range Gulfstream Aerospace jet, 5H-ONE (msn 87015) was at Appleton Outgamie County Regional from August 8, 2024, after a flight from Savannah International.
According to Ch-Aviation the plane was then ferried to Dar es Salaam, via Casablanca Mohamed V, between December 21 and 22, and has not yet entered service following its arrival in Tanzania.
In February 2024, Tanzania’s Parliamentary Committee on Administration, Constitution and Law had listed three aircraft used by officials.
These included a 20.3-year-old G550, 5H-ONF (msn 5030), previously registered as 5H-ONE, which was intended to serve the president.
The aircraft was ferried back from Dar es Salaam to Savannah between November 28 and December 1. The other two aircraft are a F50, serving other officials, and a F28-3000, which is currently being kept at Dar es Salaam.
While both the G550 and the F50 are owned by the Ministry of Communications and Transport, the G550 is also operated by that institution, whereas the F50 is operated by TGF – Tanzania Government Flight.
The report from CH-Aviation, however, does not mention which entity will be operating the newly bought Gulfstream G700.
This delivery may not mark the end of the VIP fleet renewal, as Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance announced in the 2024/2025 national budget an interim payment to Boeing for a B737-700 (BBJ).
On the other hand the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada revealed in July that the Tanzania Government Flight (TGF) had also acquired a used DHC-8-Q400.
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