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Tanzania and France signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement (Basa), a move that is set to expand the air transport network and boost tourism and trade between the two nations. The Basa, meant to attract more tourists, was signed by the Works and Transport minister, Prof Makame Mbarawa, on behalf of Tanzania and France’s minister for Foreign Trade and Economic Attraction, Olivier Becht. The Basa agreement is expected to support the country’s ambition to expand the reach of its airlines, it will facilitate the movement of people and cargo.
This initiative would enhance trade and economic opportunities for the country across the globe said Mbarawa. Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) acting director general Daniel Malanga said areas of interest that are included in the new Basa are opening Paris and Marseille for designated airlines of Tanzania as long-haul routes and long-haul cargo between the two countries. They also agreed to add Mayotte and Reunion destinations which are not in the list of entry points for the Tanzanian designated airlines in the old Basa, he added. The new Basa also provides room for code-sharing arrangements between airlines from Tanzania and France and those from third countries.
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Tanzania’s major exports to France are tobacco, beans, avocados, fish, cotton, vegetables, raw hides, and skins, on the other hand, the country’s major imports from France are airplane spare parts, aircraft engines, industrial sugar, laboratory reagents, vaccines for veterinary medicine and animal feed machinery.
The signing of Basa came after experts from the two countries met in June last year in Mayotte, a French administrative territory, to review the pact that was signed in 1978 in the belief that it had been overtaken by events.
