| About
TAA:
Tanzania Airports Authority is now in its sixth year
of operations since it was launched as an Executive Agency
on 3rd December 1999. It was established by the Tanzania Airports
Authority (Establishment) Order, GN No.404 of 1999 made under
Section 3(1) of the Executive Agencies Act No.30 of 1997.
The Authority assumed the functions of the former Directorate
of Aerodromes under the Ministry of Communications and Transport,
and has adopted a commercial management style so as to become
financially self sufficient in the provision of airport services.
Within a period of five years i.e. 2000/2001 to 2004/2005,
TAA strived to carry out various improvements in accordance
with the developed Strategic and Business Plans.
In the endeavor to enhance capacity building, participation
in preparations of Strategic and Business Plans has been growing
from a few senior members of staff at Head Office, namely;
the Director General, Directors and Chiefs to a widened scope
involving Managers from departments and airports. Others have
been required to submit their priority requirements as per
the Authority’s strategic objectives. Emphasis will
continue to be put for wider participation down to lower levels.
This practice is geared to inculcate a sense of responsibility,
involvement, participation and ownership in planning and decision-making
to and from all levels of the Authority.
THE
VISION
The vision of TAA is to become a model
in the provision of airport facilities and services in Eastern
Africa by 2010.
THE
MISSION
The Mission of Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA)
is to provide high quality airport services and facilities
in a most cost-effective manner.
THE
ROLE
The roles of the Tanzania Airports Authority are:
- To operate, manage, maintain and develop airports
in Tanzania mainland in a professional and cost effective
manner.
- To provide comfortable, efficient and secure services
and facilities for the movement of passengers and cargo
in it’s airports thereby giving a positive image of
the country to the outside world.
- To give technical advice to the Government on the
development of airports.
- To ensure that the Government’s airport policies,
regulations, procedures and international standards are
implemented accordingly.
- To advice the Government on national and international
aspects of airport management.
- To support national economic development by providing
the necessary airport infrastructure, facilities, and services.
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BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT
Tanzania Airports Authority is in the
eight year since its establishment on the 29th November 1999
under the Executive Agencies Act No. 30 of 1997. It is empowered
with a good measure of freedom to operate commercially by
raising loans (with the approval of the Ministry of Finance),
formulating its own Strategic and Business plans etc. At the
same time it has an awesome task of construction of new airports
and rehabilitation of the existing ones in the country some
of which are in dilapidated condition. To this moment, TAA
has managed to make some major improvements in the existing
facilities/infrastructure at some airports. Nevertheless,
the cost of constructing, rehabilitating or reconstructing
the dilapidated airports in the country is immense. Given
the limited resources for capital expenditure that TAA has,
various efforts have been undertaken to salvage this state
of affairs.
The economy of Tanzania is growing at a satisfactory
pace and the Government initiative on poverty alleviation
is expected to enable more of the traveling public to use
air transport. An appreciable amount of investment in various
sectors coupled with increased volume of business transactions
inward and outward, continue to offer a unique opportunity
for more growth of air traffic at our airports. Major improvements
at airports will be carried out in the coming years in terms
of facilities and equipment thereby enhancing ICAO standards
and recommended practices for the safety and security at airports.
The dynamic and competitive business environment dictates
TAA to have airport facilities, equipment and services, which
will attract more air operators and airport users. Within
the country, improved road networks and introduction of coastal/Lake
high-speed hydrofoils in the marine sector present stiff competition,
which TAA has to reckon with despite the fact that inter-modal
transport is also crucial in the development of air transports.
Linkages with other inter-modal transport at both National
and regional level are vital.
Encroachment and trespassing on the airport land continue
to threaten safety and security of facilities and airport
users. This is of critical concern to the targeted airlines
with tremendous potential of increasing traffic growth. Consequently,
TAA has to resolve the problem of major demands on safety
and security such as equipment and facilities like X-rays,
fencing, walk-through metal detector, communications, remuneration
and training in the context of limited budget resources. TAA
cannot provide these services/facilities single-handedly taking
into consideration the low level of traffic in Tanzania. Therefore,
increased allocation of government subvention in the provision
of these services for airports cannot be over-emphasized.
Also efforts are being made to tap on private capital to enhance
airport development.
TAA is overwhelmed with an enormous task of managing
and operating a huge number of non-traffic airports. The Government
stand (policy) toward this matter is not to close any of these
non-traffic airports. Thus, to make them meaningfully sustainable
the Government has to provide subvention for the management,
operations and maintenance of these airports as well as for
construction of new airports.
Amid all these impediments coupled with meager resources,
TAA has been striving to meet the ever-growing needs of its
customers to their satisfaction. In 2004/2005 TAA was awarded
an International Gold Medal for recognition of excellence
in its services. The medal is known as Excellence in Business
Making and was awarded by Foundation For Excellence in Business
Process, an independent international organisation based in
Geneva. In the same year TAA was the first winner in the Aviation
sector during the exhibitions to commemorate the National
Transport Week. Again in the same year during exhibitions
to celebrate the International Civil Aviation Day, TAA was
the overall winner. All these indicate a high degree of recognition
and confidence from the Government and general public in the
services being provided. TAA will therefore, strive to maintain
this confidence by continuing to focus on both internal and
external customers’ satisfaction. This is a crosscutting
task that requires that, the TAA Management team and all members
of staff to continue working as team and continuous coordination
with stakeholder and support from the Government.
Given the current Government Policy on divesting itself
from business, and due to the need for infrastructure development
and facility improvements in the airports, which is faced
with budgetary constraint, TAA has to strive to implement
the Government policy and desire to enter into Public Private
Partnership (PPP) arrangements with the private sector in
order to attract private capital. This can be in the form
of concessioning operations of entire airport and /or infrastructure
development and maintenance, Management Contract, lease or
any other forms, which are applied worldwide. PPP initiative
is a partnership between government and appropriately qualified
private sector entities for the purpose of financing, designing,
constructing and/or operating and maintains infrastructure
projects, public infrastructure and services that would normally
have been provided through traditional government procurement
mechanisms.
In the same line, TAA in collaboration with President’s
Office Public Service Management (PO-PSM), under the consultancy
of M/s RAMBOLL Management is working on the Private Sector
Participation (PSP) Feasibility Study, on how to outsource
some of the non-core services or activities to the private
sector. PSP is one of the components of the Public Sector
Reform Programme aimed at achieving quality services, better
value for money, more revenue, more focus on core issues,
customer satisfaction etc. PSP offers significant potential
for reforming Tanzania’s government into a high performing
institution that meets the needs of the public in a cost effective
way. TAA has since its inception been contracting some of
its non-core activities to the private sector for the purpose
of enabling its Management to concentrate more on the core
functions and improve the quality of service delivery in a
cost effective and economic manner. Therefore, TAA intends
to open up more non-core services to the private sector so
as to be able to concentrate more on its core functions in
accordance with the PO-PSM guidelines.
The airport sector and Aviation industry in general
have undergone many changes at both National, Regional and
International levels. Some of the changes are current Government
Policy on divesting itself from business, the National Transport
Policy 2003, the new TCAA Act 2003 and many other changes
have necessitated the need for entirely legal framework for
managing airports under TAA. For the purpose of copping with
the so changed business environment, TAA is working with Ministry
of Communications and Transport, Attorney General Chambers
and Law Reform Commission on new TAA Bill. The main reasons
for the introduction of the proposed TAA Bill are to establish
an independent Airports Authority and to make provisions for
its management, control and operations and also provide for
the maintenance and development of airports. The Bill proposes
to repeal the Aerodromes (Licensing and Control) Act, 1974
whose provisions are now inadequate to deal with the current
modern airport requirements. The 1974 Act was enacted during
the first East African Community era where such services were
being shared by the three East African partner states. The
draft Bill is expected to be in operation later in 2005 if
it is passed by the Parliament.
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KEY
RESULT AREAS
The Tanzania Airports Authority has
the following Key Result Areas that represents its major business
functions:
Airport Operations and Facilitation
This Key Result Area involves the provision and maintenance
of equipment and facilities, which give assurance of comfort
and reliability to the movement of aircraft, passengers and
cargo.
Safety and Security of Airports
Safety and Security of airports entails the performance of
activities aimed at ensuring existence of adequate safety
and security measures to passengers, freight, aircraft and
other airport users. These include:
- Ensuring the provision of appropriate fire and rescue
services in accordance with ICAO Standards and Recommended
Practices (SARPS).
- Ensuring the provision of appropriate and adequate
measures in terms of facilities, equipment and procedures
to enhance safety and security of airports.
Effective and Efficient Management of TAA Resources
This Key Result Area reflects activities involved
in managing resources of the Authority in delivery of services
to customers in a most cost-effective manner. These include
- Ensuring existence of effective and efficient workforce
- Ensuring an effective management of financial resources
in delivery of required services
- Provision of professional advice to the government
on matters pertaining to legislation and policy formulation
in respect to airport development, management and operation.
- Provision of professional advice to the Government
on matters pertaining to legislation and policy formulation
in respect to airports development, management and operation.
Development and Expansion of Airports
This Key Result Area reflects the development and expansion
of airports in order to meet demands of ever changing business
environment inside and outside the country. This can be undertaken
by TAA directly or by involvement of private sector as partners.
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STRATEGIC
OBJECTIVES
The Key Result Areas are achieved through
Strategic Objectives, and the implementation of Strategies
for each Strategic Objective. These are:
Key
Results Area No.1:
Airport Operations and Facilitation
Strategic Objectives
- Ensure the provision of smooth, efficient and comfortable
facilitation of passengers, aircraft and cargo in compliance
to I CAO standards and recommended practices by 2007.
- To ensure good amenities, facilities, equipment
and services at Mwanza, MJKNIA, Arusha, Mtwara, Lake Manyara,
Tabora, Kigoma, Shinyanga, Bukoba, Tanga, Dodoma and Mafia
by 2007, either directly by TAA or with the participation
of private sector partners.
- Ensure that airport operations are compliant with
ICAO standards and recommended practices.
Key
Results Area No.2:
Safety and Security of Airports
Strategic Objectives
- To provide appropriate fire and rescue services
commensurate with particular level of the airport coverage
as prescribed by ICAO by December 2005 for Group I and Group
II airports, and by December 2007 for Group III airports
- To enhance safety at TAA’s airports by providing
equipment, facilities and procedures in accordance with
Annex 14 ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices:
- By December 2006 for Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere
International Airport
- By December 2007 for Mwanza, Arusha, Mtwara
airports
- By June 2008 for Shinyanga, Tabora, Kigoma,
Bukoba, Mafia, Tanga, Lake Manyara and Nachingwea airports
- To provide security in accordance with ICAO Annex
17 (Security) by meeting requirements basing on findings
of ICAO Security Audits, Aerodrome Licensing & Control
Act of 1974 (RE), Tanzania Civil Aviation Act 2003 and Air
Navigation & Security Regulations of 2003 by 2007.
Key
Results Area No.3:
Effective and Efficient Management of TAA Resources
Strategic Objectives
- Improving the effectiveness and efficiency of TAA’s
workforce through the best practices of Human Resource Management
in recruitment, development and maintenance by 2008
- Providing for TAA’s effective management to
increase private sector participation in airport operations
and management----S.O.3 Improve financial management and
accountability to ensure that TAA is financially and economically
viable
- Increase overall income (both aeronautical and non-aeronautical),
while increasing income from commercial (non-aeronautical)
sources by 30% by 2007
- Constantly advise the Government on policy in order
to give effect to appropriate National, Regional and International
Conventions and Resolutions
- To initiate enabling legislation aimed at harmonizing
existing legislation and policy by 2007
Key
Results Area No.4:
Development and Expansion of Airports
Strategic Objectives
- Expansion and upgrading of infrastructures and facilities
for MJKNIA, Mwanza, Arusha, Dodoma, Mafia, and Mtwara by
2008; Kigoma, Tabora and Bukoba by 2010, to accommodate
the growing demands of airport users.
- Development of new airports DSM (Coastal Region),
Dodoma (Msalato), Sumbawanga (Kisumba) and Katesh by 2010
in order to contribute to Tanzania’s economic and
social growth.
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