Tanzania, March 26 -- Dar es Salaam. The government has spent at least Sh3.63 trillion in reviving Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) in the last eight years.

This is according to the Transport ministry's annual budgets passed by Parliament from the 2016/17 financial year to date.

The national carrier, which had only one operational plane by 2015, has been the beneficiary of substantial funding since the government made the airline's revival a top priority from 2016.

ATCL now boasts a fleet of 15 planes, the latest addition being a Boeing 737 MAX 9, which is scheduled to arrive in Dar es Salaam today March 26, 2024.

Other planes are one Dash 8-Q300, five Dash 8-Q400's, four Airbus A220-300's, one Boeing 737 MAX 9, two Boeing 787-8 Dr...