# Air Tanzania Cargo (IATA TC · ICAO ATC · AWB 197)

> Air Tanzania Cargo is the freight arm of Tanzania's state-owned Air Tanzania Company Limited, IATA code TC, AWB prefix 197. There is no separate air operator certificate; ATCL itself is the operator. The model combines one Boeing 767-300F freighter with belly cargo on the passenger fleet. Forwarders gain direct cargo access from Tanzania via Dar es Salaam to Dubai, Mumbai, Guangzhou and across eastern and southern Africa, including perishables, dangerous goods and live animals.

## Quick facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Legal | Air Tanzania Company Limited |
| IATA | `TC` |
| ICAO | `ATC` |
| AWB prefix | `197` |
| Country | TZ |
| Group | Air Tanzania Company Limited (Staatsbesitz, Vereinigte Republik Tansania) |
| Tracking | https://cargo.atcl.co.tz |

## Overview

Air Tanzania Cargo is the freight arm of Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL), the state-owned airline of the United Republic of Tanzania, headquartered at ATC House on Ohio Street in Dar es Salaam. The cargo arm holds no air operator certificate of its own; all flights are operated by ATCL itself. The company is an IATA member and, by its own account, IOSA certified. IATA lists it with designator TC, ICAO code ATC and airline code 197, which also serves as the AWB prefix.

The operating model has two parts. Since 3 June 2023 ATCL has operated its own Boeing 767-300F, the first factory-new 767 freighter Boeing delivered directly to an African carrier. The manufacturer states a payload of more than 52 tonnes over 3,255 nautical miles; the carrier itself quotes 6,025 kilometres at full cargo load for the type. Alongside this, ATCL markets belly capacity across its passenger fleet, which according to the carrier (as of September 2026) comprises sixteen aircraft: three Boeing 787-8, two Boeing 737 MAX 9, four Airbus A220-300, five Dash 8-Q400, one Dash 8-Q300 and the Boeing 767-300F mentioned above.

The hub is Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam (DAR). From there ATCL states that it serves more than 35 destinations with over 120 weekly flights, including Dubai, Mumbai, Guangzhou and Moscow, and within Africa Nairobi, Entebbe, Bujumbura, Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Ndola, Harare, Victoria Falls, Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos, Accra, Moroni and Mahé.

What matters for forwarders: the carrier accepts general cargo, perishables, live animals, valuables, dangerous goods, human remains and express shipments, and states that this offer applies across the whole network. A separate parcel service with weight-based rates exists on domestic routes only. Cargo acceptance can be reached on +255 736 787 721.

## Hubs

- DAR

## Fleet

- Boeing 767-300F × 1 (52000 kg)

- Boeing 787-8 × 3

- Boeing 737 MAX 9 × 2

- Airbus A220-300 × 4

- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q400 × 5

- De Havilland Canada Dash 8-Q300 × 1

## Sources

- [Air Tanzania Company Limited – About Us](https://www.airtanzania.co.tz/about-us)

- [IATA – Current Airline Members, Air Tanzania](https://www.iata.org/en/about/members/airline-list/air-tanzania/34/)

- [Air Tanzania – Cargo Services](https://www.airtanzania.co.tz/2-uncategorised/93-cargo-services)

- [Boeing – Boeing, Air Tanzania Celebrate First 767 Freighter Delivery to Africa, 3. Juni 2023](https://investors.boeing.com/investors/news/press-release-details/2023/Boeing-Air-Tanzania-Celebrate-First-767-Freighter-Delivery-to-Africa/default.aspx)

- [U.S. Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division – Air Carrier Codes](https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/ac/acname.txt)

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