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are no immediate plans to extend the Arusha airport runway although a
new apron will be built, the airport manager, Ms Esther Dede, has said.</div>
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Also
in pipeline is the construction of a new terminal building to
accommodate the increase in passenger traffic, but the length of the
runway will remain the same for now.<br />
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She
said the expansion and modernisation of facilities at the Arusha
airport are contained in its master plan whose implementation is
awaiting availability of funds.</div>
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Under
it, a new terminal building would be constructed behind the current one
and hence give enough space for the taxi ways for the increasing number
of planes landing and taking off from there. Ms Dede was responding to
questions on whether the airport runway would be extended to cater for
large aircraft after last week’s unannounced landing of an Ethiopian jet
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“We
have a master plan for the airport. But I have not seen anywhere in it
that the runway will be extended. This airport will continue to cater
for small and medium range aircraft,” she said.</div>
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She
acknowledged in calls from stakeholders in the travel industry for the
expansion of one of the busiest airports in the country to enable it to
handle larger planes.</div>
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the official said that expansion is not contained in the present master
plan and that unless that is done, Arusha Airport runway would remain
with the same length; 1,620 metres. “We are okay. Our runway is up to
standard; that is why it did not suffer the impact of the Ethiopian jet.
But our airport is not meant for large aircraft,” she pointed out.</div>
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The
unexpected landing of the Ethiopian-registered Boeing 767-300 ER
carrying over 200 passengers and crew at the airport on Wednesday last
week has brought the facility into the national focus, including safety
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The
jet, operated by an aviation firm in the Horn of Africa country, landed
unannounced after an apparent communication breakdown with the
Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) where it was destined to land.</div>
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Although
the giant plane landed “safely” and managed to take off a few days
later through application of specialised equipment, it skidded into the
grass at the end of the 1,6200 metre long runway.</div>
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It
took two days for engineers from Ethiopia and local counterparts to tow
the giant bird back to the tarmac and on the right direction in the
runway to enable it take off.</div>
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According
to aviation experts, Boeing 767-300ER requires a runway with a minimum
length of 2,341 metres at maximum landing weight. KIA’s runway is
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