Precision Air gets Sh510 million IFC boost

Precision Air, which is partly owned by Kenya Airways, plans to add 10 new destinations in the next five years. Photo/File

Tanzanian airline Precision Air, which is partly owned by national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ), is set to get between Sh340 million and Sh510 million ($4 million to $6 million) capital injection from the World Bank’s private lending arm, IFC.

In an investment disclosure note, IFC says that Precision Air, which is listed on the Dar-es-Salaam Stock Exchange, will get the money to finance a Sh3.68 billion ($43.2 million) fleet expansion drive that will see it fly to 10 new destinations in the next five years.

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