TGFA took over the functions of the Government Flying Unit under the Ministry of Communications and Transport with the purpose of providing air transport services in a more efficient, cost effective, and business-like manner to the Government.

In 2018, the Agency was transferred from the Ministry of Works, Transport and Communication to the President’s Office, State House through Government Notice No.

[4] As of December 2020, the Minister of Works and Transport is Leonard Chamuriho, with the airline under the control of Dr. John Magufuli, the President of Tanzania since 2015.

[5] In December 2016, the company further placed four more orders to acquire two Airbus A220-300, one Bombardier Q400 and one Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

[6][7] In November 2021 at the Dubai Airshow, the company placed four orders with Boeing for one B787 Dreamliner, two B737 max and a B767 freighter.