Flightlink
IATA ICAO Callsign
YS FLZ FLIGHTLINK
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
AOC #25
Operating basesDar es Salaam
HubsTerminal II, Julius Nyerere International Airport, Julius K. Nyerere Road, Dar es salaam, East Tanzania
Secondary hubsArusha Airport
Focus citiesDar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Arusha, Serengeti National Park.
Fleet size7
Destinations10+
HeadquartersMezzanine Floor, Room 2‚ Oyster Pearl Galleria‚ Chole Road, Masaki‚ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Key peopleCaptain and Managing Director: Munawer Dhirani
Director of Operations: Jameel Fazel Ali Muslim Kassam
WebsiteOfficial website

Flightlink Limited, formerly Flightlink Air Charters (Tanzania) Limited, is an airline based in the city of Dar es Salaam, in Tanzania. The airline offers scheduled flight services to the primary tourism and business centres across the country. In addition, it offers Air Charter and Medevac services on demand.[1]

History

Flightlink was established in 2004 to develop and service the growing tourism requirements, and especially the 'safari' and Zanzibar archipelago destinations. The company slogan is We will fly you there, wherever there is!.[citation needed]

Overview

As of January 2024, Flightlink is primarily a domestics Tanzanian airline with a single foreign destination at Moi International Airport, at Mombasa, in neighboring Kenya. At that time, the airline serviced in excess of 10 destinations, with 7 turboprop aircraft, from its hub at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam.[2] As of December 2022, Flightlink controlled an estimated 2.6 percent of the Tanzanian domestic passenger market behind market leaders Air Tanzania (51.3 percent) and Precision Air (22.9 percent). Other domestic carriers include Auric Air (10.3 percent), Coastal Travel Limited (2.5 percent) and other airlines combined (8.6 percent).[3]

Destinations

As of January 2023, scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[4]

Hub
Future
Terminated route
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Arusha  Tanzania ARK HTAR Arusha Airport
Dar es Salaam  Tanzania DAR HTDA Julius Nyerere International Airport
Dodoma  Tanzania DOD HTDO Dodoma Airport
Fort Ikoma  Tanzania N/A N/A Fort Ikoma Airstrip
Kogatende  Tanzania KOG TZ-0018 Kogatende Airstrip
Lake Manyara  Tanzania LKY HTLM Lake Manyara Airport
Pemba  Tanzania PMA HTPE Pemba Airport
Serengeti  Tanzania SEU HTSN Seronera Airstrip
Mombasa  Kenya MBA HKMO Moi International Airport
Zanzibar  Tanzania ZNZ HTZA Abeid Amani Karume International Airport

Fleet

The current Flightlink fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):[2][5]

Flightlink fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers Notes
ATR72-500 2 72
Embraer EM-120 Brasilia 2 30
Beechcraft 1900 1 19
Cessna Grand Caravan G1000 1 9
Cessna 206H G1000 1 6
Total 7

References

  1. ^ Jacob Mosenda (11 January 2024). "How aviation industry flies on the wings of booming tourism sector". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b Joan (2023). "My Experience Flying with Flightlink in Tanzania – A Flightlink Review". Theworldinmypocket.co.uk. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  3. ^ Alex Nelson Malanga (22 March 2023). "ATCL and Flight Link market shares increase in 2021/22". The Citizen (Tanzania). Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  4. ^ Flightlink (11 January 2024). "Destinations". Flightlink. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  5. ^ Flightlink (11 January 2024). "About Us - Our Fleet". Flightlink. Dar es Salam, Tanzania. Retrieved 11 January 2024.

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Airlines of Tanzania
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