Flightlink
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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| AOC # | 25 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Dar es Salaam | ||||||
| Hubs | Terminal II, Julius Nyerere International Airport, Julius K. Nyerere Road, Dar es salaam, East Tanzania | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | Arusha Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Arusha, Serengeti National Park. | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 10+ | ||||||
| Headquarters | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
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]
It is currently on the List of airlines banned in the European Union.[2]
History
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]As of January 2024, Flightlink is primarily a domestic Tanzanian airline. It has 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.[3] 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).[4]
Destinations
[edit | edit source]As of January 2023, scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:[5]
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| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport |
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| Arusha | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | ARK | HTAR | Arusha Airport |
| Dar es Salaam | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | DAR | HTDA | Julius Nyerere International Airport |
| Dodoma | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | DOD | HTDO | Dodoma Airport |
| Fort Ikoma | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | N/A | N/A | Fort Ikoma Airstrip |
| Kogatende | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | KOG | TZ-0018 | Kogatende Airstrip |
| Lake Manyara | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | LKY | HTLM | Lake Manyara Airport |
| Pemba | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | PMA | HTPE | Pemba Airport |
| Serengeti | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | SEU | HTSN | Seronera Airstrip |
| Mombasa | File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya | MBA | HKMO | Moi International Airport |
| Zanzibar | File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania | ZNZ | HTZA | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport |
Fleet
[edit | edit source]The current Flightlink fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2025):[3][6]
| Aircraft | In service | Passengers | Notes |
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| ATR72-500 | 3 | 72 | (as of August 2025)[7] |
| Embraer EMB 120ER | 1 | 30 | (as of August 2025)[7] |
| Beechcraft 1900C | 1 | 19 | (as of August 2025)[7] |
| Cessna Grand Caravan G1000 | 1 | 9 | |
| Cessna 206H G1000 | 1 | 6 | |
| Total | 8 |
References
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