Flightlink
Tanzanian airline
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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]
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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 | ||||||
It is currently on the List of airlines banned in the European Union.[2]
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 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
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 |  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 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 |
