Flightlink

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Founded2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Operating basesDar es Salaam
HubsTerminal II, Julius Nyerere International Airport, Julius K. Nyerere Road, Dar es salaam, East Tanzania
Flightlink
IATA ICAO Call sign
YS FLZ FLIGHTLINK
Founded2004; 21 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+
HeadquartersDar es Salaam, Tanzania
Key people
  • Captain and managing director: Munawer Dhirani
  • Director of Operations: Jameel Fazel Ali Muslim Kassam
Websitewww.flightlink.co.tz

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]

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]

Hub
Future
Terminated route
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Arusha TanzaniaARKHTARArusha Airport
Dar es Salaam TanzaniaDARHTDAJulius Nyerere International Airport
Dodoma TanzaniaDODHTDODodoma Airport
Fort Ikoma TanzaniaN/AN/AFort Ikoma Airstrip
Kogatende TanzaniaKOGTZ-0018Kogatende Airstrip
Lake Manyara TanzaniaLKYHTLMLake Manyara Airport
Pemba TanzaniaPMAHTPEPemba Airport
Serengeti TanzaniaSEUHTSNSeronera Airstrip
Mombasa KenyaMBAHKMOMoi International Airport
Zanzibar TanzaniaZNZHTZAAbeid Amani Karume International Airport

Fleet

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