Flightlink Limited, formerly ''Flightlink Air Charters (Tanzania) Limited'', is an

airline An airline is a company that provides civil aviation, air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or Airline alliance, alliances with other airlines for ...

based in the city of

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over s ...

, in

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. The airline offers scheduled flight services to the primary tourism and business centres across the country. In addition, it offers

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and

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services on demand.

History

Flightlink was established in 2004 to develop and service the growing tourism requirements, and especially the ' safari' and

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destinations. The company slogan is ''We will fly you there, wherever there is!''.

Overview

As of January 2024, Flightlink is primarily a domestics Tanzanian airline with a single foreign destination at

Moi International Airport Moi International Airport is an international airport in Mombasa, the second-largest city in Kenya. In 2020 the airport was heralded as the "Best Airport in Africa" (with under 2 million passengers annually) by Airports Council International. ...

, at

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, in neighboring

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. At that time, the airline serviced in excess of 10 destinations, with 7 turboprop aircraft, from its hub at

Julius Nyerere International Airport Julius Nyerere International Airport is the international airport of Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania. It is located approximately southwest of the city centre. The airport has flights to destinations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and ...

in Dar es Salaam. As of December 2022, Flightlink controlled an estimated 2.6 percent of the Tanzanian domestic passenger market behind market leaders

Air Tanzania Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) ( sw, Kampuni ya Ndege ya Tanzania) is the flag carrier airline of Tanzania based in Dar es Salaam with its hub at Julius Nyerere International Airport. It was established as Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC ...

(51.3 percent) and

Precision Air Precision Air Services Plc (operating as Precision Air; DSE:PAL) is a Tanzanian airline based at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam. The airline operates scheduled passenger services to Nairobi, Entebbe, and to various airpo ...

(22.9 percent). Other domestic carriers include

Auric Air Auric Air Services Limited is a small privately owned airline based in Tanzania, Operating from Mwalimu Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) Dar-es-salaam, Arusha Airport and Mwanza Airport. The Company offers scheduled flights to 42 desti ...

(10.3 percent), Coastal Travel Limited (2.5 percent) and other airlines combined (8.6 percent).

Destinations

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

Fleet

The current Flightlink fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2024):

References

External links

Official website
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