LUSAKA, ZAMBIA – Proflight Zambia begins a new route from Lusaka to Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania on Wednesday, October 23, enabling fast and affordable links for traders and tourists.
The three-times-a-week service marks the second international destination for Zambia’s growing local airline, which started flying to Lilongwe in Malawi in June.
“Proflight’s new route to Dar-es-Salaam builds an important link between Zambia and Tanzania which will strengthen business ties and boost two-way travel between our respective tourist destinations,” said Proflight Director of Government and Industry Affairs Capt. Philip Lemba. “This is undoubtedly the fastest, most comfortable and affordable way to travel between the two cities.”
Flights will depart from Lusaka’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, returning the same days.
Flight 00020 departs from Lusaka at 0800 hrs. on Mondays and Fridays, and at 1200 hrs. on Wednesdays, arriving at Dar-es-Salaam’s Julius Nyerere International Airport at 1220 hrs. and 1620 hrs. respectively, making it a journey of three hours and 20 minutes, given the one-hour time difference in Tanzania.
The return P00021 flight leaves Dar-es-Salaam on the same days at 13:00hrs on Mondays and Fridays and 1700 hrs. on Wednesdays, arriving in Lusaka at 1520 hrs. and 1920 hrs. respectively, enabling smooth connections onto Proflight’s afternoon flights to Mfuwe, Livingstone and Ndola.
An additional Lusaka-Dar flight will be operated on Thursday, October 24, to mark Independence Day.
The Tanzanian capital of Dar-es-Salaam is an important seaport for regional trade and provides a gateway for Zambian traders importing goods such as vehicles. The city is also the gateway for the exotic holiday location of Zanzibar.
Conversely, the new service will bring business and leisure passengers to Zambia, including traders wishing to do business, and tourists combining a beach holiday with a safari excursion.
It addition to the new route to Tanzania, which will be operated by the airline’s 29-seat Jetstream 41 aircraft, Proflight will be increasing the frequency of its Lilongwe flights from three-times-a-week to four flights a week from November 16, operating on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Proflight also flies to nine domestic destinations within Zambia: Lusaka, Livingstone, Mfuwe, Lower Zambezi, Ndola, Solwezi, Chipata, Mansa and Kasama, with Mongu being added to the schedule from November 27.
The airline is now considering services to Harare, Tete and Johannesburg, subject to regulatory approval.
The airline celebrates 22 years of operation this year and prides itself in providing a safe, reliable, efficient and friendly service.
