Airline set to cover Tanzania’s key tourist hotspots

TANZANIA (eTN) – Reports from the airline’s headquarters in Tanzania’s capital city of Dar es Salaam said a fast-growing airline will increase its flight frequencies to East Africa’s leading tourist d

TANZANIA (eTN) – Reports from the airline’s headquarters in Tanzania’s capital city of Dar es Salaam said a fast-growing airline will increase its flight frequencies to East Africa’s leading tourist destinations of Kilimanjaro in northern Tanzania and the Spice Island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean.

Tanzania’s privately-owned Precision Air is set to extend its frequencies to cover key tourist areas in northern, southern and the Indian Ocean beach sites.

The Kilimanjaro route serves tourists booked to visit East Africa’s premier wildlife parks of Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Tarangire, Lake Manyara which is famous for tree climbing lions, Arusha and Mount Kilimanjaro.

Zanzibar route serves visitors to the beach sites of Zanzibar and the twin island of Pemba; all famous for water sports, dolphin watching, beach excursions and deep sea fishing.

Other than these key tourist hotspots, the airline will fly to the upcoming Mtwara town in southern tip of Tanzania near the Mozambican border. This area is best for cultural, beach and historical attractions, while discovery of natural gas and oil had so far attracted scores of business executives to visit the area.

The airline’s Group Managing Director Sauda Rajab said the adjusted scheduled flight frequencies to Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and Mtwara will start March 16 with expectations to give passengers more options in their itineraries.

The airline has suspended its operations between Dar es Salaam and Entebbe in neighboring Uganda in favor of code sharing with Air Uganda, a partner airline and Kenya Airways, a shareholder airline.

Under such an arrangement, passengers flying between Dar es Salaam and Mtwara will now have an option of ten flights a week from seven, including evening flights, all operated Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

After the collapse of Tanzania’s state owned Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) that was launched in 1977, Precision Air had taken a tough task to serve domestic and regional destinations, some of which, once abandoned by the state owned ATC.

Tanzania, the biggest nation in East Africa, had for decades lacking reliable air connection before Precision Air took the skies.

Rich in tourism, regions in Southern parts of this country are still lacking air services caused by poor aircraft handling facilities and airports of international standards.

Only the coastal, western and northern zones of Tanzania are accessible by air, while the remaining zones are lacking air services.

Mbeya, an upcoming investment and tourist destination has been linked to the rest of Tanzania and the world after Precision Air launched its schedule flights there.

Mbeya is an entry point for tourists traveling from Southern African states to Eastern Africa.

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