Flightlink
{{Short description|Tanzanian airline}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2024}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline = Flightlink
| image = Flightlink Logo.png
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| IATA = YS
| ICAO = FLZ
| callsign = FLIGHTLINK
| founded = {{Start date and years ago|2004}}
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| aoc = 25
| 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.
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| fleet_size = 7
| destinations = 10+
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| headquarters = Mezzanine Floor, Room 2‚ Oyster Pearl Galleria‚ Chole Road, Masaki‚ Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
| key_people = Captain and Managing Director: Munawer Dhirani
Director of Operations: Jameel Fazel Ali Muslim Kassam
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| website = {{url|http://www.flightlink.co.tz/|Official website}}
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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.{{cite web |work=The Citizen (Tanzania) |date=11 January 2024 | url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/how-aviation-industry-flies-on-the-wings-of-booming-tourism-sector-4488054l |title=How aviation industry flies on the wings of booming tourism sector |author=Jacob Mosenda |access-date=11 January 2024 | location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania}}
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!.{{cn|date=January 2024}}
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.{{cite web| date=2023 | url=https://www.theworldinmypocket.co.uk/my-experience-flying-with-flightlink-in-tanzania-a-flightlink-review/ |title=My Experience Flying with Flightlink in Tanzania – A Flightlink Review | work=Theworldinmypocket.co.uk |access-date=11 January 2024 | author=Joan |location=London, United Kingdom}} 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).{{cite web| work=The Citizen (Tanzania) |date=22 March 2023 |author=Alex Nelson Malanga | url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/national/atcl-and-flight-link-market-shares-increase-in-2021-22-4168098 |title=ATCL and Flight Link market shares increase in 2021/22 |access-date=11 January 2024 |location=Dar es Salaam, Tanzania}}
Destinations
As of January 2023, scheduled flights are operated to the following destinations:{{cite web |work=Flightlink | url=https://www.flightlink.co.tz/ |title=Destinations |date=11 January 2024 |author=Flightlink |access-date=11 January 2024}}
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!style="background-color:#B22222;color: white"|Country !style="background-color:#B22222;color: white;width:50px;"|IATA !style="background-color:#B22222;color: white;width:50px;"|ICAO !style="background-color:#B22222;color: white"|Airport | ||||
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| style=|Arusha | {{TAN}} | align=center|ARK | align=center|HTAR | style="background-color: #FFE6BD"|Arusha Airport |
| style=|Dar es Salaam | {{TAN}} | align=center|DAR | align=center|HTDA | style="background-color: #FFE6BD"|Julius Nyerere International Airport |
| style=|Dodoma | {{TAN}} | align=center|DOD | align=center|HTDO | Dodoma Airport |
| style=|Fort Ikoma | {{TAN}} | align=center|N/A | align=center|N/A | Fort Ikoma Airstrip |
| style=|Kogatende | {{TAN}} | align=center|KOG | align="center" |TZ-0018 | Kogatende Airstrip |
| style=|Lake Manyara | {{TAN}} | align=center|LKY | align=center|HTLM | Lake Manyara Airport |
| style=|Pemba | {{TAN}} | align=center| PMA | align=center|HTPE | Pemba Airport |
| style=|Serengeti | {{TAN}} | align=center|SEU | align=center|HTSN | Seronera Airstrip |
| style=|Mombasa | {{flagcountry|KEN}} | align="center" |MBA | align="center" |HKMO | Moi International Airport |
| style=|Zanzibar | {{TAN}} | align=center|ZNZ | align=center|HTZA | Abeid Amani Karume International Airport |
Fleet
The current Flightlink fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2025):{{cite web | work=Flightlink | url=https://www.flightlink.co.tz/about-us/Our-fleet |title=About Us - Our Fleet |date=11 January 2024 | author=Flightlink |access-date=11 January 2024 |location=Dar es Salam, Tanzania}}
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!Aircraft !In Service !Passengers !Notes |
| ATR72-500
|style="text-align:center;"|3 |style="text-align:center;"|72 | |
| Embraer EM-120 Brasilia
|style="text-align:center;"|2 |style="text-align:center;"|30 | |
| Beechcraft 1900
|style="text-align:center;"|1 |style="text-align:center;"|19 | |
| Cessna Grand Caravan G1000
|style="text-align:center;"|1 |style="text-align:center;"|9 | |
| Cessna 206H G1000
|style="text-align:center;"|1 |style="text-align:center;"|6 | |
| Total
!8 | | |
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References
{{Reflist}}
{{Commonscat|Flightlink}}
External links
- [https://www.flightlink.co.tz// Official website]
{{Airlines of Tanzania}}
Category:Airlines established in 2004