Flightlink

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]

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!.

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]

Fleet

The current Flightlink fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2025):[3][6]

References

  1. Jacob Mosenda. How aviation industry flies on the wings of booming tourism sector The Citizen (Tanzania), 11 January 2024, retrieved 11 January 2024^
  2. The EU air safety list - European Commission transport.ec.europa.eu, retrieved 2025-08-22^
  3. Joan. My Experience Flying with Flightlink in Tanzania – A Flightlink Review Theworldinmypocket.co.uk, 2023, retrieved 11 January 2024^
  4. Alex Nelson Malanga. ATCL and Flight Link market shares increase in 2021/22 The Citizen (Tanzania), 22 March 2023, retrieved 11 January 2024^
  5. Flightlink. Destinations Flightlink, 11 January 2024, retrieved 11 January 2024^
  6. Flightlink. About Us - Our Fleet Flightlink, 11 January 2024, retrieved 11 January 2024^
  7. Global Airline Guide 2025 - Chair Airlines Airliner World, September 2025^