Business and Technology Reporter in Nairobi, Kenya
Nation Media Group
A year after the European Union banned it from operating flights to Europe, forcing it to abandon plans for a service to London, Air Tanzania has reinvented its international strategy by expanding into Eastern Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The airline is expanding rapidly eastwards, launching new routes and increasing frequencies to Russia, Oman, India, China, and the Gulf, as it reshapes its international network.
The latest addition is a direct service between Dar and Moscow, with flights returning through Zanzibar three times a week, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, starting on July 1. Only two other airlines currently offer non-stop flights from Africa to Moscow: Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa and EgyptAir from Cairo. This makes Air Tanzania one of the few African carriers with a direct link to the Russian capital.
