In an effort to increase the volume of trade between Tanzania and other trade markets within the global Emirates SkyCargo network, Emirat...
In an effort to increase the
volume of trade between Tanzania and other trade markets within the
global Emirates SkyCargo network, Emirates airline has announced that it
will have increased passenger and cargo capacity beginning on October
26 following the launch of its second weekly Tanzania flight service.
According
to the Emirates Senior Vice-President of Commercial Operations in Latin
America and Central and Southern Africa, Orhan Abbas, Dar es Salaam is a
key destination for the company and will now be the second East African
destination behind Nairobi to have access to increased flight
frequency.
“In our last financial year we carried over 180,000 customers on the route, and we are expecting further growth with the introduction of the second service, which will offer our customers more choice and convenience from Tanzania to Dubai and onward to Europe, the Middle East, the United States, India and the Far East,” he said.
In 1997, Emirates began a twice weekly service between Dubai and Dar es Salaam through Nairobi, but increasing demand lead to increasing frequency over the years and, by 2006, the flight had become a daily non-stop service.
The new flight will increase the total passenger and cargo capacity by 2,370 seats and up to 170 tons respectively with flights scheduled to operate on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
“In our last financial year we carried over 180,000 customers on the route, and we are expecting further growth with the introduction of the second service, which will offer our customers more choice and convenience from Tanzania to Dubai and onward to Europe, the Middle East, the United States, India and the Far East,” he said.
In 1997, Emirates began a twice weekly service between Dubai and Dar es Salaam through Nairobi, but increasing demand lead to increasing frequency over the years and, by 2006, the flight had become a daily non-stop service.
The new flight will increase the total passenger and cargo capacity by 2,370 seats and up to 170 tons respectively with flights scheduled to operate on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.