Air Tanzania is in the process of re-introducing flights between Dar-es-salaam and Johannesburg City of South Africa.
Well at least, the Tanzanian National Carrier teased on social media recently with a banner promo ad which asks “Johannesburg, are you ready?”
The teaser continues “Something exciting is on the way! Stay tuned as Air Tanzania is about to take you to one of the most vibrant cities in Africa.”
It therefore means the airline was working to launch direct flights from Tanzania to South Africa.
However, it is still not known when exactly this is going to materialize.
It is even less known if Air Tanzania will be going about the new route on its own or if the company plans another (this time third) code-sharing deal with any of the existing airlines plying the route.
The carrier has a fleet of 16 planes but so far only nine are working.
Air Tanzania, which is not among the well-known carriers on the continent and even less popular in its home country, is fighting to create an impact with the introduction of new routes that may allow some of the company’s planes to fly outside borders.
While Air Tanzania’s newly announced flights from Julius Kambarage Nyerere to Oliver Tambo International may seem new, essentially the carrier is reviving the route which it one flew in code-sharing arrangements.
During its time as Air Tanzania Corporation (ATC) the airline had code-shared the Dar-Joburg route with the South African Airways (SAA) an arrangement which started in 2003 and was sustained for nearly ten years.
The SAA and ATC in the initial arrangement offered code-sharing flights to Johannesburg, Dar Es Salaam, Cape Town, Durban, Zanzibar and Kilimanjaro.
But again in 2014, the now Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) had announced a new code sharing deal signed with yet another South African Airline; Interair.
The agreement was to be extended to cover other destinations in Air Tanzania’s network such as Arusha, Zanzibar, Mwanza, Mbeya, and Moroni International in the Comoros.
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