Dubai-based low-cost airline flydubai will launch flights between Dubai International Airport and three destinations in Tanzania in October 2014. From 16 October 2014, the airline will operate daily flights between Dubai and Dar es Salaam. Flights to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), located between Arusha and Moshi in Northern Tanzania, via Dar es Salaam will commence on 17 October (two flights per week on Mondays and Fridays) while flights to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ) on Zanzibar via Dar es Salaam will be launched on 19 October 2014 (two flights a week on Wednesdays and Sundays).
flydubai recently announced the introduction of flights to Bujumbura in Burundi, Entebbe in Uganda and Kigali in Rwanda in September 2014. [more]
Showing posts with label Abeid Karume International Airport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abeid Karume International Airport. Show all posts
24 September 2014
06 September 2011
Botswana: Francistown airport completed after 3 years of construction
The reconstruction and expansion of the Francistown Airport (IATA: FRW) in Botswana has finally been (almost) completed, so that the airport is now ready to operate.
Although the contractors will be around for at least the next 12 month, Botswana's Minister of Transport and Communications, Frank Ramsden, is very optimistic that the airport will have a smooth take-off. The construction work in Francistown started in July 2008 and was planned to be finised in time for the 2010 World Cup in neighbouring South Africa. Due to several reasons it was completed only last month.
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The reconstruction and expansion of the airport included two new runways as well as the renovations of the current ones (approved to land a Boeing 737 or an aircraft of equivalent class), a new terminal building, which has been designed for the traffic forecast up to 2025, openings for car rentals, a restaurant, shops and a bank. The approved project cost was P562 million.
Although the contractors will be around for at least the next 12 month, Botswana's Minister of Transport and Communications, Frank Ramsden, is very optimistic that the airport will have a smooth take-off. The construction work in Francistown started in July 2008 and was planned to be finised in time for the 2010 World Cup in neighbouring South Africa. Due to several reasons it was completed only last month.
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The reconstruction and expansion of the airport included two new runways as well as the renovations of the current ones (approved to land a Boeing 737 or an aircraft of equivalent class), a new terminal building, which has been designed for the traffic forecast up to 2025, openings for car rentals, a restaurant, shops and a bank. The approved project cost was P562 million.
16 August 2010
Zanzibar: Airport gets a new name & a new extended runway
The name of Zanzibar's main airport, previously known as Zanzibar International Airport or Kisauni Airport, will be changed to Abeid Karume International Airport in recognition of the first president of the island. The name change was announced during the official opening ceremony of the airport's new extended runway, which now allows larger wide-bodied aircrafts to use the airport.
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