Tanzania: Kilimanjaro International Airport introduced new time-consuming visa processing rules

The government of Tanzania has introduced new visa processing rules at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which serves the cities of Arusha and Moshi in the north of the East African country. International travellers entitled to get their visa on arrival now need to complete the following process:

• Queue for a Government Control Number
• Pay for the Government Control Number at a bank
• Queue for Immigration to check and issue the visa

The changes at Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) mean that the visa on arrival process can take in excess of two hours. Travellers planning to visit Tanzania can also apply for their visa online. The process usually takes two to three weeks.

Fastjet to resume flights between Kilimanjaro <> Nairobi!

According to aviation specialists airlineroute.net, Fastjet is set to resume flights between Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which serves the cities of Arusha and Moshi in northern Tanzania, and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi, Kenya, on 03 November 2016. The airline will operate will operate two flights per week between the two destinations on board an Airbus A319.

• Kilimanjaro (JRO) 19:45 > 20:45 Nairobi (NBO)
• Nairobi (NBO) 21:15 > 22:15 Kilimanjaro (JRO)

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Fastjet to launch flights between Tanzania <> Kenya!

Tanzania-based low cost-airline Fastjet is introducing daily flights between Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) in Dar es Salaam and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi as well as daily flights between Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) and Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) in Nairobi on 11 January 2016. Fastjet's flights to Nairobi will take just an hour from Kilimanjaro and 90 minutes from Dar es Salaam. Tickets are now on sale.

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Fastjet to launch flights between Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) <> Entebbe (Uganda)

Tanzania-based low cost-airline Fastjet is set to introduce scheduled flights between Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO), which serves the Tanzanian cities of Arusha and Moshi, and the principal international airport of Uganda, Entebbe International Airport (EBB) in Entebbe. From 31 March 2015 the airline will operate three weekly flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays between the two destinations.

• Kilimanjaro 08:55 > 10:15 Entebbe
• Entebbe 10:55 > 12:20 Kilimanjaro

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flydubai to launch flights to Tanzania in October 2014

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]

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Israel's El Al to connect Tel Aviv with Kilimanjaro International Airport (Tanzania)

According to various news reports from East African newspapers (such as East Africa Business Week and The Arusha Times), El Al, the flag carrier of Israel, will soon commence scheduled direct flights between Ben Gurion Airport (IATA: TLV) in Tel Aviv and Kilimanjaro International Airport (IATA: JRO), located between the cities of Arusha and Moshi in northern Tanzania. The airline will be running four flights per month (one flight per week) from April to September 2014 as well as in December 2014. About 6000 passengers are expected to make use of the service.

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