Emirates to start second service to Dar es Salaam

Emirates, a global connector of people and places, says it will be able to connect even more people and cargo with Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, with the start of a second service to the east African coastal city from Oct. 26.
The new five times weekly service will complement Emirates’ existing daily operation, and further boost inbound and outbound passenger traffic and cargo flows between Tanzania and Dubai, and Emirates’ worldwide network.
Emirates started a twice weekly service between Dubai and Dar es Salaam linked with Nairobi on Oct. 28, 1997 using an Airbus A310-300. Following steady growth and demand on the route over the years, the frequency and capacity was increased and the flight was delinked from Nairobi, becoming a daily nonstop service between Dubai and Dar es Salaam in 2006.
The new flight will be operated with an Emirates A330-200, in a three-class configuration with 12 seats in First Class, 42 in Business Class and 183 in Economy Class, adding a total of 2,370 seats and up to 170 tons of cargo capacity a week on the route.
“Dar es Salaam is an important destination in our east African network. 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 the Middle East, India, the Far East, Europe and the United States.
Dar es Salaam will now become the second destination in East Africa, after Nairobi, to have more than a daily frequency, said Orhan Abbas, Emirates SVP, commercial operations, South America, Central and Southern Africa.
The new service will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays.