Emirates’ Dar es Salaam service becomes double daily

Emirates, a global connector of people and places, has announced that Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s principal port and commercial city, will become a double daily operation from Jan. 1.
Emirates currently operates 12 flights a week between Dubai and Dar es Salaam and with the addition of two extra flights on Jan. 1, Dar es Salaam will join Nairobi as the second destination in East Africa with a double daily service.
“Earlier on Oct. 27, we introduced the five times weekly flight to complement the daily service, but we decided to add two extra flights to the schedule, which will provide travelers with even more convenience and choice when travelling to Dubai, and onward to our extensive worldwide network of more than 140 destinations,” said Orhan Abbas, Emirates SVP, commercial operations, Latin America, Central and Southern Africa.
“Our move to a double daily for Dar es Salaam clearly shows the importance of Tanzania as a key tourism and business market, and we are optimistic that the additional flights will further boost inbound and outbound tourism and trade between the country, Dubai and our network, especially the United States and Europe, as well as the Middle East, India and the Far East,” he added.
The second daily service is 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. The two extra flights will provide an additional 948 seats to the 2370 seats available on the current five times weekly service. It also increases the cargo capacity on the route by more than 65 tons, giving traders and business more opportunities to import and export products.
Customers on the route enjoy cuisine prepared by gourmet chefs and the service from Emirates multi-national cabin crew, including Tanzanian nationals.