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8 Oct 2020 // Airline Analysis // No Comments »​

KLM and Lufthansa to BOTH begin Zanzibar; fast-growing from Europe​

KLM is to begin Zanzibar on 10 December 2020, followed by Lufthansa from Frankfurt on 31 March. Zanzibar will be KLM’s sixth destination in East Africa after Dar Es Salaam, Entebbe, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, and Nairobi. And it will be Lufthansa’s fourth, after Addis Ababa and Nairobi and, also coming, Mombasa.

KLM and Lufthansa are both to begin Zanzibar, Tanzania, and both carriers will have direct competition.

KLM will start on 10 December, with a twice-weekly service using 294-seat B787-9s. It’ll route Amsterdam – Zanzibar – Dar Es Salaam – Amsterdam.

Lufthansa, meanwhile, will launch Frankfurt – Zanzibar on 31 March. Its twice-weekly offering by A330-300s will be via Mombasa – also new – in both directions.

KLM’s announcement builds on Cairo, Cork, and Southampton so far starting/restarting in 2020. These will be joined by Poznan from 25 October and Riyadh from 7 December. Austin is now expected to begin in 2021.

Lufthansa’s new Frankfurt – Mombasa – Zanzibar will be joined in S21 by 13 short-haul and similarly very outbound leisure services. This includes six new routes to Greece.

Lufthansa is focusing more than ever on the local German market, hardly surprising at the moment. Indeed, in 2020 it has started Gran Canaria, Rhodes, and Tenerife South from Frankfurt.

Routing…	Start date	Weekly frequency	Direct competition
Amsterdam – Zanzibar*	10 December	2	TUI (1)***
Frankfurt – Zanzibar**	31 March	2	Condor (2)***
* Continuing to Dar Es Salaam before returning to Amsterdam. ** Via Mombasa in both directions. *** Both from 23 December.

KLM and Lufthansa latest to Zanzibar; market has grown strongly​

Europe – Zanzibar has grown well in recent years, with 367,000 seats recorded in 2019. This was by up 148%, or 219,000, over 2015.

Neos was the largest European operator to the Tanzanian island, with 107,000 seats. The second was Turkish Airlines, which began Zanzibar in 2016; this airline accounts for most of the recent growth.

Last year we analysed Turkish Airlines and the MEB3’s total network distribution. Turkish Airlines had by far the most weekly frequencies to/from Africa.

Zanzibar was linked to 12 European airports in 2019, so pre-coronavirus. Milan Malpensa was by far the top with three in ten seats.

Not surprisingly, Italy was the leading country for non-stop service to Zanzibar, with four Italian airports having just under half of all seats. Germany was third after Turkey.

KLM will begin Zanzibar in December 2020 and Lufthansa in March 2021. Source: OAG Schedules Analyser.

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Zanzibar – Europe; sixth freedoms also key​

Aside from non-stops, discussed above, sixth freedom operators were also key to Europe. In particular, Ethiopian Airlines, flydubai (and also with Emirates to Europe), Qatar Airways, and Turkish Airlines.

In the randomly chosen week beginning 16 December 2019, Ethiopian had a daily service using a hodgepodge of aircraft: A350-900s, B737-800s, B777-200LRs, and B787-8s and -9s. Its A350s were used most and they routed via Kilimanjaro in both directions.

We explored Ethiopian’s network in February.
flydubai, meanwhile, had a 14-weekly service. Of these, seven terminated in Zanzibar, while the other half continued to Dar Es Salaam and back via Zanzibar.

We looked at flydubai’s closer-than-ever relationship with Emirates earlier this year.
Across all carriers, the largest unserved European markets were Paris, London, Vienna, Munich, and Copenhagen, with Paris by far number-one.

Source: OAG Mapper.

 

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Joy As Z'bar Receives Over 2000 Tourists in a Week​

2 NOVEMBER 2020
Tanzania Daily News (Dar es Salaam)
By Daily News Reporter in Zanzibar

AT least 1,180 tourists from Eastern Europe landed at Zanzibar's Abeid Amani Karume International Airport on Saturday, recording an increase of visitors in the Isles since the outbreak of Covid-19.

The tourists, aboard Azur, and Royal airline - charter flights were from Uzbekistan (400 tourists), Ukraine (250 tourists), and Russia (537).

They were warmly welcomed by the government authorities led by the Tourism Commission of Zanzibar (TCZ) Director Dr Abdalla Mohamed.

"We should be happy with the increasing number of tourists after the ease of covid-19 in our country. We expect more tourists to arrive in the country as days pass, I can assure the public that the business is getting back to normal," said Mr Mohamed.

The Deputy Chairman of Tourism Commission of Zanzibar, Mr Khamis Mbeto Khamis told the 'Daily News' that on October 24, a total of 180 tourists arrived from Poland, followed by 250 tourists from Ukraine two days later, on October 28 a total of 400 tourists and 350 others arrived from Russia and Ukraine respectively.

"Everyone in Zanzibar must be happy with this development. Tour operators, taxi drivers, suppliers of commodities, Hoteliers and their staff are getting back to work. Also our local flights are also busy flying tourists to Tanzania mainland's National Parks," said Mr Khamis.

The TCZ chairman attributed the improvement to the ongoing global advertisements on tourism attractions in Tanzania considering the measures taken by the country in combating Covid-19.

"We are a free Covid-19 nation, this is well explained and understood by tourists across the World," he noted.


He said since the resume of tourists business in June, this year, the government came up with workable strategies with tourist operators, and also wrote to Tanzania ambassadors to various countries to implement a special work plan for promoting the sector.

"We also had an Italian ambassador to Tanzania to confirm that all is good in the country. Over 60 per cent of tourists' visiting Zanzibar is from Italy," he said.

Mr Khamis said that the target is to record 800,000 tourists' arrival by 2025 as it appears in the Chama Cha Mapiduzi (CCM) manifesto, but if all goes well, he said the target will be met within one year.

On average tourists spend five to eight days in the country, and in addition to spending, they pay 50 US dollar on arrival. He said this week, about 350 tourists are expected to arrive in the country from South Africa followed by 550 others from Russia.

Mr Abdalla Ali Hassan Mwinyi, one of the tourists' operators here and Members of the Parliament-Elect for Mahonda commented said: "this is an indication that our future is bright,". He asked wananchi to maintain peace and stability to pave way for tourism growth."

The outgoing Minister for Information, Tourism, and Heritage Mr Mahmoud Thabit said tourism is one of most important industries, employing 60,000 people, supporting economic growth and building the country's image.

Joy as Z’bar receives over 2000 tourists in a week

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